2024
U. of C. contest seeks astronomy art from South Side students
February 2, 2024
Hyde Park Herald article highlights an art contest held by UChicago astronomy and astrophysics department with the aim of connecting more South Side elementary students to the cosmos.
Meet Alice Luna, Astronomy and Astrophysics
January 31, 2024
Currently a third-year PhD student in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Alice Luna has been analyzing spectroscopic data from telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory to study the metallicity distributions of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies that provide archaeological access to the first stars and galaxies.
AI poisoning tool Nightshade received 250,000 downloads in 5 days
January 30, 2024
In a Venture Beat article, CS Prof. Ben Zhao comments on the fact that his lab's tool "Nightshade" has received 250,000 downloads in the five days since its release, saying that "the response is simply beyond anything we imagined."
Exploring 3D Paintbrush: An AI that colors with words
January 26, 2024
Using Cascaded Score Distillation, Dale Decatur and the 3DL lab create 3D Paintbrush: a tool that makes high-resolution 3D edits in localized regions of 3D objects.
University of Chicago professor, PhD students create tools to protect art from generative AI
January 25, 2024
In an ABC 7 video, Prof. Ben Zhao discusses Nightshade, a tool that protects artwork from being mimicked by AI.
UChicago researchers form new dynamic bio interfaces to aid biosensing and treatment
January 23, 2024
As their recent research in Nature Chemical Engineering demonstrates, the Bozhi Tian lab, led by graduate student Jiuyun Shi, has developed new interfaces that offer adaptability, precision, and targeted interactions with biological components, a discovery that could have significant implications for the future of healthcare.
Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use
January 23, 2024
Venture Beat article announces that "Nightshade" from the Computer Science Department's SAND Lab is now available for use.
Inno Under 25: The rising startup leaders to watch in Chicago
January 11, 2024
A Business Journals article lists UChicago undergrads Aarthi Koripelly and Jackson Lee among the Inno Under 25 for their startup Quail.ai, which tied for first place in last year's College New Venture Challenge and participated in the data science accelerator Transform.
Group from CS to present four papers at most prestigious international quantum conference
January 11, 2024
Assistant Professor Bill Fefferman and his group are headed to Taipei to present four works on today’s major quantum topics at QIP’24: the largest and most prestigious quantum computing research conference in the world.
Using electricity, scientists find promising new method of boosting chemical reactions
January 3, 2024
Asst. Prof. Anna Wuttig and her team found a way to use electricity to boost a type of chemical reaction often used in synthesizing new candidates for pharmaceutical drugs, which may lay the foundation for greener chemistry.
2023
UChicago scientists innovate ‘hook and slide’ method to improve drug discovery
December 20, 2023
UChicago scientists have developed a new "hook and slide" method where they can insert atoms within an already existing carbon framework. The innovation comes from a paper recently published in Science, by Rui Zhang, a fifth-year graduate student with the Guangbin Dong Lab. This new strategy developed by Zhang, with assistance from undergraduate Tingting Yu, promises to optimize medicinal chemistry.
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What to read and watch over winter break 2023
December 14, 2023
UChicago teaching award winners, including Michael Gladders, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Quantrell Award winner, share their selections for the holidays.
Chicago Booth announces a new joint degree with applied data science
December 8, 2023
Students can better prepare themselves for a career in a data and A.I.-driven world with the school’s new joint MBA and MS-ADS degree program.
Machine learning
November 8, 2023
High school students in the Collegiate Scholars Program get to know robots, with Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sarah Sebo.
UChicago undergrad analyzes machine learning models used by CPD, uncovers lack of transparency about data usage
November 3, 2023
Fourth-year student Anika Vyas utilized her time in Computer Science Asst. Prof. Raul Castro Fernandez’s ethics in data science course to investigate the successes and failures of the Chicago Police Department’s crime surveillance technology; the research suggests citizens aren’t getting the full story.