When it is completed, the building will house CDIS — which includes the Information School and the departments of Computer Sciences and Statistics — the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute, the N+1 Institute and the Center for High Throughput Computing.
News and announcements
Data Science Institute welcomes first cohort of affiliates
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) is honored to announce its inaugural cohort of faculty and academic staff affiliates representing colleges, schools and departments across the UW–Madison campus.
Data science research funding available through American Family partnership
The American Family Funding Initiative offers grants up to $100K to stimulate and support cutting-edge research in the rapidly growing field of data science. Proposals are due March 3.
Register for the Research Bazaar by Feb. 8
UW-Madison’s Data Science Hub is hosting the fourth annual Research Bazaar, focused on the theme of Information Insights: Shaping Futures with Data and Computing, Feb. 22-23.
The Data Science Institute is hiring data scientists
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) at UW-Madison is growing, and we are hiring data scientists to join our team.
Apply to present your work at the 2023 Research Bazaar
The 2023 Research Bazaar seeks submissions for lightning talks, posters, interactive discussions, workshops, and an art meets science exhibit. Focused on the theme of Information Insights: Shaping Futures with Data and Computing, the Research Bazaar will take place February 22-23.
UW—Madison awarded DOE funding to advance theoretical particle physics with AI
Researchers in the UW—Madison American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) are among three team projects recently awarded funding as part of a $6.4 million investment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research in artificial intelligence for high energy physics.
New faculty profile: Kyle Cranmer seeks to advance scientific discovery through new ways of looking at data
Kyle Cranmer joined the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute in July 2022 as the David R. Anderson Director. He is a professor in the Physics Department with affiliate appointments in Computer Sciences and Statistics.
UW—Madison awarded NSF funding for data management and open science
Researchers in the UW—Madison American Family Insurance Data Science Institute and Department of Geography were recently awarded grants from the National Science Foundation to advance good data management and open-science practices.
Ben Ball enjoys helping people sift through the chaos of research administration
Ben Ball joined the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute in June 2022 as its new Administrative Associate Director.