Deep Learning
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...
Becoming a better negotiator: applying deep learning for negotiation research
Nov. 8, 2022—Negotiation analysis can provide valuable information to scholars who research negotiation and conflict. What conditions help in overcoming differences to reach harmonious terms? What techniques can be used to soften firm positions and reach a mutually beneficial agreement? What role do long-term relationships play in coming to a settlement? Negotiation researchers aim to answer these...
Deep Learning in Archaeology: Understanding the Composition of Ancient Mortars
Oct. 27, 2022—Mortar is an essential part of construction, and has been used by builders for centuries. Ancient builders prepared them as members of changing communities of practice. But, to what degree did interactions among contemporaries lead to standardized mortars? Did builders learn from culturally different predecessors? In partnership with the Vanderbilt Data Science Institute, Dr. Markus...
Announcing: New Deep Learning Cohort for Fall 2022!
Sep. 8, 2022—Working on a research project and thinking that deep learning could provide a solid approach for your objectives? Using deep learning networks but wish you had more background or context? Trying your best to make it through online resources, but need a bit more consistency and support? Join the Fall 2022 DSI Deep Learning Cohort!...
2022 AI Summer with the Data Science Institute
Mar. 9, 2022—Have a hard drive full of sequential data like audio, text, images, or even DNA and can’t figure out how to make the most of it? Have an innovative research solution or business objective in mind, but stuck in a quagmire of summarizing your data into a few condensed features? Need broad solutions that cover...
AI Fridays with the Data Science Institute
Feb. 23, 2022— Do you have data you’d like to use, but aren’t quite sure how to make the most of it? Running into issues with your models, data, or analytical approach and spinning your wheels about what to do? Looking for new partnerships with other people using or interested in data science? Join us Fridays from 11am-3pm...
AI Transformer Intensive Jan. 4-7 – Virtual!
Dec. 20, 2021—Trying to uncover insights from challenging sequential data like audio, text, images, or even DNA? Do you have these types of information-rich data, but often reduce them into a few summarized data points or keywords? Unsure of what to do with the free text fields in your surveys? Join us January 4th – January 7th...
Pieces of the Puzzle: Deep Learning for Classifying Moche Themes from Fragments
Sep. 16, 2021—The Moche or Mochica culture of the North Coast of Peru (250-900CE) are celebrated as having developed one of the richest artistic traditions in the Andean region of South America. The Moche are famed for their depictions of every imaginable facet of daily life in ceramic artifacts known as “Stirrup Vessels”, bottle-like objects that were...
Wearables for Teachers: Enabling Real-Time Instructional Feedback
Aug. 25, 2021—What can I do to provide the best instructional environment for my students? What actions can I take to more effectively manage my classroom and encourage constructive behavior in my students? Vanderbilt alum and Founder and CEO of The Behavior Company Dr. Alyssa Van Camp seeks to provide support to teachers through a wearable which...