Campus Highlights

DSI Affiliate Kaiping Chen was honored with a UW–Madison Vilas Faculty Investigator Award. Her work focuses on computational social science.

DSI Affiliate Ying Li led a UW-Madison research team that trained machine-learning models to identify high-performing polymers for film capacitors.

DSI Affiliate Jessi Cisewski-Kehe was honored with the prestigious NSF CAREER award, which will support her work on advanced statistical methods in astronomy.

Smith uses machine learning and AI to create models that capture extensive data about how crop diseases might spread and build forecasting tools for farmers.

Pallavi Tiwari and her colleagues are using AI to identify sex-specific risks associated with a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

Quintos is using reinforcement learning to glean new insights from microlending data, helping financial institutions optimize loan amounts and set fair interest rates.

DSI Data Scientist Maria Oros will present “How the Data Science Institute Can Support Your Research” at El Zoominario, Sept. 17, 3:30pm, 584 Russell Labs.

DSI Affiliate Joao Dorea uses AI and sensing technologies to uncover complex biological interactions in farm animals, driving advancements in agriculture.

Computer Sciences Professor Jerry Zhu was recently honored with the Kellett Mid-Career Award from OVCR. Congratulations!

Congratulations to DSI Affilate and Computer Sciences Professor Ilias Diakonikolas, who was recently awarded the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship.