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The Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society strengthens University of Michigan’s preeminence in data science and catalyzes the transformative use of data science in a wide range of disciplines to achieve lasting societal impact. We publish biweekly newsletters with project showcases and other data science related news.

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Spring/Summer 2026

AI & Mental Health | Final Call: MIDAS Summer Academies | AI Workshops | Apply: Funding Deadlines

2026 Fellows Announced | Key Deadlines & Workshops Approaching | Faculty & Fellow Accomplishments

Winter 2026

Apply: Summer Academies, Postdoc Affiliates, Graduate Certificate | Register: How AI Can Shape Our Neighborhoods | ICYMI AIIR

Register for Summer Academies | June 22–26 & July 13–31 | Learn How to Apply AI and Data Science to Your Research

Apply Today: Summer Academies, Postdoctoral Affiliates and Funding Ops; RSVP: NIH Seminar, AIIR Symposium; More

Register Today | AI in Research Symposium | March 30–31

MAR. 30-31 Full Schedule; PODS RFP and More

Funding: RFP Now Open, Events: Symposium Keynote Speakers, Lectures and Tutorials, Deadlines: Faculty-Student Connections, Lightning Talks, more

Upcoming: AI in Research Symposium, Lectures & Workshops | Deadlines: AI Awards, Poster Presentations | Funding: Info Sessions & Opportunities | More

Stay Informed: Funding Opportunities, AI Workshops, Research Highlights and More

Celebrating 10 years of MIDAS, Lectures and Tutorials, Call for Proposals and Applications, Faculty Achievements, and More

Fall 2025

2025 Highlights, AI Research Award applications, Events next semester, and More

LEARN: Open-Source AI; EXPLORE: ML, Atom Bonds and Drug Discovery; SUBMIT: Proposals for DATA; APPLY: DAIR3; FIND: Data Science / AI Opportunities

Tutorial: Open-Source AI Models | Faculty Research Connections | Apply: Graduate Certificate Program & Postdoc Fellowships | More

Data science / AI Summit Nov. 17 | Energy-Optimal AI Lecture Nov. 12 | APPLY NOW: Responsible research training | Graduate Certificate Program | More

Nov. 17 U-M Vision Panel; Lecture: Energy-Optimal AI; GenAI for Coding Tutorial, Postdoc Applications, and more

Lecture: AI in the Global South, GenAI Tutorial: Can I Trust ChatGPT, Annual Summit Schedule, Postdoc App & Accomplishments, and more

Lecture: AI in Medical Practice, Gen AI Tutorials, Postdoc Applications & Accomplishments, Annual Summit, Faculty-Student Connection and more

Lecture: AI in Medical Practice, Postdoc Applications and New Cohort, Summit Keynotes, Faculty-Student Connection and more

Spring/Summer 2025

Annual Summit Keynotes, New MIDAS Faculty Appointments, Pitch Speakers, and More

Research Pitch, AI Regulation Lecture, Postdoc Mentor Sign-up, Annual Summit Call for Submissions and more

Faculty Research Pitch, Data and AI in Society Lecture Series, Annual Summit Call for Submissions and more

African Faculty Fellows, Annual Summit Call for Submissions and more

PODS Awardees, Faculty Awards, Faculty-Student Research Connection and more

Annual Summit Call for Submissions, Faculty – Student Research Connection, KMGL workshop, and more

Lecture on Work in an AI Economy, Postdoc Affiliate Program and MORE

Lecture On Preparing for Work in an AI Economy, DATA Awardees, Postdoc Affiliate Program and MORE

Winter 2025

“Generative AI and Sexual Harms”; Student Positions; Postdoc Affiliate Program and MORE

Labor, Machines and Economic Growth” Lecture, Postdoc Affiliate Application, Summer Academies, and More!

Summer Academies, Research Funding, and TWO Data and AI in Society Lectures in April!

AI for research discussion and stories, summer training in AI and data science, university-level AI news, and more!

PODS pilot funding program, Faculty Research Connection, DATA session call for posters, SCDS meet and greet, and More!

Summer Academies, “Can AI Be Conscious” Lecture, Faculty-Student Research Connection, Funding Calls, and More!

