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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...
Renowned Mathematician Wolfgang Dahmen to speak at Vanderbilt University’s International Conference on Approximation Theory and Beyond
May. 8, 2023—Distinguished mathematician Wolfgang Dahmen will be the featured speaker at the upcoming International Conference on Approximation Theory and Beyond May 15-18 at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Dahmen is a professor at both the University of South Carolina and RWTH Aachen University, and his research focuses on approximation theory, numerical partial differential equations, statistical learning, and data science....
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute Faculty member to lead $2.7 Million AI Initiative for Digital Kidney Histopathology
Apr. 14, 2023—Dr. Yuankai Huo, one our teaching faculty at the Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute, is spearheading a research initiative with clinical collaborators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to develop a quantitative and reproducible 3D analytics tool for large-scale digital analysis of kidney tissues and biopsies. The project, entitled “AI-empowered 3D Computer Vision and Image-Omics Integration...
DSI workshop helps Vanderbilt researcher do complex AI analysis of birdsongs
Apr. 10, 2023—Machine learning models have revolutionized the way researchers approach data analysis, but building and training these models can be a daunting task for those who are new to coding. Fortunately, the emergence of AI assistants like ChatGPT is making it easier for novice coders to create their own ML models, even in complex fields like...
Vanderbilt’s Women in Computing organization hosting one-day conference on artificial intelligence
Apr. 3, 2023—Vanderbilt University’s Women in Computing (ACM-W) student organization is hosting a one-day conference on April 8, focusing on artificial intelligence. The event is open to everyone and will take place on April 8, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Featheringill Hall auditorium. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the brightest...
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
Mar. 29, 2023—The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. The DSI’s Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith, opened the...
Dr. Benjamin Collins to give talk on “Navigating the AI Future of Health Care” in the TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on April 18
Mar. 24, 2023—Vanderbilt University’s Employee Learning and Engagement Team will host the the seventh annual TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on April 18 and feature a talk on how artificial intelligence could reshape the future of healthcare. Dr. Benjamin Collins, a physician researcher, bioethicist and informatician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will discuss “Navigating the AI Future of Health Care” at...
Understanding ChatGPT Info Session – February 20th
Feb. 1, 2023—ChatGPT marks a groundbreaking step forward in artificial intelligence beyond the impressive technology, the program is generating controversy and conversation about its impact on academia. Vanderbilt University’s Data Science Institute is hosting a lunchtime information session entitled Understanding ChatGPT from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm on Monday, Feb. 20th, in Alumni Hall, Room 202. The...
DSI helping students create AI-generated love poems at event ahead of Valentines day
Jan. 25, 2023—The revolutionary ChatGPT program has shown the world the power of AI transformers. From essays to screenplays, the work generated by ChatGPT is hard to distinguish from something written by an actual person, even something as personal as a love poem. The Data Science Institute will be on hand Friday, Feb. 10, at Rand Lounge...
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...