2023
Data Science Institute makes strides in project aiming to create an AI Assistant for acquiring low-resource languages like Hindi
May. 2, 2023—The Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute made progress this semester on a research project to bridge the gap in language acquisition of low-resource languages through deep learning. The team is developing an AI assistant for language professors and tools that keep the curricula up-to-date with changes in the Hindi language. Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies,...
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...
Using deep learning to improve dialogic questioning for new readers: AI Deep Dive Jan. 13
Jan. 10, 2023—Professor of Psychology Dr. Georgene Troseth has researched for years how artificial intelligence could help parents use dialogic questioning when reading with their children. Advances in data science could now make Dr. Troseth’s vision a reality. The project aims to create a model that could scan through a book parents are reading with their children...
Join the DSI for a conversation about what happens when A.I. meets opera
Jan. 9, 2023—A composer behind the world’s first AI opera joins Vanderbilt University professors of Musicology and Data Science to discuss how advances in artificial intelligence can impact opera and other musical styles. Composer Derrick Skye collaborated on the AI opera “Song of the Ambassadors,” which was recently performed at the Lincoln Center. Skye will speak with...
Data Science Institute looking for students for project using AI models to better understand new languages
Jan. 6, 2023—Languages are constantly evolving and adapting to the world around them. Most approaches to learning new languages are rigid and don’t account for colloquialisms and outside influence, especially in the case of low-resource languages such as Hindi. The formal Hindi vocabulary taught by most textbooks is hardly going to help someone trying to discuss a...
Fall 2023 applications for the Vanderbilt Data Science M.S. program scholarships due January 15
Jan. 6, 2023—The deadline is approaching to be considered for a scholarship in Vanderbilt University’s fall 2023 Data Science M.S. program. Prospective students must submit their application by January 15 for a scholarship opportunity. The final deadline for all applications for the Data Science M.S. program are due a month later on Feb. 15. The Data Science...