Upcoming Events: AI in Research Initiative
The Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence will be hosting a series of "AI in Research" initiatives across UMass Amherst in 2026!
Luna Dziewietin, DS4CG 2024 Team Member, Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award
Congratulations to Luna Dziewietin, DS4CG 2024 team member! Luna, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in Informatics & Social Thought in Political Economy major and member of the DS4CG 2024 team, wins the Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award! Nominated by Research Fellow Virginia Partridge, Luna receives this award for her research on how data science can shed light or perpetuate systems of institutional violence. Join us at the Undergraduate Achievement Awards luncheon in the Lederle Graduate Research Center Low-rise to celebrate this much deserved accomplishment. Date: Friday, April 25, 2025, from 12:00–2:00 PM. Location: A112 Lederle Graduate Research Center Lowrise
IPA Transcription Project Granted HFA/CICS Collaboration Award
IPA Transcription Project Awarded $20,000! The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Transcription project is a collaborative effort between the UMass Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts’s Linguistics Department and the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences to create an AI-assisted analysis of phonological variation in English. This project has recently been awarded a $20,000 HFA/CICS Collaborative Seed Fund grant to support the development of an AI-powered speech recognition model designed to transcribe English speech into the IPA with high accuracy. To advance linguistic research by automating phonological analysis, improve transcription efficiency, and enable new applications in language education and speech therapy, are the main goals of this project. Furthermore, we celebrate intercollege collaboration and are excited at the new prospects and developments this award will facilitate in the future.
Data Core to Develop a Generative AI Playground for UMass Amherst Community
The Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence's Data Core team is to drive the development of GenAI tools for the UMass Amherst campus community.
DS4CG Leverages AI to Improve Clinical Data Collection for Doctors Without Borders
A team of Data Science for the Common Good (DS4CG) students developed an AI solution that improves data collection for Doctors Without Borders (DWB).
Data Core’s AI-Driven Approach to Enhancing Music Therapy for Older Adults with MassAITC and SingFit
Data Core leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to design an improved music recommendation application for older adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease.