Research spotlight
Accelerating research through strategic partnerships
Data Science Collaborator Program
DSI partners with campus researchers and research teams to overcome data science challenges, such as aggregating and curating data from multiple sources and building out research pipelines. This collaboration adds depth to research, enabling investigation of new questions.
COVID-19 Research Group
As the campus and state shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, DSI responded to the need for mathematical modeling to guide policy decisions and public health outreach. Within weeks, the institute had convened a team of leaders and experts from across the U.S.
American Family Funding Initiative
American Family Insurance has partnered with UW through DSI to support fundamental data science research. The American Family Funding Initiative provides research awards of up to $100,000, with research teams based in departments across the UW-Madison campus.
Fostering a thriving data science community
DSI News
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.
Nine projects awarded funding through American Family Insurance partnership with UW-Madison Data Science Institute
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) at UW-Madison announced nine campus research projects selected for funding through the fourth round of the American Family Funding Initiative.
Data Science Institute is hiring a data science facilitator
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) is hiring a Data Science Facilitator to engage people in data science training, outreach, and community building.
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Faces of Data Science
Meet people in the UW-Madison data science community through our series of profiles.
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute is committed to advancing discovery that benefits society through cutting-edge research and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
We are catalyzing and mobilizing our research community to meet data-rich grand challenges.
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Our mission
The DSI performs cutting-edge research in the fundamentals of data science and catalyzes the translation of this research into practice, to advance scientific discovery in collaboration with researchers across campus and beyond.
Our vision
The DSI will lead a vibrant, innovative, inclusive and collaborative data science research community, and advance the social good, through a coherent research agenda backed by resources, space, and data science expertise.
Inquiries
The DSI is administered through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with an endowment from American Family Insurance. We welcome inquiries about our work and collaboration opportunities.
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The DSI is located on the 10th and 11th floors of the McArdle Bulding, 447 Lorch St., on the UW-Madison campus.
