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.
Newsletters
Winter 2024
- April 26, 2024: New MIDAS-Microsoft Collaboration on AI Policy; Save the Date! ADSA Annual Meeting; Call for Proposals!
- April 11, 2024: Apply by 4/18: Intro to Data Sci & AI Summer Academy 2024; 4/22: GenAI Tutorial; Faculty-Student Research Connections!
- March 25, 2024: 4/8: Ethical AI Symposium ft. Bill de Blasio; Call for Proposals: PODS Grants 2024; Data Science Summer Academies!
- March 5, 2024: 3/18-19: The Future of Discovery in the Age of Human-AI Collaboration Symposium
- February 23, 2024: 3/5 AI for the Arts Symposium; Generative AI Training & Resources; NEW: AI Office Hours!
- February 5, 2024: Upcoming DS & AI Symposia; 2/16: GenAI Tutorial; Apply for the Future Leaders Summit!
- January 16, 2024: MIDAS Call for Apps: Future Leaders Summit & Biomed Research Training; 2/16: Generative AI Tutorial!
Fall 2023
- December 18, 2023: MIDAS Annual Highlights 2023; NEW: Connecting Students with Faculty Research; CfA – Future Leaders Summit 2024!
- November 29, 2023: 12/6 Rewriting Societal Narratives webinar; Annual Summit Recap; new GenAI guides!
- November 10, 2023: 11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; 12/6 Rewriting Societal Narratives webinar; 11/29 GenAI Tutorial!
- October 27, 2023: 11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; GenAI Tutorial Series; MIDAS is hiring!
- October 13, 2023: 11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; GenAI Tutorial Series; 10/20 ARW mini-symposium.
- September 29, 2023: New Biomed Training Program; 11/13-14 Annual DS & AI Summit; GenAI Tutorial Series; MIDAS is Hiring!
- September 15th, 2023: 9/21 Lecture – Cindy Cohn, EFF; Last call for annual Summit abstracts; Student Orgs Council.
- September 1st, 2023: 9/6 Faculty Research Pitch; 9/12 NSF Opportunities Seminar; 9/25 Staff Scientists Meet & Greet.
Spring/Summer 2023
- August 18, 2023: Call for Postdoc Applications and Faculty Mentors; 8/23 – GenAI Webinar; 9/12 – NSF Funding Trends Seminar.
- August 4, 2023: Generative AI Coast-to-Coast webinar Aug. 8; Faculty Research Pitch; GenAI Diffusion models for Scientific ML mini-symposia.
- July 21, 2023: Generative AI for research; Annual Summit speakers / presentations; MIDAS job.
- June 27, 2023: Generative AI events; U-M Annual Data Science and AI Summit; PODS Grants awardees.
- June 2, 2023: Data science summer academies; Generative AI faculty workshop.
- May 12, 2023: Ethical AI forum; Data science summer academies; upcoming events.
Winter 2023
- April 28, 2023: Ethical AI forum; Data science summer academies; upcoming events.
- April 17, 2023: Responsible DS & AI; NSF trends seminar; Biomedical data science bootcamp; Calls for Proposals.
- April 7, 2023: Responsible DS & AI; AI in Health; Generative AI, Composition, and Creativity; call for mini-symposia proposals.
- March 29, 2023: Ethical AI Events & Call for Abstracts, AI in Science+Engineering and AI in Health Colloquia, and more
- March 16, 2023: Apply for MIDAS Pilot Grants; 2022 Schmidt AI in Science Fellows; AI in Science & Engineering Day; Call for Posters, events.
- March 2, 2023: AI in Science & Engineering Day, Pilot Grants, Call for Posters, Industry Career Panel.
- February 17: 2023: PODS Call for Proposals; Future Leaders Summit Call for Nominations!
- February 8, 2023: DATA Call for Proposals; Future Leaders Summit Call for Nominations; Data Justice, AI, and Design.
- February 2, 2023: Data Justice, AI, and Design; ChatGPT Forum; Future Leaders Summit; and more.
- January 23, 2023: Automated Research Workflow colloquium Jan. 26; Future Leaders Summit; Data Justice, AI, and Design colloquium.
- January 11, 2023: Automated Research Workflow colloquium Jan. 26; Unstructured data meetings; Women of Color Code Webinar.
Fall 2022
- December 21, 2022: 2022 highlights; Automated Research Workflow colloquium; Awards and grants to MIDAS researchers; MIDAS open positions
- November 29, 2022: 12/1 seminars: Sensing and biodiversity, Bayesian learning; MIDAS Postdoc Programs Seek Applications!
- November 21, 2022: Decision Making and Data Analytics 12/9, MIDAS Postdoc Programs Seek Applications!
