Announcement for the new NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky! new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-simon…

UChicago is proud to be a key partner of the U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI). Led by Northwestern, the institute will unite researchers from multiple disciplines to develop innovative, trustworthy AI tools for astronomy. physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article/n…

SkAI, a new research institute led by Northwestern with collaborators including The University of Chicago, has received a $20 million grant from U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation to develop and apply new artificial intelligence tools to astrophysics research and deep space exploration 🧵 (1/3)

Apply for the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship and join a cohort of scholars seeking to advance and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the natural sciences and engineering! aiscience.uchicago.edu

Amazing bike ride from Data Science Institute to NSF-Simons NITMB and SkAI Institute

Enjoying another great plenary! Moon Duchin is presenting some amazing work on the intersection between math, data, elections, and social choice!

This prize was an enormous honor from a community I have liked and admired for many years. I'm so grateful to SIAM Activity Group on Data Science as well as my many mentors, collaborators, postdocs, and students.

Next week, the AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series explores ‘Sparse-optimization to discover dynamical systems models from data’ with Niall Mangan, Assistant Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Northwestern! datascience.uchicago.edu/events/niall-m…

Nominate someone today for the Margot and Tom Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence. tinyurl.com/PritzkerPrize

Join us tomorrow for the NITMB Seminar Series, featuring Walter P. Murphy Professor Jorge Nocedal on ‘How is it Possible to Train Deep Neural Networks?’ You can attend the seminar either in person at NITMB in downtown Chicago, or virtually via a webinar! nitmb.org/events

Today at 10am CST: The NITMB Seminar Series features Walter P. Murphy Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern, Jorge Nocedal! Join us for this seminar either in-person at NITMB, or virtually via a webinar available at nitmb.org/nitmb-seminar-…

The Margot and Tom Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence recognizes outstanding contributions that jointly advance AI and the natural sciences or engineering. Nominate someone at tinyurl.com/pritzkerprize.

We're excited to begin utilizing the NITMB's new space this week! Our new space will allow for more opportunities for collaboration between the mathematicians and biologists who engage with the NITMB

Nominate a stellar scholar working in scientific AI today!

Looking for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship that will empower you to define your research path with support from faculty mentors? We seek young scientists trained in mathematics for the NITMB Fellows program! Learn more at nitmb.org/fellows-call-f…

Looming cuts to federal research funding endanger America's leadership in AI. In an op-ed for FORTUNE, we explain how federal research funding is essential to breakthrough discoveries and economic advancement. fortune.com/2025/02/25/fed…

Under the Hood: The Mathematics of AI Rebecca Willett (Becca Willett), DSI’s Faculty Director of AI, recently gave a public lecture at National Museum of Mathematics highlighting the core mathematical ideas underlying AI Watch the full lecture now - youtube.com/watch?v=-SDXIe…

We're excited to share that NITMB Faculty Member Arvind Murugan, Associate Professor of Physics at The University of Chicago, was named a 2025 Schmidt Polymath! Congratulations Arvind Murugan! Learn More - schmidtsciences.org/eight-scientis…