Accelerating research through strategic partnerships
Data Science Services
The 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.
Community Connections
Created by the DSI to seed data science research collaboration across campus, the Data Science Community Map is for anyone at UW-Madison who is interested in data science. Whether you are a seasoned data science researcher, want to learn more, or support data science efforts on campus, you belong here.
Data Science Research Support
American Family Insurance has partnered with UW through the DSI to support 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
The Data Science Institute is Hiring a Financial Specialist
The Data Science Institute is accepting applications for a financial specialist. This position will report directly to the associate director of administration, will assist the DSI director, and will support staff members to advance the DSI's research goals and objectives.
Apply for Data Science Research Funding by March 1
The American Family Funding Initiative, an internal funding competition at UW–Madison, offers up to $150K to stimulate and support cutting-edge research in the rapidly growing field of data science.
First-Ever Generative AI Prompt Battle in the U.S. a Success
On November 29, the UW-Madison community gathered in the Discovery Building for the inaugural generative AI prompt battle at an American university. MadPrompts, hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Data Science Institute, featured an electrifying competition where contestants used text prompts to create AI-generated images.
DSI is hiring an Open Source Program Office Outreach Specialist
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting applications for an Outreach Specialist position at the Data Science Institute to support the Open Source Program Office.
Share your work at the 2024 Research Bazaar
The UW-Madison Research Bazaar seeks submissions for lightning talks, posters, interactive discussions, workshops, and an art meets science exhibit for our 5th annual event, February 7-8 at the Discovery Building.
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Faces of Data Science
Meet people in the UW-Madison data science community through our series of profiles.
The UW–Madison Data Science Institute, powered by American Family Insurance, 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.
Find us
The DSI is located on the 10th and 11th floors of the McArdle Bulding, 447 Lorch St., on the UW-Madison campus.