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The Data Science Institute at Columbia University
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Training the next generation of data scientists and developing innovative technology to serve society. Founded in 2012, now Columbia-wide.
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED! 🚨 The DSI Seed Fund supports research that brings together data science and domain expertise in new collaborations between @columbiauniversity.bsky.social faculty.

Submit your proposal by January 19: datascience.columbia.edu/research/gra...
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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ICYMI: Our AI Insights Newsletter explored what it means to be creative in the age of AI

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social faculty & students are probing the role of the human creator at a time when AI can generate an image, design, or novel in seconds

ai.columbia.edu/news/ai-crea...

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December 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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@glenweyl.bsky.social says superintelligence is already here—and it’s social.

He argues that it already exists in the collective systems humanity has created.

Read more insights from his recent lecture at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social: datascience.columbia.edu/news/2025/wh...
Why Glen Weyl Says Superintelligence Is Already Here—and It’s Social. - The Data Science Institute at Columbia University
Glen Weyl, researcher and economist at Microsoft and co-founder of the Plurality Institute, does not think superintelligence is something we are waiting to build. He argues that it already exists—in …...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🚨 The Call for Proposals for the DSI Seed Fund Program closes in less than a month. This fund supports research that brings together data science and domain expertise in new collaborations between @columbiauniversity.bsky.social faculty.

Submit by Jan 15: datascience.columbia.edu/research/gra...
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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#ColumbiaAI News: AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination. Read Daniel Björkegren's essay in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination
Controlled studies capture only a fraction of the effects of artificial intelligence. Economists should work with social scientists to find innovative ways to fully grasp this fast-moving field.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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AI companionship feels real. For some users, the experience is comforting; for others, it’s catastrophic. Lawmakers are scrambling to respond.

Read the latest Columbia AI Insights newsletter, powered by @datascicolumbia.bsky.social:

www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-com...

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AI companionship feels real. Should the law adapt?
As commercial AI tools learn to mimic human warmth, empathy, and memory, chatbots increasingly occupy roles once reserved for other people: confidantes, friends, or even lovers. For some users, the ex...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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📣 Great opportunity for early-career researchers! We're accepting applications for the DSI Postdoctoral Fellows Program until December 15.

Don’t miss this opportunity! Find out more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/176174
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Columbia Faculty & Researchers: Are you working with complex data? Data science students can help unlock new insights in your research

Apply for the Campus Connections Program & get matched with talented @columbiauniversity.bsky.social data science students

datascience.columbia.edu/engage/campu...
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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💡 Microsoft Research’s @glenweyl.bsky.social is giving a lecture at @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on Dec 1: How to be the Superintelligence You’ve Been Waiting For

Don’t miss it! Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/lecture-gl...

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November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Daniel Hsu is shaping collaborative research at @datascicolumbia.bsky.social

As Associate Director for Research, he is strengthening collaboration across @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & positioning DSI at the forefront of interdisciplinary research in AI

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November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The J.P. Morgan Chase Machine Learning Center of Excellence joined us on campus last week 🙌

Representatives from their data scientist, product, and recruiting teams gave an inside look at JPMC’s internship programs and shared tips on navigating the hiring process. Thank you for your insights!
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Our Division Chief Sandra Lee has been awarded a grant from the @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on the topic “Reprogramming Governance: Ethical AI in Science and Health”
🤖To catalyze innovation in multi-stakeholder oversight, accountability, and trustworthiness in AI.
More to come - Stay tuned!
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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🌟 Congratulations to Justine Mach and Kenny Frias (CC '28) for their winning project at the DSI Research Fair, HarvestHub! This project is a collaboration with NCDP on integrating context-aware intelligence into climate disaster models. columbia-desdr.github.io @datascicolumbia.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the DSI Scholars Program is Sunday, November 2!

Spring 2026 projects include real-world research challenges in climate, engineering, neuroscience, psychiatry, public health, & more!

Learn more & submit your application: datascience.columbia.edu/research/pro...
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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#ColumbiaAI News: Scientists at Columbia's @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social Institute have come up with powerful new software driven by AI that can map the architecture of our brain cells 🧠

Read more about this breakthrough: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/ai-tool-reve...
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Employers looking for data science talent 🤝 Our talented Data Science students

Earlier this month, the Data Science Fall 2025 Career Fair connected our students (and future data scientists!) with companies and organizations hiring in their field.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Last year's DSI Scholars worked on research related to climate data, self-driving cars, phytoplankton, quantum architectures, machine learning, volcanic eruptions, & more!

Each scholar was mentored by a @columbiauniversity.bsky.social faculty member & got hands-on, collaborative research experience
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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NEWS: @columbiaseas.bsky.social and the @ethereum.foundation have launched a research center to advance blockchain infrastructure.

Read more about the Columbia-Ethereum Research Center for Blockchain Protocol Design:
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Columbia Engineering and Ethereum Foundation Launch Research Center to Advance Blockchain Infrastructure | Columbia Engineering
The Center will support research and education to advance the development and understanding of blockchain protocols and their applications.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The Founding Director of the Data Science Institute, Kathleen McKeown, is driving bold, cross-disciplinary research that redefines the field of natural language processing.

The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) recently awarded her the ACL Lifetime Achievement Award!
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Imagine a future where data science and AI help solve global challenges and empower our communities. @datascicolumbia.bsky.social is helping build that future through pioneering research, transformative education, and strategic partnerships.

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October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Columbia Researchers! Join us for the inaugural session of our new IICD Workshop Series: a hands-on Quantitative Immunology Workshop led by Sanket Rane.

📅 Date: Nov 19, 2-5 PM ET
📍 Location: Schermerhorn Hall 603
✍️ Register by: Nov. 17 (5 PM ET)
Link: bit.ly/4hfpfL2
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Can you tell what part of this image is AI and what part is photography? Akira Kawahata combines still photos with AI-generated imagery of the same object, stitching them into collages that blur the line between machine- and human-made.

#ColumbiaAI
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🎓 Every year, a new cohort of our MS in Data Science grads heads out into the world to design solutions that drive real-world impact in their fields. Data Science is reshaping how our world works - and our grads are leading the way. 🌎
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Big News: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social is now connected to the New York quantum network! 🙌

The SCY-QNet network will link different quantum devices across 10 locations.

Read more about the network via @columbiaseas.bsky.social: www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/c...
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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✨Alumni Spotlight: Mingzhang Yin, former @cancerdynamics.bsky.social and @datascicolumbia.bsky.social postdoc, is now a faculty at University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business.
His work bridges statistics, AI, & marketing to drive new insights in research and industry.

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October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM