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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...
Using deep learning to improve dialogic questioning for new readers: AI Deep Dive Jan. 13
Jan. 10, 2023—Professor of Psychology Dr. Georgene Troseth has researched for years how artificial intelligence could help parents use dialogic questioning when reading with their children. Advances in data science could now make Dr. Troseth’s vision a reality. The project aims to create a model that could scan through a book parents are reading with their children...
Join the DSI for a conversation about what happens when A.I. meets opera
Jan. 9, 2023—A composer behind the world’s first AI opera joins Vanderbilt University professors of Musicology and Data Science to discuss how advances in artificial intelligence can impact opera and other musical styles. Composer Derrick Skye collaborated on the AI opera “Song of the Ambassadors,” which was recently performed at the Lincoln Center. Skye will speak with...
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...
Surgical Informed Consent NLP Research
Dec. 12, 2022—Researchers in the Surgical Ethics Program at VUMC are seeking a data science student to collaborate on a project involving natural language processing. The ultimate goal of this project is to improve patient comprehension of the informed consent process and their surgical care. Interested students should reach out to the PI, Dr. Alexander Langerman, at...
AI Winter Intensive Workshop: Jan 3-6
Nov. 18, 2022—The practice of data science is changing with the rise of powerful, flexible and capable models called transformers. You can solve many different problems using a single pre-trained model, sometimes with no additional training on your data (“zero-shot” solutions). From text, to images, to audio (“textless Natural Language Processing”), you can ask and answer questions,...
Reminders for Community Safety
Nov. 14, 2022—With the temperatures dropping this week, and the sun setting earlier, it is clear that Fall is officially here! As the days grow shorter and it starts getting dark earlier, it’s incredibly important to be aware of your surroundings, as well as being mindful of one another, especially when you are leaving campus in the...