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What If AI Scientists Could Talk to Each Other?

Chicago Human+AI (CHAI) Lab launches Agent4Science, a platform where AI agents share, critique, and debate research.

UChicago Researchers Build a Tool to Help Fix Peer Review

As AI floods academic publishing, Chenhao Tan's lab argues AI can be part of the fix.

Michael Franklin Named Deputy Dean for Computational and Mathematical Sciences

The DSI Faculty Co-Director will lead strategic planning for computational and mathematical sciences.

Could AI Help Us Be More Thoughtful Voters?

UChicago researchers launch civic chatbot to educate and challenge voters.

AI Initiative Shares UChicago’s Vision for AI-Empowered Interdisciplinary Research

The event introduced five AI and Education research working groups and ten interdisciplinary AI Research Areas spanning archaeology to oncology, visual arts to climate economics.

Inclusive Development International Expands “Follow the Money” Toolkit

DSI software team powers upgrades to DeBIT and the Shareholder Tracker.

AI + Science

A new paradigm of transformational AI-enabled scientific discovery across the physical and biological sciences, advancing core AI principles and training a new generation of diverse interdisciplinary scientists.

Data & Democracy

Cutting-edge research at the intersection of computation and democratic representation. How can data science innovations – better mechanisms, better models, better metrics – strengthen democracy?

AICE: AI for Climate

A program of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth and DSI, AI for Climate aims to accelerate and transform climate research with a focus on both scientific advances and societal impacts.

Data Ecology

The goal of data ecology is to study dataflows and design interventions to control how data impacts our world.

Novel Intelligence

Exploring how to train AI models that augment rather than mimic human capacity.

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Upcoming Events

Join the DSI community for talks, workshops and other gatherings that spark new collaborations and technological discoveries.

Apr

7

Upcoming EventApr 07, 2026

Laurence Perreault-Levasseur (Université de Montréal): Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series

Data-Driven High-Dimensional Inverse Problems: Insights from Strong Gravitational Lensing

Apr

8

Upcoming EventApr 08, 2026

AICE Speaker Series: Colm-cille P. Caulfield (Cambridge)

Apr

9

Upcoming EventApr 09, 2026

Lillian Lee (Cornell): Distinguished Speaker Series

Jon Kleinberg at Cornell University on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 15, 2005, in Ithaca, N.Y. He is a 2005 MacArthur
Fellowship award receipent. He is with the CU Dept. of Computer Sciences. Photo for WIDE WORLD by Michael J. Okoniewski.

Apr

10

Upcoming EventApr 10, 2026

Jon Kleinberg (Cornell): Distinguished Speaker Series

Apr

14

Upcoming EventApr 14, 2026

AI+Science Hackathon

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Data & SoftwareApr 02, 2026

UChicago Researchers Build a Tool to Help Fix Peer Review

Mar

31

Past EventMar 31, 2026

Madeleine Torcasso (UChicago): Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series

Applied Data ScienceMar 23, 2026

Winter 2026 Capstone Showcase Highlights Innovative Data Science Projects

Mar

18

Past EventMar 18, 2026

MS in Applied Data Science – Information Session (Online Program)

BlogMar 17, 2026

Could AI Help Us Be More Thoughtful Voters?

Apr

1

Past EventApr 01, 2026

Abel Kho (Northwestern University): Biomedical Data Science Colloquium

Michael J. Franklin, founding Faculty Co-Director of DSI, has been appointed Deputy Dean for Computational and Mathematical Sciences in the University of Chicago's Physical Sciences Division.

Campus NewsMar 12, 2026

Michael Franklin Named Deputy Dean for Computational and Mathematical Sciences

President Paul Alivisatos introduced the event and the University’s goals for AI Initiative, calling this moment “a signal period in intellectual history."

Campus NewsMar 12, 2026

AI Initiative Shares UChicago’s Vision for AI-Empowered Interdisciplinary Research

Mar

16

Past EventMar 16, 2026

GTC’26 Keynote Watch Party at UChicago

Mar

26

Past EventMar 26, 2026

Data Science Seminar Series: Roger Moore

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