Artificial Intelligence
WATCH: DSI Chief Data Scientist Jesse Spencer-Smith discusses prompt engineering and biases in text-to-image AI models
Mar. 1, 2023—As we’ve seen the rapid advancement of artificial intelligent (AI) models in the past year, text-to-image AI has become one of the most popular models to grab the interest of the world even beyond those working in technology fields. An exciting promise of these models is the ability to create any image someone can fathom...
VandyGRAF hosting NASA astrophysicist Mohammad Safarzadeh to discuss AI applications to gravity waves
Feb. 15, 2023—Artificial Intelligence has become an indispensable tool in the field of gravitational wave research, helping scientists to make new discoveries and advancing our understanding of the universe. Researchers are now able to analyze vast amounts of data from gravitational wave detectors, such as LIGO and Virgo, with much greater efficiency and accuracy. AI algorithms can...
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...
Wond’ry hosting quantum machine learning expert to talk using quantum computing with machine learning
Feb. 12, 2023— The Wond’ry Quantum Studio is hosting quantum machine learning engineer, Dr. Frank Zickert, Feb. 17 to discuss the importance of of quantum machine learning and how quantum computing can be integrated with machine learning to develop algorithms more efficiently. Dr. Zickert authored the book Hands-On Quantum Machine Learning with Python and is one of...
Understanding Text-to-Image Models workshop will be now be virtual on Monday, Feb. 27
Feb. 12, 2023—Stable diffusion models have been shown to have incredible success generating realistic images. Models like DALL-E have shown the power to generate brand-new photo-realistic scenes, in addition to mimicking and transferring an art style onto existing photos. These models can be used in a variety of ways and experimentation with them can be easy. However,...
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...
AI Deep Dive on Jan. 27: Using deep learning to improve bridge structure monitoring and inspections
Jan. 23, 2023—More than one-third of all the bridges in America are in disrepair, according to a 2022 report. It is one of the greatest infrastructure issues facing the U.S. today. Barge Design Solutions joins the Data Science Institute for this week’s AI Deep Dive to discuss a possible collaborative effort and to see how data science...
Apply for Citadel Securities’ Midwest Datathon and Midwest Regional Terminal Live for a chance at $15,000
Jan. 18, 2023— Applications are now open for Citadel Securities’ Midwest Regional Datathon and Midwest Regional Terminal Live challenge. At stake in both challenges is $15,000 in cash prizes and exclusive recruitment opportunities with Citadel. The Midwest Regional Datathon is a data science competition challenging students from the best universities in the region to take on real-world...