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Chicago Data Night has become a cornerstone of Chicago’s data and AI community, bringing together professionals and academics for technically rigorous and timely conversations. Since its start in fall 2023, the series has featured speakers spanning cutting-edge research and real-world industry applications, creating a forum where ideas translate into practice and a community that shares learnings across sectors through conversation. 

The series creates a recurring forum for the emerging community of AI in Science researchers to share methodological advances, discuss challenges, and forge new collaborations.
 

The two-day conference, Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering, began with an uncomfortable premise: Climate change is real, its consequences could be catastrophic, and avoiding the worst outcomes will likely require dramatic intervention.

Walking onto the University of Chicago campus this May, visitors to SciFM 2026 could sense the electric anticipation. As the third installment of the Scientific Foundation Models conference series unfolded, world-renowned researchers, national lab experts, and industry leaders collided in a three-day conversation that asked: How is AI reshaping the practice of science—and what still stands in its way?

UChicago scientists demystify quantum, separate hype from reality, and explore potential applications—from cybersecurity to medical sensors to computers

The University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute (DSI) recently celebrated five years of community-centered data science in partnership with The 11th Hour Project, the primary grantmaking arm of The Schmidt Family Foundation. The event highlighted the impact of this partnership both globally and locally in Chicago through talks on research collaboration, open source tool development, and student-led projects spanning human rights, food systems, ocean health, climate solutions, and civic technology. 

On April 16, the University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute and Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation welcomed James Hairston, former Meta executive and current head of global innovation policy at OpenAI, for a lunch and learn that gave students a window into one of the companies shaping the future of technology. 

The home of the University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute (DSI), 5460 S. University Ave., has been dedicated in honor of longstanding supporters Yuji Suzuki, SM'70, and his late wife, Lorraine Suzuki, PhD’73, who met and married at the University of Chicago. The University celebrated the dedication of the Lorraine and Yuji Suzuki Center at a May 19 ceremony featuring UChicago leaders, alumni, family and friends of the Suzukis, and members of the Data Science Institute.

 

The SciFM 26 conference will be hosted at UChicago from May 27-29.

Schmidt AI in Science Fellows mentored twelve interdisciplinary student teams that applied machine learning to advance scientific discovery.

In recognition of their longstanding support of the University of Chicago and generous contributions to expanding data science education and research, the University has named the Data Science Institute’s new home at 5460 S. University Ave. in honor of Yuji Suzuki, SM’70, and in memory of his late wife, Lorraine Suzuki, PhD’73.

On the trading floor at Cboe Global Markets, a group of students from the MS in Applied Data Science program gathered near the closing bell as the final seconds of the trading day ticked down. When the clock hit 3:15 PM, MS-ADS student Adaora Ezike rang the bell. 

This past weekend, a new group of high school students graduated from the Saturday Morning Quantum program. Hosted by Fermilab, the course allows students to engage directly with lab quantum scientists and engineers while exploring core topics in quantum science.

UChicago physics PhD student Robert Weinbaum uses games to explain complex concepts.

Science and art are often held up as opposites — the logical and analytical versus the creative and emotional, the domain of the left brain hemisphere versus the right, the yang versus the yin. But UChicago notes that the disciplines are, in fact, intertwined — and not just in an abstract philosophical sense.