Research spotlight
Accelerating research through strategic partnerships
Data Science Collaborator Program
AFIDSI 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, AFIDSI 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 AFIDSI 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
AFIDSI News
Kyle Cranmer selected as Editor in Chief of Machine Learning: Science and Technology
The journal Machine Learning: Science and Technology has selected incoming American Family Insurance Data Science Institute Director Kyle Cranmer as its next Editor in Chief. Cranmer’s three-year term will begin this week.
Incoming Data Science Institute Director Cranmer will speak on April 7
The School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) is pleased to host Kyle Cranmer, incoming director of the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (AFIDSI), for a RED Talk entitled “Data Science is on its Feet. Now Where is it Going?”
Data Science Institute is hiring an Administrative Associate Director
Join the team at the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI)! The Administrative Associate Director will assist with the planning and direction for administrative operations to advance DSI's program goals and objectives.
Apply for American Family Funding Initiative research grants by March 11
The American Family Funding Initiative offers grants up to $100K to stimulate and support cutting-edge, highly innovative and groundbreaking research in the rapidly growing field of data science, including computing and artificial intelligence.
Postdoctoral research opportunity at Data Science Institute
The Cranmer lab at UW-Madison is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to pursue research at the intersection of data science and particle physics.
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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.
Our mission
AFIDSI 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.
Connect with us
The AFIDSI 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.
Find us
AFIDSI is located on the 10th and 11th floors of the McArdle Bulding, 447 Lorch St., on the UW-Madison campus.
We are in the process of transitioning back to campus. Before visiting, please make an appointment with a member of the DSI staff.
