News: Faculty

In this episode of the Resources Radio podcast, host Kristin Hayes invites Liz Moyer to break down the history of US energy use in commemoration of the country’s 250th year of independence. 

The R&D effort focuses on exploring the utilization of a streaming link between the custom Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based hardware boards planned to be used during HL-LHC, and a high-performance GPU-enabled processing farm. With this architecture, the R&D effort led by CERN Openlab, University of Chicago, and UCL scientists will allow the real-time analysis of the full data stream by deploying powerful models like Convolutional Auto-Encoders (CAEs), temporal Convolutional Neural Networks (TCCN), and transformer-based models, which are planned to be tested with the prototype hardware.

Thirteen members of the University of Chicago faculty, including three from the Physical Sciences Division, have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, effective July 1.

Discovering the physical principles of superconductivity in diamond opens the door for scientists to use it in new quantum technologies
 

Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet.

The fight over the data that trains artificial intelligence has become one of the defining economic conflicts of the decade.

PSD department chair, director, and deputy dean appointments and reappointments, effective July 1, 2026.

In this episode of Big Brains, Marshini Chetty discusses tactics used in apps and online to deceive users—from subscription traps to collecting data.

A new device from AxLab, led by PhD student Willa Yang in the Department of Computer Science, lets digital displays bloom from everyday objects and surfaces—creating touch interfaces only when they're needed, and helping technology fade seamlessly into daily life.

How an innovative UChicago laboratory built a fast-moving platform to target "undruggable" cancer proteins and train the next generation of scientific leaders. 

Researchers say a lack of reliable information on artificial intelligence use on campus could lead to misguided policies.

Carlos Kenig discusses the Fields Medal, Jorge Luis Borges, and the Chicago School of Analysis.
 

From a student who won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad with a perfect score in 1984, Professor Dam Thanh Son has become one of the most influential Vietnamese-born theoretical physicists on the international stage.

The need for massive upfront investments and the likelihood of significant job displacement imply remarkable parallels between the AI buildout and the green transition. In both cases, the state has an important role to play in guiding market forces on behalf of the public good.

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.