Campus Highlights

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.

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.

Odle, a DSI Affiliate, spoke with PBS Wisconsin’s Here and Now about the impacts of these programs on UW system admissions of in-state high school students.

In this paper, DSI Affiliates Moritz Münchmeyer and Fred Sala, and former DSI staff member Maja Waldron, introduce a benchmark to evaluate the capability of AI to solve problems in theoretical physics.

Jelena Diakonikolas and Sharon Li were recognized as up-and-coming talent whose work intersects machine learning (ML) and systems.

DSI Director Kyle Cranmer spoke with Lee Rayburn, host of The Larry Meiller Show, about the problems and promise of AI.

Diakonikolas was recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery for his breakthrough techniques in algorithm design.

Congratulations to DSI Affiliates Kaiping Chen and Pallavi Tiwari, and collaborator Felix Elwert, on receiving Vilas professorships and awards.

DSI Research Scientist Matthew Feickert is an inaugural recipient of a URSSI fellowship for advancing research software development practices.

Kyle Cranmer, Alex Held, Matthew Feickert, Nils Krumnack, Garrett Merz, and Jay Sandesara were recognized for contributions to the CERN Large Hadron Collider.