2023
Axiom’s zero-knowledge proofs might one day help detect deepfakes
July 6, 2023
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Prof. Yi Sun discusses his startup Axiom developing technology to quickly and accurately detect deepfakes on the internet.
Guillaume Bal appointed Director of CCAM
July 5, 2023
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Guillaume Bal, Professor, Departments of Statistics, Mathematics, and the College has been appointed as Director of the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM), effective July 1, 2023.
Faculty accolade: Dan Nicolae
July 5, 2023
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Dan Nicolae has been named the Elaine M. and Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor.
2023 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division
May 30, 2023
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Profs. Dan Nicolae and Michael Franklin are the 2023 recipients of the Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division.
Matthew Stephens elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society!
May 10, 2023
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Our Chair, Matthew Stephens, Ralph W. Gerard Professor, Departments of Statistics and Human Genetics, and member of the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society!
An Applied Mathematician With an Unexpected Toolbox
March 3, 2023
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Lek-Heng Lim uses tools from algebra, geometry and topology to answer questions in machine learning.
Billingsley Lectures on Probability
January 26, 2023
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We are pleased to have Prof. Russell Lyons, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, as our honored speaker.
Bahadur Memorial Lectures
January 26, 2023
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Prof. Dr. Sara van de Geer, Department of Mathematics, and Seminar für Statistik (SfS), ETH Zürich, will give the 22nd Annual Bahadur Lectures on May 1st and May 4th, 2023.
2022
New Schmidt Futures Fellowship at UChicago to Foster Next Generation of AI-Driven Scientists
October 26, 2022
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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures, will train the next generation of scientists combining research in both AI and science fields, including physics, astronomy and biology.
Photo courtesy of the Department of Computer Science.
Welcome to Thuyen Dang
September 1, 2022
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Thuyen Dang is our new William H. Kruskal Instructor.
UChicago/Argonne Researchers Will Cultivate AI Model “Gardens” With $3.5M NSF Grant
August 30, 2022
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Project including Ben Blaiszik, Ian Foster, Eliu Huerta, and Rebecca Willett of UChicago CS will build a new platform to curate AI models and make it simple to test and deploy these powerful tools for science.
UChicago Co-Leads $10 Million NSF Institute on Foundations of Data Science
August 9, 2022
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The Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning (IDEAL), a multi-institutional collaboration of Chicago universities studying the foundations and applications of data science, was expanded and renewed for five years through a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Courtesy of Rob Mitchum (Department of Computer Science and the Data Science Institute).
Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching 2022
May 26, 2022
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Congratulations to Prof. Wei Biao Wu for receiving a Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring.
Prof. Lek-Heng Lim awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
April 11, 2022
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Congratulations to Prof. Lek-Heng Lim on being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2022!
Lek-Heng Lim selected as a 2022 SIAM Fellow
April 4, 2022
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Prof. Lek-Heng Lim, Department of Statistics, has been selected as a 2022 SIAM Fellow.