News: Faculty

Rebecca Willett, the Worah Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science and NITMB Deputy Director for Research, will continue to serve alongside the new director. 

Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Laureate and professor at the University of Chicago, discusses global macro uncertainties and political cooperation.

UChicago and global collaborators introduce “kinematic flow,” a new framework for cosmological equations that may reshape how we model the early universe.

Blase Ur speaks on the ability of chatbots to provide therapy.

Congratulations to Zoe Yan, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Physics, who has received a 2025 Young Investigator Award by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research!

Congratulations to Arvind Murugan, Associate Professor of Physics, for being named one of this year's Schmidt Polymaths program cohort!

“Quantum sound” will aid the searches for both nuclear weapons and dark matter.

Tools like Glaze and Nightshade aim to muddle AI training, while lawsuits and legislation target AI companies directly. But researchers warn defenses may never fully hold.

Astronomers spotted the brightest FRB yet, “RBFLOAT”, traced to galaxy NGC 4141. The CHIME study pinpointed its origin with new Outriggers tech.

Introducing the next generation of international, interdisciplinary researchers to AI-enabled scientific discovery.

At the Summer 2025 Master’s in Applied Data Science Capstone Showcase, 18 teams tackled real-world problems with advanced data science, with winning projects in energy, healthcare, and agriculture.

Students shared findings from eight weeks of discovery and development.

The Department of Computer Science and Data Science Institute hold indispensable roles at the University, enriching the broader intellectual environment while offering meaningful benefits to both students and faculty.

UChicago alum John Paparrizos won the SIGMOD Test-of-Time Award for his k-Shape algorithm, advancing time series data analysis across fields like healthcare and finance.

Study reveals how cells run complex computations without a brain, challenging traditional engineering principles.