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DS4CG 2026 Recruitment Announcement

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DS4cg 2026 Partner recruitment Are you a nonprofit, public-sector organization, or mission-driven academic looking to turn your data challenges into real-world impact? The Data Science for the Common Good (DS4CG) program at UMass Amherst connects you with talented data science students and expert faculty who apply cutting-edge analytics, machine learning, and visualization techniques to advance your goals. Each summer, DS4CG teams work on meaningful projects in areas such as education, health, environmental sustainability, and social equity. Our student teams collaborate closely with partners to co-design solutions, build data-driven tools, and deliver actionable insights that make a difference. There is no fee to participate. DS4CG is generously funded by the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, our industry affiliate partners, our donors, and is sponsored by Adobe Research. We welcome organizations at any stage of development to reach out…

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Luna Dziewietin, DS4CG 2024 Team Member, Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award

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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

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IPA Transcription Project Granted HFA/CICS Collaboration Award

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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.

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