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Data Science for Social Good project aims to combine AI and history with ‘revolutionary’ role-playing experience
May. 24, 2023—Rising Vanderbilt University junior, Logan A’Hearn, knew he would be learning about the French Revolution when he registered for Dr. Holly Tucker’s EUS 2230W class, but he didn’t know he’d be living it and certainly didn’t know he’d spend his summer working to bring it to life with artificial intelligence. Dr. Holly Tucker, the Mellon...
WATCH NOW: Deepen Your Understanding of Algorithms and Architectures with optional AI Summer workshop
May. 19, 2023—The Data Science Institute hosted an optional workshop for our AI Summer participants in which we discussed the algorithms and architectures that make transformer models possible. The workshop is now open to everyone on our YouTube page. During the workshop, the Data Science Team discusses the influential paper “Formal Algorithms for Transformers” by Mary Phuong...
Ocean HackWeek 2023 offers unique data science learning experience in oceanography
May. 16, 2023—Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute’s Senior Data Scientist, Myranda Shirk, is a member of the planning committee for the upcoming Ocean Hackweek and invites any interested DSI students to apply. Ocean HackWeek (OHW) is a five-day collaborative learning experience focused on computational and data science skills in the field of oceanography. OHW aims to enhance...
Follow along with AI Summer on the Data Science Institute’s YouTube page
May. 16, 2023—The Data Science Institute’s AI Summer workshop is now in its second week. This free course is specially designed to provide researchers, educators, and students with a comprehensive understanding of the latest AI technologies and techniques, focusing on deep learning and transformers and their applications in solving diverse problems. Those unable to participate in the...
Register now for the upcoming May 17 webinar on “ChatGPT: The Future of the Classroom”
May. 12, 2023—Discover the exciting potential of ChatGPT in education during our upcoming webinar, “ChatGPT: the Future of the Classroom.” Join us on Wednesday, May 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., as we explore how ChatGPT is revolutionizing educational experiences. Our panel of experts from Vanderbilt University includes Dr. Douglas Schmidt, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering,...
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....
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,...
Vanderbilt DSI and Women’s Basketball team collaborate using data science to improve performance while reducing risk of injury
May. 1, 2023—The Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute continued its project with the Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball strength and conditioning program to use data to improve athletic performance while reducing the risk of sport-associated injury. This semester, the focus was on making better use of training and competition data through improved analytics efforts, data consolidation, the creation of...
Vanderbilt University’s Data Science Institute hosting AI Summer workshop
Apr. 25, 2023— The Data Science Institute’s AI Summer workshop, from May 8 to June 2, is a free course designed to help researchers, educators, and students gain a deep understanding of the latest AI technologies and techniques, specifically deep learning and transformers, and how they can be used to solve a variety of problems. The four-week...