The American Family Funding Initiative offers grants of $75-150K to stimulate and support cutting-edge, highly innovative and groundbreaking research in the rapidly growing field of data science, including computing and artificial intelligence.
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Graduate Assistant Opportunity: Managing Editor
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (AFIDSI) is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a UW-Madison graduate student to serve as managing editor of the journal Sociological Methods and Research (SMR). Applications will be accepted through December 18.
Newly redesigned website serves the UW-Madison data science community
The data science community has a new place to explore research, academics, training and other opportunities at UW-Madison. The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute recently launched a fully updated version of the data science @ uw website that presents fresh content from partners across campus.
American Family supports second round of data science research grants at UW-Madison
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute is honored to announce the results of the second round of the American Family Funding Initiative, a research competition for data science projects.
Yandell will speak on “Data Science in the Pandemics Age” at Forward Fest
Brian Yandell, David R. Anderson Interim Director of the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute, will talk about “Data Science in the Pandemics Age” at ForwardFest on Aug. 17, 6-7pm.
American Family Insurance Data Science Institute awards “mini grants” to advance data science
Nine teams of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and collaborators have been awarded nearly $1 million through the American Family Funding Initiative, a research competition for data science projects.
A coalition of scientists takes on COVID-19 — with data
It began with a question from a yoga instructor, sent to the inbox of horticulture professor Brian Yandell. Now it’s a major collaborative effort, housed at UW–Madison, that will help the world better understand and respond to COVID-19.
Researchers at UW–Madison lead data science coalition to aid with COVID-19
A major collaborative data science effort now underway at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to aid understanding and response to COVID-19 began with an email from a yoga instructor.