- November 7, 2022: NLP tutorial and research meeting this week! Nov. 14-15 data science and AI Summit; Industrial-Scale Data analytics Colloquium!
- October 20, 2022: Nov. 14-15 Data Science and AI Summit; Nov. 9 NLP Workshop; MIDAS Jobs; Dec. 9 Analytics Colloquium!
- October 5, 2022: AI for Sustainability colloquium 10/6; Social science and text data; 11/14-15 data science and AI Summit!
- September 22, 2022: Datatopia Colloquium 9/29; MIDAS Jobs; Meeting with Microsoft CVP!
- September 9, 2022: DS+AI organizations showcase; Datatopia Colloquium; MIDAS positions; meeting with Microsoft CVP!
Spring/Summer 2022
- August 25, 2022: Datatopia Colloquium; Annual Symposium; NLP Tutorial Series; Environmental Data Science Bootcamp; Research Pitch Social!
- August 11, 2022: New IUCRC grant; Environmental data science bootcamp; Symposium keynotes announced.
- July 28, 2022: PODS awardees; NLP workshop; Symposium presentations; faculty updates; Student Leadership Board
- July 7, 2022: Data Science & AI Symposium Call for Abstracts; Associate Director updates; New Job Opportunity
- June 16, 2022: Meta social media data archive; Nvidia hardware grant!
- June 2, 2022: Biomedical Bootcamp; Detroit Census Review
- May 19, 2022: Data Science Bootcamp for Biomedical Researchers – Register now!
- May 12, 2022: Data Science Bootcamp for Biomedical Researchers – Register now!
- May 5, 2022: MIDAS Data Science Boot Camps; Student Leadership Board Applications; Reproducibility Winners!
Winter 2022
- April 21, 2022: MIDAS Student Leadership Board Applications; MIDAS Hiring Student Assistants!
- April 14, 2022: Interpretable ML Seminar, MIDAS Student Leadership Board Applications!
- April 6, 2022: Responsible data science and AI Mini-Symposium and Virtual Roundtable
- March 24, 2022: Responsible data science and AI symposium; Yazaki career event; last call for Data Science and AI colloquia proposals!
- March 17, 2022: Responsible data science and AI symposium; ML in protein research seminar; Barriers to ML study; Yazaki career event
- March 11, 2022: Proposals for Data science and AI colloquia, PODS Grant Showcase!
- March 3, 2022: Call for colloquia proposals; Reproducibility Challenge winners; data science seminars; training for environmental scientists and more
- February 24, 2022: MIDAS PODS awardee presentations, training for environmental scientists, NLP tutorials, researcher highlights
- February 17, 2022: Responsible AI Seminar, Propelling Original Data Science Grants!
- February 10, 2022: Responsible AI Seminar; ISR awarded NSF grant; PODS grants
- February 3, 2022: Data science for single-cell biology; Conservation research with social media; faculty awards
- January 28, 2022: MIDAS Seminar, Mentors for Fellows Program, PODS Proposals
- January 24, 2022: MIDAS Pilot grant & postdoc programs; staff career event; EHR seminar TODAY; student venture competition
- January 17, 2022: Seeking Mentor for MIDAS Fellows program, Data for Public Good Symposium!
- January 10, 2022: Repurposed drugs for COVID-19 Seminar, MIDAS Future Leaders Summit!
