DSI-Supported Research
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Showcase
Aug. 9, 2023—The projects completed as part of this year’s Data Science for Social Good program at the Data Science Institute will be showcased on Friday, August 11th at 3:00pm Central virtually on Zoom. Please join us! Register here.
Fall 2023 DSI Projects Information Session
Aug. 4, 2023—The Data Science Institute Data Science Team will be looking for undergraduate and graduate students to join us as team members on projects in the Fall semester. Learn about upcoming projects including: Future of Free Speech Future of Learning Gravity Waves Plain Language Project We hope to see you at the virtual information session, which...
Empowering Educators: Insights from Classroom Audio
Jul. 14, 2023—In the realm of education, understanding the dynamics of teacher-student interactions is crucial for enhancing learning outcomes. With this goal in mind, Natalie Huerta, Doctoral Student in Special Education at Vanderbilt University, and Jess Boyle, Doctoral Student & Research Assistant at Vanderbilt Peabody College, are leading a collaborative effort to analyze classroom audio and its...
Building an AI-Powered Planning Assistant for Neurodivergent Students
Jul. 7, 2023—In the interest of developing assistive technologies, DSI Senior Data Scientist, Myranda Shirk, and Data Scientist, Umang Chandry, are leading a team to create AI-powered tools for neurodivergent individuals. The team, comprised of Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Fellows Eleanor Beers, Sovann Chang, Minwoo Sohn, Ricky Sun, Logan A’Hearn, Jason Wisdom, and Katrina Rbeiz,...
Bridging the Language Gap: Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Hindi Instruction
Jun. 27, 2023—The Data Science Institute (DSI) at Vanderbilt University, in collaboration with Dr. Elliott McCarter, a Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at Vanderbilt, is currently engaged in an exciting research project as part of the Data Science for Social Good summer program. They hope to address the language acquisition gap by utilizing generative AI, specifically through...
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute’s Narrative Arcs Project: Using Deep Learning to Visualize Narratives
May. 8, 2023—The Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute is working on a research project that aims to gain a better understanding of how story narratives evolve and how deep learning models capture and learn information. The project utilizes an open-source tool called the BERT model from HuggingFace to extract embeddings from the last hidden layer of an...
DSI offering support to Vanderbilt faculty to build AI tools for use in their classrooms
Apr. 11, 2023—If you’re interested in leveraging the latest developments in Large Language Models to enhance your teaching and would like to help bridge the growing digital divide, which otherwise would be widened by developments in AI, we invite you to apply for free assistance from our Data Science for Social Good Fellows. Those interested can watch...
AI in the Wild: How might AI reshape the work of Data Scientists
Feb. 15, 2023—Artificial Intelligence technology never stops advancing and even changing the way we do our jobs. Language models now have the ability to do hours worth of programing in seconds, and stable diffusion models give graphic designers a tool to generate any image they can imagine. Deep learning models, by their very nature, have limitless growth...
Application deadline extended to Feb. 14 for Data Science Institute summer programs
Feb. 1, 2023—The deadline to apply for both of the Data Science Institute’s paid summer programs has been extended to Feb. 14. The DSI Summer Research Program (DSI-SRP) is open to undergraduates and encourages those with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) is open to both undergrad and graduate students with...
DSI and Anthropology project aims for largest image-based survey of archeological features and sites in America
Jan. 24, 2023—Vanderbilt’s Steven Wernke, an Associate Professor of Archeology, is working with the Data Science Institute on a project using satellite imagery and deep learning to produce the largest image-based survey of archeological features in all of the Americas. Archaeologists have faced perennial problems of scale and representation, struggling to match the scale of analysis to...