UC Berkeley and MIT awarded $12.5 million to study critical issues in data science

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Berkeley, Calif.--The National Science Foundation has awarded $12.5 million to establish a multidisciplinary institute—a collaboration between UC Berkeley and MIT—to improve our understanding of critical issues in data science, including modeling, statistical inference, computational efficiency, and societal impacts.

UC Berkeley to lead $10M NSF/Simons Foundation program to investigate theoretical underpinnings of deep learning

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Simons Foundation awarded $10 million to a UC Berkeley-led program to gain a theoretical understanding of deep learning. Berkeley staff are also involved in a second project funded at $10 million.

New Introductory Data Science Course Launched this Summer to Increase Access to Data Science

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The Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) introduced a new course this summer to its offerings, Data 6. Berkeley undergraduate student Ian Castro (Media Studies and Microbial Biology, class of 2021) will be teaching the course offered to incoming Berkeley SEED Scholars students.

MIT and Berkeley Perspectives on the Future of AI Research and Education

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Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes and Dean Dan Huttenlocher (MIT), in discussion with Professor Jitendra Malik and Professor Michael I. Jordan (both of UC Berkeley), are featured as part of BAIR's Distinguished Lecture in Place Series: MIT and Berkeley Perspectives on the Future of AI Research and Education.

UC Berkeley’s National Data Workshop Spurring Data Science Classes at HBCUs, California Community Colleges

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Although shelter-in-place rules in Berkeley and across the country caused people to shut down their travel plans, the restrictions also led to a wide-open welcome to educators interested in attending UC Berkeley's third annual

Discovery Exchange Students Analyze Tweets to Map Pandemic Reactions in COVID-Twitter Project

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The COVID-Twitter Project, created by Ameek Bindra (Berkeley ‘22) and a team of undergraduates across the country, analyzes tweets about COVID-19 to map how reactions to the pandemic changed over the months.

Discovery Exchange Team Feature: Arlo Malmberg

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The Discovery Exchange would not be possible without the people who helped make the online hub into what it is: a su

UC Berkeley Experts Emphasize Critical Role Data Must Play in Slowing, Recovering from COVID and Increasing Future Resilience

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As the world faces the most profound and deeply disruptive public health crisis in modern history—COVID-19—our scientific research communities are navigating a series of unknowns against a complex backdrop where responsible data sc

Discovery Program x MEJ: Undergraduates Apply Data Science to Environmental Justice

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Spearheaded by four graduate students from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, M

Discovery Exchange: Virtual Data Science Collaboration at Berkeley

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COVID-19 has impeded many opportunities and has resulted in students feeling isolated and uninspired.