- January 3, 2022: Winter Seminar Series Schedule, PODS Showcase Postponed, Future Leaders Summit
Fall 2021
- December 20, 2021: MIDAS 2021 Highlights, Future Leaders Summit, Student Resume Book
- December 13, 2021: Future Leaders Summit nominations, PODS Grant Showcase, Mapping Black Holes with Data Science
- December 6, 2021: Reproducibility Challenge Deadline, Race-aware algorithm seminar, Nvidia workshop
- November 29, 2021: MIDAS Seminar Series, Lorch Hall 140 @ 4pm today
- November 22, 2021: The new phase for MIDAS, Public Good Symposium, Trust and Transparency in Data Science Seminar
- November 15, 2021: Data Science symposium TODAY, Women+ Data Science, Data for Public Good Symposium
- November 8, 2021: Data Science symposium, Postdoc position, careers workshop, data science in policy and arts seminar (TODAY)
- November 1, 2021: Data Science workshops, Phebe Vayanos on fair and robust AI, East Africa’s data science hub
- October Monthly Newsletter: Supporting Native American Tribal Nations, MIDAS Symposium, Reproducible Data Science, MIDAS positions
- October 20, 2021: U-M Data Science symposium, Staff Collective for Data Science event, Explainable ML
- October 11, 2021: TODAY: Zimeta on Data and Metaphor; NIH grant for data science for dynamic intervention; MIDAS Senior Scientist position
- October 4, 2021: Reproducibility Challenge 2021, postdoc position open, seminar TODAY on interpretable ML
- September Monthly Newsletter: Arts and AI, Stefano Ermon on AI and Sustainability, Dr. Samson wins Innovation Award, Faculty Research Pitch
- September 20, 2021: Greg Asner on Coral Reef Conservation, AI and Arts Symposium, Call for Proposals for Data Science and AI Symposia
- September 13, 2021: Olga Russakovsky on Computer Vision and Fairness (Today), Faculty Research Pitch
- September 7, 2021: Join MIDAS Student Leadership Board, Research Pitch, Annual Symposium, and Staff Reading Group
Spring/Summer 2021
- August Monthly Newsletter: Improving Detroit Youth Programs, Data Science Events
- August 23, 2021: New Data Science Project Class, Faculty Research Pitch, Staff Collective for Data Science
- August 16, 2021: Faculty Research Pitch, Staff Collective for Data Science, MIDAS Seminar Series
- August 9, 2021: Present your Research at U-M Data Science & AI Symposium, Computational Neuroscience Workshops
- August 2, 2021: MIDAS Student Research Positions, Seeking Open Science and Text as Data Proposals
- July Monthly Newsletter: Microsoft, MIDAS, and Detroit Partner for Digital Equity, Examining Online Extremism, and Symposium Keynotes Announced
- July 19, 2021: New Apple Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
- July 12, 2021: Apply for Google Cloud Credits, Submit Mini-Workshop Proposals
- July 6, 2021: Data Science Workshop July 7, PhD Fellowship, Call for Workshop Proposals
- June Monthly Newsletter: Spotlighting Stigma and Disparity in Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- June 21, 2021: New Grant Opportunities for Researchers, Call for Mini-Workshop Submissions
- June 14, 2021: Data Science Coast-to-Coast, U-M Survey and Data Science Program
- June 7, 2021: Call for Proposals for the 2021 Symposium, New Mentorship Opportunity with Apple
- June 1, 2021: Data Science Pilot Grant Winners Announced, Tweets Helping to Understand Climate Change Sentiment
- May 24, 2021: New Sports Analytics MOOC, Seeking Students for Health Data Competition, Community Engagement Proposals
- May 17, 2021: Helping Native American Tribes Manage Education Data, Data Science Coast to Coast: Biodiversity
- May 10, 2021: Experiencing India’s COVID Surge, Digital Inclusion Challenge
- May 3, 2021: Seeking Faculty Interest for New Center on Campus, Midwest Big Data Hub Survey
Winter 2021
- April 26, 2021: New Center for Drug Discovery, Dr. Hampshire Appointed USDOT CSO, UM-Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Collaboration
- April 19, 2021: Seminars on Data Equity and Open Science, Computer Science and Consciousness
- April 12, 2021: Women+ Data Science: Navigating Difficult Boundaries, NCBI codeathon
- April 5, 2021: Data Science Coast to Coast – Urban Informatics, Coded Bias, Research Assistant positions
- March 29, 2021: U.S. and India Politicians Dataset, MIDAS Upcoming Events
- March 22, 2021: Who are our Data Scientists?, Upcoming Events
- March 15, 2021: Collaboration Pitch: Robotics and Human-Computer Interaction, Pilot Grants
- March 8, 2021: Azure Credits for Criminal and Racial Justice, Collaboration Pitch from 7 Universities, Women+ Data Science, Pilot Grants
- March 1st, 2021: Data Science Collaboration Pitch, MyVoice Data Challenge, Pilot Grants
- February Monthly Newsletter: Supporting AI Research, Pilot Grant Program Announced
- February 15, 2021: MIDAS postdoc program seeking faculty; “Life after Grad School” panel; Data for Public Good; Student Career Events
- February 8, 2021: Interested in being a faculty mentor for a MIDAS fellow?