Data & AI in Society Lecture Series, Pilot Grant Program Townhall, AI in Science and Engineering Symposium, and MORE!

NEW GenAI Tutorials, Welcome to our Newest Staff Member, SCDS Registration, and MORE!

Fall 2024

MIDAS 2024 Highlights, AI Journeys Call for Submissions, AI research report,and MORE!

A LOADED Month for GenAI Tutorials, LAST CHANCE for 12/6 AI procurement Webinar

MIDAS is hiring! Call for “AI journeys” presentations; Research rigor and reproducibility bootcamp; and more

AI procurement talk; AI and humanities research connection; GenAI for research series, and more!

Don’t miss: Annual Meeting; GenAI tutorials; Call for research projects

Join us Sept 16 to learn what’s new at MIDAS!

Spring/Summer 2024

RSVP for Research Pitch

Join us this fall: Research Pitch, ADSA annual meeting, Mini-Symposia

MIDAS is hiring! Fall events on AI in research

MIDAS rename, pilot grant awards, National AI resources, and more

Showcase your research! Seeking proposals, ADSA Annual Meeting & mini-symposia series; Generative AI tutorials

Winter 2024

New MIDAS-Microsoft Collaboration on AI Policy; Save the Date! ADSA Annual Meeting; Call for Proposals!

Apply by 4/18: Intro to Data Sci & AI Summer Academy 2024; 4/22: GenAI Tutorial; Faculty-Student Research Connections!

4/8: Ethical AI Symposium ft. Bill de Blasio; Call for Proposals: PODS Grants 2024; Data Science Summer Academies!

3/18-19: The Future of Discovery in the Age of Human-AI Collaboration Symposium

3/5 AI for the Arts Symposium; Generative AI Training & Resources; NEW: AI Office Hours!

Upcoming DS & AI Symposia; 2/16: GenAI Tutorial; Apply for the Future Leaders Summit!

MIDAS Call for Apps: Future Leaders Summit & Biomed Research Training; 2/16: Generative AI Tutorial!

Fall 2023

MIDAS Annual Highlights 2023; NEW: Connecting Students with Faculty Research; CfA – Future Leaders Summit 2024!

12/6 Rewriting Societal Narratives webinar; Annual Summit Recap; new GenAI guides!

11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; 12/6 Rewriting Societal Narratives webinar; 11/29 GenAI Tutorial!

11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; GenAI Tutorial Series; MIDAS is hiring!

11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; GenAI Tutorial Series; 10/20 ARW mini-symposium.

New Biomed Training Program; 11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; GenAI Tutorial Series; MIDAS is Hiring!

9/21 Lecture – Cindy Cohn, EFF; Last call for annual Summit abstracts; Student Orgs Council.

9/6 Faculty Research Pitch; 9/12 NSF Opportunities Seminar; 9/25 Staff Scientists Meet & Greet.

Spring/Summer 2023

Call for Postdoc Applications and Faculty Mentors; 8/23 – GenAI Webinar; 9/12 – NSF Funding Trends Seminar.

Generative AI Coast-to-Coast webinar Aug. 8; Faculty Research Pitch; GenAI Diffusion models for Scientific ML mini-symposia.

Generative AI for research; Annual Summit speakers / presentations; MIDAS job.

Generative AI events; U-M Annual Data Science and AI Summit; PODS Grants awardees.

Data science summer academies; Generative AI faculty workshop.

Ethical AI forum; Data science summer academies; upcoming events.

Winter 2023

Ethical AI forum; Data science summer academies; upcoming events.

Responsible DS & AI; NSF trends seminar; Biomedical data science bootcamp; Calls for Proposals.

Responsible DS & AI; AI in Health; Generative AI, Composition, and Creativity; call for mini-symposia proposals.

Ethical AI Events & Call for Abstracts, AI in Science+Engineering and AI in Health Colloquia, and more

Apply for MIDAS Pilot Grants; 2022 Schmidt AI in Science Fellows; AI in Science & Engineering Day; Call for Posters, events.

