Category: Events

Characterizing and Mitigating Performance Variability in Accelerator-Rich Systems

Data Center Working Group talk with Dr. Matt Sinclair Associate Professor, Computer Sciences, UW–Madison Thursday, November 12, 2026, 2-3:30pm McArdle 1109 RSVP In recent years, to reach performance goals, modern computing systems such as data centers and supercomputers are increasingly turning to using large numbers of compute accelerators, which offer greater power efficiency and thus …

Learning What We Cannot Measure in Engineering Systems

In this seminar, Dr. Tronci will present research at the intersection of probabilistic inference and physics-based modeling, aimed at extracting meaningful information from incomplete and indirect observations of complex physical systems.

Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon

The Data Science Institute is hosting the 2026 Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon site at UW–Madison.

The Architecture of Participatory Processes: Design Considerations for the Assessment of Hyperscale Data Center Proposals in Wisconsin

Join the Data Center Working Group on October 16 for a talk with Esther Kang, assistant professor of design studies in the School of Human Ecology.

Question. Answer. Repeat. A keynote presentation by Tarleton Gillespie

The prompt-response format has played a formative role in our understanding of generative AI. Gillespie will present a history of technologies that use this format, and he will explore media scholarship for insights into normalizing anthropomorphized chat.

AI in Academia Coffee Hour

Join DSI, the College of Computing and AI, and the UW–Madison Libraries for this discussion series designed to engage the UW–Madison community in conversations around the impact of AI on academia. Events are scheduled throughout the fall semester.

La Vaporera

This year’s La Vaporera will explore What We Don’t See: the invisible worlds — mathematical structures, bacteria, atmospheric turbulence, cultural narratives — that shape everything we are. This event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival and Hispanic Heritage Month.

Advances in Differentially-Private Synthetic Data Generation

Differential Privacy (DP) has become the de facto standard for protecting users’ sensitive data in data analysis. Within this field, one of the most challenging problems is private synthetic data generation, which allows high-quality synthetic data to be shared publicly while retaining the original data’s statistical properties. However, worst-case query workloads often face steep computational …

Data Centers in Wisconsin: A Policy and Legislative Overview

Wisconsin is in the early stages of a data center buildout that could reshape its energy grid, its local tax base, and its rural communities. In recent months there has been substantial community opposition driven by environmental concerns, as well as concerns about rising tax and utility costs for residents. While legislation has been proposed …

Data Science Research Bazaar

Get ready to find Meaning in the Metrics at the 7th annual Data Science Research Bazaar, hosted by the Data Science Hub on March 19, with additional events in March and April.