- February 1st, 2021: Community forum on “race, data, and AI” following Timnit Gebru’s Seminar
- January 25, 2021: The Data Challenge experience; Hampshire joins the Biden Administration
- January 18, 2021: Timnit Gebru Seminar; Data Science for Public Good Symposium
- January 11, 2021: Timnit Gebru Seminar; MIDAS Faculty Recognitions
Fall 2020
- December 21, 2020: MIDAS 2020 Year in Review
- December 14, 2020: Research Reproducibility in Data Science
- December 7, 2020: Remembering Professor Bill Grosky
- December 1, 2020: Data Science Graduate School Information Event
- November 23, 2020: Health and Wellness Data Challenge
- November 16, 2020: Dr. Alex Szalay on Spatial Data; COVID, Justice, The Universe, all at the MIDAS Annual Symposium 2020
- November 9, 2020: MIDAS Annual Symposium: A Conversation with Eric Horvitz, Microsoft
- November 2, 2020: Annual Symposium Research Talk: The Testing Paradox for COVID-19; Data For Public Good Symposium: Call for Abstracts
- October 26, 2020: The State of the Art in Automated and Semi-Automated Video Coding Workshop at the Annual Symposium
- October 19, 2020: Learn About Data Science from Coast 2 Coast; Build Skills and Find Collaborators
- October 12, 2020: Data Feminism: Keynote at MIDAS Annual Symposium; Data Science Coast 2 Coast
- October 5, 2020: Consortium for Data Scientists in Training; Data Scientists on the 2020 Election; Azure Cloud Credits- Deadline Extended
- September 28, 2020: Azure Cloud Credits- Submissions due September 30
- September 21, 2020: Reproducibility Challenge Winners and Resources for Reproducible Data Science; Azure Cloud Credits- Submissions due September 30
- September 14, 2020: Funding Opportunities: NSF AI Institutes and Azure Cloud Credits; MIDAS Reproducibility Day and Research Working Group
- September 8, 2020: Fair Representation in Arts and in Data, MIDAS Reproducibility Day, Research Working Groups
Spring/Summer 2020
- August 31, 2020: MIDAS Reproducibility Day, MIDAS Annual Symposium- Abstracts due September 18th, and 2020-2021 Women+ Data Science Series
- August 24, 2020: Dr. Kentaro Toyama on Social Justice and Data Science, Data Science Faculty Research Pitch event
- August 17, 2020: Research and Learning Remotely Together: Fall 2020 Data Science Activities Preview
- August 10, 2020: Find Collaborators and Recruit Students, MIDAS Fall Seminar Series
- August 3, 2020: MIDAS-EPA research collaboration, Upcoming Events
- July 27, 2020: Dr. Jagadish and Other Experts: “Is AI Racist?”; Submit Mini Workshop Idea by July 31
- July 20, 2020: Save the Date: 2020 Annual Symposium and Reproducibility Challenge Award Ceremony
- July 13, 2020: How Big Data Could Optimize COVID-19 Testing, NSF Award to Study Changes in COVID-19 Risk Perceptions
- July 6, 2020: Save the Date: 2020 MIDAS Annual Symposium, Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting
- June 26, 2020: Congratulations! Faculty Appointments and Promotions, Research Reproducibility Virtual Showcase series
- June 19, 2020: MIDAS 2020 Student Leadership Board, Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting, Research Reproducibility Virtual Showcase series
- June 12, 2020: Words that made a difference in the 2016 election, App analyzes biological clocks
- June 5, 2020: Research Reproducibility Virtual Showcase series, COVID-19 Data Science Research webinars
- May 29, 2020: COVID-CORE dataset, Annual symposium, Public Health Data Workshop
- May 22, 2020: Annual symposium, Public Health Data Workshop, Webinars
- May 14, 2020: Data science grant awardees and research and educational webinar series
- May 8, 2020: Reproducibility Challenge Showcase, COVID-19 data science webinar series
- May 1, 2020: Reproducibility Challenge Showcase, COVID-19 data science webinar series
Winter 2020
- April 24, 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
- April 17, 2020: Propelling Original Data Science mini-grants for COVID-19, Affiliated faculty on COVID-19, COVID-19 webinar series
- April 13, 2020: Funding for COVID-19 research, affiliated faculty on COVID-19, basketball challenge
- April 3, 2020: Affiliated Faculty on COVID-19, UMOR COVID-19 Research Portal, CSCAR
- March, 27, 2020: Data Scientists- Call to Action, COVID-19’s impact on the medical supply chain, Contributions to World Economic Forum report
- March 20, 2020: COVID-19 research, Didi Chuxing invitation for proposals and datasets, graduate student fellowships
- March 12, 2020: Webinar on COVID-19 Outbreak, Computational Music Theory Symposium, Didi Chuxing invitation for proposals, Reproducibility Challenge, Events
- March 6, 2020: Data Science Fellow on Coronavirus, Networking Sessions for Affiliated Faculty, Machine Learning Workshop
- February 28, 2020: Didi Chuxing invitation for proposals, Women+ Data Science, Reproducibility Challenge, Basketball Data Madness Challenge 2020, Seminars
- February 21, 2020: Basketball Data Madness Challenge 2020, Reproducibility Challenge, MIDAS Fellows Program, Seminars
- February 14, 2020: Affiliated Faculty News, Reproducibility Challenge, MIDAS Fellows Program, Seminars, Datasets, Funding Opportunities
- February 13, 2020: Communicating the value of science, Workshops, Reproducibility Challenge