AI in Science & Engineering Day, Pilot Grants, Call for Posters, Industry Career Panel.

PODS Call for Proposals; Future Leaders Summit Call for Nominations!

DATA Call for Proposals; Future Leaders Summit Call for Nominations; Data Justice, AI, and Design.

Data Justice, AI, and Design; ChatGPT Forum; Future Leaders Summit; and more.

Automated Research Workflow colloquium Jan. 26; Future Leaders Summit; Data Justice, AI, and Design colloquium.

Automated Research Workflow colloquium Jan. 26; Unstructured data meetings; Women of Color Code Webinar.

Fall 2022

2022 highlights; Automated Research Workflow colloquium; Awards and grants to MIDAS researchers; MIDAS open positions

12/1 seminars: Sensing and biodiversity, Bayesian learning; MIDAS Postdoc Programs Seek Applications!

Decision Making and Data Analytics 12/9, MIDAS Postdoc Programs Seek Applications!

NLP tutorial and research meeting this week! Nov. 14-15 data science and AI Summit; Industrial-Scale Data analytics Colloquium!

Nov. 14-15 Data Science and AI Summit; Nov. 9 NLP Workshop; MIDAS Jobs; Dec. 9 Analytics Colloquium!

AI for Sustainability colloquium 10/6; Social science and text data; 11/14-15 data science and AI Summit!

Datatopia Colloquium 9/29; MIDAS Jobs; Meeting with Microsoft CVP!

DS+AI organizations showcase; Datatopia Colloquium; MIDAS positions; meeting with Microsoft CVP!

Spring/Summer 2022

Datatopia Colloquium; Annual Symposium; NLP Tutorial Series; Environmental Data Science Bootcamp; Research Pitch Social!

New IUCRC grant; Environmental data science bootcamp; Symposium keynotes announced.

PODS awardees; NLP workshop; Symposium presentations; faculty updates; Student Leadership Board

Data Science & AI Symposium Call for Abstracts; Associate Director updates; New Job Opportunity

Meta social media data archive; Nvidia hardware grant!

Biomedical Bootcamp; Detroit Census Review

Data Science Bootcamp for Biomedical Researchers – Register now!

Data Science Bootcamp for Biomedical Researchers – Register now!

MIDAS Data Science Boot Camps; Student Leadership Board Applications; Reproducibility Winners!

Winter 2022

MIDAS Student Leadership Board Applications; MIDAS Hiring Student Assistants!

Interpretable ML Seminar, MIDAS Student Leadership Board Applications!

Responsible data science and AI Mini-Symposium and Virtual Roundtable

Responsible data science and AI symposium; Yazaki career event; last call for Data Science and AI colloquia proposals!

Responsible data science and AI symposium; ML in protein research seminar; Barriers to ML study; Yazaki career event

Proposals for Data science and AI colloquia, PODS Grant Showcase!

Call for colloquia proposals; Reproducibility Challenge winners; data science seminars; training for environmental scientists and more

MIDAS PODS awardee presentations, training for environmental scientists, NLP tutorials, researcher highlights

Responsible AI Seminar, Propelling Original Data Science Grants!

Responsible AI Seminar; ISR awarded NSF grant; PODS grants

Data science for single-cell biology; Conservation research with social media; faculty awards

MIDAS Seminar, Mentors for Fellows Program, PODS Proposals

MIDAS Pilot grant & postdoc programs; staff career event; EHR seminar TODAY; student venture competition

Seeking Mentor for MIDAS Fellows program, Data for Public Good Symposium!

Repurposed drugs for COVID-19 Seminar, MIDAS Future Leaders Summit!

