Machine Learning
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...
DSI hosts Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference for data scientists and aspiring data scientists to learn from other women in the field
Mar. 8, 2023—The Data Science Institute welcomed women who are leading the way in data science at our annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on March 7. The conference was an opportunity for women in data science to connect, network and learn from other women in the field. The conference featured a variety of sessions with...
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...
Data Science Institute hosting Women in Data Science Conference March 7
Feb. 21, 2023—Vanderbilt University’s Data Science Institute is giving women in data science a chance to connect, network and learn from other women in the field at our Women in Data Science Conference in Alumni Hall on Tuesday, March 7. This conference will feature a variety of sessions that are perfect for anyone who is passionate about...
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 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...