Forty-four participants from 11 universities, national laboratories, research organizations, and companies across the United States came to UW–Madison to learn new open source tools and technologies.
Kyle Cranmer Awarded Prize for AI in Science
The inaugural Pritzker Prize in AI for Science recognizes Cranmer’s contributions to simulation-based inference, which enables statistical analysis of data in situations where it was not previously possible.
Song Gao Receives Clarivate Award for Citations
DSI Affiliate Dr. Song Gao has been honored as a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. Nineteen professors and researchers from UW–Madison made the 2025 list.
DSI Seminar: How to Learn Without Data
This Nov. 20 seminar covered the origins of zero-shot prediction, its latest incarnations in computer vision and language modeling, and current opportunities and challenges.
Data Science Institute Director Kyle Cranmer awarded inaugural prize for AI in science
Kyle Cranmer, professor of physics and director of the Data Science Institute at UW–Madison, has been honored with the inaugural Pritzker Prize in AI for Science for his role in establishing a powerful new approach to data analysis that leverages advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
UW–Madison partners with Microsoft and TitletownTech to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is partnering with Microsoft and TitletownTech on a new collaboration designed to accelerate scientific discovery through artificial intelligence.
Plonsky Will Address AI in Academic Publishing
We might not question a researcher who asks ChatGPT to summarize an article. But what about asking generative AI to analyze data or distill submission-ready abstracts? Dr. Luke Plonsky will address this topic at a brown bag talk on Nov. 6.
Data Science Institute Welcomes New AI Faculty to Campus
DSI recently hosted a reception welcoming new RISE-AI faculty to UW–Madison, providing them with an opportunity to meet and identify shared research interests with DSI’s faculty and staff affiliates.
AI for Science Seminar with Dr. Cecilia Clementi
Join the Chemistry Department and the Data Science Institute on October 20 at 4pm for an AI for Science seminar on protein modeling.
RISE-AI Collaboration HQ Will Build Connections and Advance Research
This fall, the Data Science Institute is assuming responsibility for a new, campus-wide effort called the RISE-AI Collaboration HQ. This group will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among UW–Madison’s AI community, which includes the more than 35 new RISE-AI hires and current faculty, staff, and students.