Winter Seminar Series Schedule, PODS Showcase Postponed, Future Leaders Summit

Fall 2021

MIDAS 2021 Highlights, Future Leaders Summit, Student Resume Book

Future Leaders Summit nominations, PODS Grant Showcase, Mapping Black Holes with Data Science

Reproducibility Challenge Deadline, Race-aware algorithm seminar, Nvidia workshop

MIDAS Seminar Series, Lorch Hall 140 @ 4pm today

The new phase for MIDAS, Public Good Symposium, Trust and Transparency in Data Science Seminar

Data Science symposium TODAY, Women+ Data Science, Data for Public Good Symposium

Data Science symposium, Postdoc position, careers workshop, data science in policy and arts seminar (TODAY)

Data Science workshops, Phebe Vayanos on fair and robust AI, East Africa’s data science hub

Supporting Native American Tribal Nations, MIDAS Symposium, Reproducible Data Science, MIDAS positions

U-M Data Science symposium, Staff Collective for Data Science event, Explainable ML

TODAY: Zimeta on Data and Metaphor; NIH grant for data science for dynamic intervention; MIDAS Senior Scientist position

Reproducibility Challenge 2021, postdoc position open, seminar TODAY on interpretable ML

Arts and AI, Stefano Ermon on AI and Sustainability, Dr. Samson wins Innovation Award, Faculty Research Pitch

Greg Asner on Coral Reef Conservation, AI and Arts Symposium, Call for Proposals for Data Science and AI Symposia

Olga Russakovsky on Computer Vision and Fairness (Today), Faculty Research Pitch

Join MIDAS Student Leadership Board, Research Pitch, Annual Symposium, and Staff Reading Group

Spring/Summer 2021

Improving Detroit Youth Programs, Data Science Events

New Data Science Project Class, Faculty Research Pitch, Staff Collective for Data Science

Faculty Research Pitch, Staff Collective for Data Science, MIDAS Seminar Series

Present your Research at U-M Data Science & AI Symposium, Computational Neuroscience Workshops

MIDAS Student Research Positions, Seeking Open Science and Text as Data Proposals

Microsoft, MIDAS, and Detroit Partner for Digital Equity, Examining Online Extremism, and Symposium Keynotes Announced

New Apple Fellowship and Grant Opportunities

Apply for Google Cloud Credits, Submit Mini-Workshop Proposals

Data Science Workshop July 7, PhD Fellowship, Call for Workshop Proposals

Spotlighting Stigma and Disparity in Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

New Grant Opportunities for Researchers, Call for Mini-Workshop Submissions

Data Science Coast-to-Coast, U-M Survey and Data Science Program

Call for Proposals for the 2021 Symposium, New Mentorship Opportunity with Apple

Data Science Pilot Grant Winners Announced, Tweets Helping to Understand Climate Change Sentiment

New Sports Analytics MOOC, Seeking Students for Health Data Competition, Community Engagement Proposals

Helping Native American Tribes Manage Education Data, Data Science Coast to Coast: Biodiversity

Experiencing India’s COVID Surge, Digital Inclusion Challenge

Seeking Faculty Interest for New Center on Campus, Midwest Big Data Hub Survey

Winter 2021

New Center for Drug Discovery, Dr. Hampshire Appointed USDOT CSO, UM-Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Collaboration

Seminars on Data Equity and Open Science, Computer Science and Consciousness

Women+ Data Science: Navigating Difficult Boundaries, NCBI codeathon

Data Science Coast to Coast – Urban Informatics, Coded Bias, Research Assistant positions

U.S. and India Politicians Dataset, MIDAS Upcoming Events

Who are our Data Scientists?, Upcoming Events

Collaboration Pitch: Robotics and Human-Computer Interaction, Pilot Grants

Azure Credits for Criminal and Racial Justice, Collaboration Pitch from 7 Universities, Women+ Data Science, Pilot Grants

Data Science Collaboration Pitch, MyVoice Data Challenge, Pilot Grants

Supporting AI Research, Pilot Grant Program Announced

MIDAS postdoc program seeking faculty; “Life after Grad School” panel; Data for Public Good; Student Career Events

Interested in being a faculty mentor for a MIDAS fellow?

