Deepak Ganesan & Ben Marlin from #ManningCICS and Niteesh Choudhry from Brigham and Women's Hospital write in Boston Globe Opinion about their new center on #AI, aging, and #Alzheimers & how to realize the promise of using tech to support aging adults in their homes. Read: bostonglobe.com/2021/11/29/opi…

We are proud to be part of a community at UMass Amherst working towards the common good, even during challenging times. Check out these stories of resilience, including one about our #DataScience students. #Computing4CommonGood umass.edu/gateway/articl…

Our Data Science for the Common Good research fellows spent last summer working with @cdr_tech, tracking threats to digital security. #Computing4CommonGood Summary and write-up: ds.cs.umass.edu/ds4cg/2021-ds4… Video presentation: youtube.com/watch?v=suf1DG…

We wish all the best to Brant Cheikes, who has served as our executive director since 2016 and is stepping down at the end of this year. Brant's good humor, professionalism, and clear vision will be missed. Good luck. Brant! Read more: bit.ly/3r1wEpl

We're looking back at our top stories from 2021! In the summer we worked with data science graduate students on #Computing4CommonGood projects like whale conservation, public transportation, public health, and more. ds.cs.umass.edu/news/data-scie…

We're celebrating our top stories from 2021! This year began with an awesome student-led conference amplifying the voices of #DataScientists from underrepresented communities. Read more and stay tuned for info about the 2022 Voices of Data Science event: cics.umass.edu/news/spotlight…

🌟 Welcome to the Center for Data Science! 🌟 🚀 Join the conversation on data & AI—whether you're an enthusiast, researcher, or just curious! 🔗 Website: ds.cs.umass.edu 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/umass-… #UMassCDS #DataScience #AI

🤝 Partner with us through DS4CG – at no cost to you! 🌍 Working on projects that could benefit from cutting-edge data science? Reach out now! 🔗 Nonprofits, public-sector groups & mission-aligned academics—learn more and reach out at ds.cs.umass.edu/programs/ds4cg

🚨APPLY NOW: DS4CG Summer 2025 🚨 Join Data Science for the Common Good to tackle real-world challenges with data science & AI, collaborate with mission-driven partners, & make a social impact. 🔗APPLY NOW: bit.ly/ds4cg2025 ⏳DEADLINE: 11:59pm on Sunday, March 23rd, 2025

🤝 PARTNER SPOTLIGHT 🤝 Media Cloud (Media Cloud), an open-source media analysis platform designed to study the flow of news and information globally, partners with our Data Core & DS4CG programs to tackle impactful projects. 🔗 Collaborate with CDS: ds.cs.umass.edu/programs

🌟 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 🌟 Ozel Yilmazel, a 2024 DS4CG participant, partnered with iNaturalist to create an interactive map for expert annotations on species ranges. 🔗 Learn more about DS4CG and apply to the 2025 program: ds.cs.umass.edu/programs/ds4cg

🚀 DS4CG @ 2024 Academic Data Science Alliance Annual Meeting 🚀 Last semester, three talented DS4CG students had the incredible opportunity to present their work at the Academic Data Science Alliance (Academic Data Science Alliance) Annual Meeting! 🔗 Learn more: ds.cs.umass.edu/news/ds4cg-lev…

🌟 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 🌟 Angela Zhu, a 2024 DS4CG participant, partnered with iNaturalist to create an interactive platform for expert annotations on species ranges. 🔗 Learn more about DS4CG and apply to the 2025 program: ds.cs.umass.edu/programs/ds4cg

🚨APPLY NOW: AI for the Commonwealth Internship 2025 🚨 Passionate about applying generative AI to real-world problems? The AI for the Commonwealth Internship Program is now accepting applications! 🔗APPLY: bit.ly/ai4c2025

📢 Join us on this Wednesday (2/12/25) for the DS4CG Info Session! 📢 Learn more about our 12-week paid summer program, where UMass CICS students tackle real-world AI & data challenges with nonprofits. 🔗 Event link: cics.umass.edu/events/ds4cg-i…

🗓️ Spring 2025 CompBio Group Meeting Schedule is Out! 🗓️ Join the UMass Amherst CompBio Group this semester for research discussions, collaborations, and feedback! Open to students, postdocs, and faculty. 🔗 Learn more: ds.cs.umass.edu/compbio 👤 Follow: bsky.app/profile/annagg…

📢 Missed the DS4CG Info Session? Catch up here! 📢 🔗 You can view the DS4CG 2025 Information Session recording and slides on our website: ds.cs.umass.edu/programs/ds4cg…

UPCOMING EVENT: Recovering lost texts with big data, AI & high-energy physics Join Brent Seales as he shares the story of virtual unwrapping—unlocking the carbonized Herculaneum Scrolls for the first time in 2000 years. 🗓️ Feb. 27th at 5pm (ILC S131) umass.edu/classics/event…

The CompBio Group is hosting graduate student Nelson Evbarunegbe this Friday, April 25th, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM in LRGC, Room A215. Nelson will present his research on machine learning-guided drug discovery in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 🔗Learn more: ds.cs.umass.edu/compbio

Huge congratulations to Ozel Yilmazel for receiving the People’s Choice Poster Award!  Ozel won the award for his work with Professor Ethan Zuckerman, Research Fellow Virginia Partridge, and Senior Research Fellow Ryan McGrady on YouTube topic modeling.👏🎊