University of Chicago
UChicago Wins $10 Million Grant for AI Weather Forecasting
A University of Chicago team has received a $10-million grant from the Laude Institute to expand AI weather forecasting for low- and middle-income economies. The project…
UChicago and Caltech conference highlights AI’s expanding role in science
A three-day University of Chicago and Caltech conference brought researchers and leaders from academia, government, industry and philanthropy together to examine how AI…
UChicago Hires Mateo Díaz to Study Why Simple Algorithms Solve Huge Problems
Mateo Díaz has joined the University of Chicago as the inaugural Faraco Family Assistant Professor at the Data Science Institute (DSI) and the Department of Statistics.…
UChicago Data Science Institute Welcomes Four New Faculty for 2026-27
The University of Chicago's Data Science Institute has introduced four new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year: two instructional professors and two assistant…
ResearchUChicago's 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science goes to Persson, Collins and Barzilay
The University of Chicago has named Kristin Persson of UC Berkeley and the MIT team of James J. Collins and Regina Barzilay as the 2026 recipients of the Pritzker Prize…
UChicago Team Uses Bayesian Models to Check LLM Readings of Babylonian Diaries
Researchers at the University of Chicago are pairing large language models with Bayesian statistical models to extract and verify astronomical observations from the…
UChicago physicist Vincenzo Vitelli named 2026 MacArthur Fellow
Vincenzo Vitelli, a professor of physics at the University of Chicago, has been named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow. He plans to use the $800,000 grant to explore what he…