This workshop brings together a diverse group of theoreticians and applied researchers to explore the theoretical underpinnings behind the successes and limitations of modern AI.
Ilias Diakonikolas, Sheldon B. Lubar professor of Computer Sciences, received the 2024 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Grace Murray Hopper Award, one of the highest honors for young researchers in computing.
In an op-ed for Fortune magazine, Rebecca Willett, IFDS executive committee member, and Henry Hoffmann discuss how federal research cuts threaten to devastate America’s innovation and dominance in artificial intelligence.
This event is a collaboration between the IFDS at UW-Madison and the Data Science Center at Brigham Young University (BYU), a key partner of the UW IFDS.
Ying Fan, a former IFDS Wisc RA advised by Kangwook Lee, has been selected as a 2024 Rising Star in Machine Learning. The award recognizes her outstanding achievements and potential in advancing the field of machine learning. She was invited to deliver a talk at the Rising Star in Machine Learning series, held on December 5 and 6 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
UChicago and UW-Madison are part of a new AI Institute for the SkAI that has foundational components stemming from IFDS research
IFDS PI Rebecca Willett was the recipient of the SIAM Activity Group on Data Science Career Prize at the 2024 SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS24).
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Introducing the current cohort of RAs at University of Washington. Click on their photos for more information.
IFDS affiliates Ilias Diakonikolas and Jerry Zhu received a Romnes Fellowship and Kellett Award respectively. Congratulations to both!