Community forum on “race, data, and AI” following Timnit Gebru’s Seminar

The Data Challenge experience; Hampshire joins the Biden Administration

Timnit Gebru Seminar; Data Science for Public Good Symposium

Timnit Gebru Seminar; MIDAS Faculty Recognitions

Fall 2020

MIDAS 2020 Year in Review

Research Reproducibility in Data Science

Remembering Professor Bill Grosky

Data Science Graduate School Information Event

Health and Wellness Data Challenge

Dr. Alex Szalay on Spatial Data; COVID, Justice, The Universe, all at the MIDAS Annual Symposium 2020

MIDAS Annual Symposium: A Conversation with Eric Horvitz, Microsoft

Annual Symposium Research Talk: The Testing Paradox for COVID-19; Data For Public Good Symposium: Call for Abstracts 

The State of the Art in Automated and Semi-Automated Video Coding Workshop at the Annual Symposium

Learn About Data Science from Coast 2 Coast; Build Skills and Find Collaborators

Data Feminism: Keynote at MIDAS Annual Symposium; Data Science Coast 2 Coast

Consortium for Data Scientists in Training; Data Scientists on the 2020 Election; Azure Cloud Credits- Deadline Extended

Azure Cloud Credits- Submissions due September 30

Reproducibility Challenge Winners and Resources for Reproducible Data Science; Azure Cloud Credits- Submissions due September 30

Funding Opportunities: NSF AI Institutes and Azure Cloud Credits; MIDAS Reproducibility Day and Research Working Group

Fair Representation in Arts and in Data, MIDAS Reproducibility Day, Research Working Groups

Spring/Summer 2020

MIDAS Reproducibility Day, MIDAS Annual Symposium- Abstracts due September 18th, and 2020-2021 Women+ Data Science Series

Dr. Kentaro Toyama on Social Justice and Data Science, Data Science Faculty Research Pitch event

Research and Learning Remotely Together: Fall 2020 Data Science Activities Preview

Find Collaborators and Recruit Students, MIDAS Fall Seminar Series

MIDAS-EPA research collaboration, Upcoming Events

Dr. Jagadish and Other Experts: “Is AI Racist?”; Submit Mini Workshop Idea by July 31

Save the Date: 2020 Annual Symposium and Reproducibility Challenge Award Ceremony

How Big Data Could Optimize COVID-19 Testing, NSF Award to Study Changes in COVID-19 Risk Perceptions

Save the Date: 2020 MIDAS Annual Symposium, Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting

Congratulations! Faculty Appointments and Promotions, Research Reproducibility Virtual Showcase series

MIDAS 2020 Student Leadership Board, Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting, Research Reproducibility Virtual Showcase series

Words that made a difference in the 2016 election, App analyzes biological clocks

Research Reproducibility Virtual Showcase series, COVID-19 Data Science Research webinars

COVID-CORE dataset, Annual symposium, Public Health Data Workshop

Annual symposium, Public Health Data Workshop, Webinars

Data science grant awardees and research and educational webinar series

Reproducibility Challenge Showcase, COVID-19 data science webinar series

Reproducibility Challenge Showcase, COVID-19 data science webinar series

Winter 2020

Propelling Original Data Science mini-grants for COVID-19, COVID-19 webinar series, Selection bias and missing data in COVID-19 population studies working group

Propelling Original Data Science mini-grants for COVID-19, Affiliated faculty on COVID-19, COVID-19 webinar series

Funding for COVID-19 research, affiliated faculty on COVID-19, basketball challenge

Affiliated Faculty on COVID-19, UMOR COVID-19 Research Portal, CSCAR

Data Scientists- Call to Action, COVID-19’s impact on the medical supply chain, Contributions to World Economic Forum report

COVID-19 research, Didi Chuxing invitation for proposals and datasets, graduate student fellowships

Webinar on COVID-19 Outbreak, Computational Music Theory Symposium, Didi Chuxing invitation for proposals, Reproducibility Challenge, Events

Data Science Fellow on Coronavirus, Networking Sessions for Affiliated Faculty, Machine Learning Workshop

Didi Chuxing invitation for proposals, Women+ Data Science, Reproducibility Challenge, Basketball Data Madness Challenge 2020, Seminars

Basketball Data Madness Challenge 2020, Reproducibility Challenge, MIDAS Fellows Program, Seminars

Affiliated Faculty News, Reproducibility Challenge, MIDAS Fellows Program, Seminars, Datasets, Funding Opportunities

Communicating the value of science, Workshops, Reproducibility Challenge

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