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Apply now for DDDI's Undergraduate DATA Fellowship!
The DATA Fellowship provides financial support for advanced undergraduates in the College conducting research with a significant data science component. The application deadline is Friday October 23.
DSSG-Supported Project Uses AI to Reveal How Climate Events Drive Migration
Penn Today highlights Machine Learning for Environmental Event Detection (MLEED), a project supported by DDDI's Data Science for Social Good program. Drawing on roughly 130 million news articles from 71 countries, the dataset shows how floods, droughts, and other environmental events shape migration.
New Fall AI Offerings for Faculty Featured in Omnia
A new Omnia story details the fall lineup of AI training for faculty—a hybrid How AI Works mini-course, department-level facilitator trainings, and a DDDI resource hub—spearheaded by Bhuvnesh Jain, Penn Arts & Sciences AI Lead.
Penn AI Fellowship Applications are Open!
The Penn AI Fellowship supports postdocs and graduate students across disciplines whose research engages with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science. This includes researchers in any field or discipline, both those advancing the foundations of AI and data science, and those bringing these methods to new questions and domains. The Fellowship program is run by Penn AI and the Data Driven Discovery Initiative.
Data Science Summer Hangouts Series 2026 — Kicking Off This Summer!
Informal, hands-on data science and AI tutorials led by postdoctoral fellows, running June 9–23rd at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Open to all backgrounds — pizza included!
Call for Applications: Data Science for Social Good Grants 2026-2027
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative is now inviting applications for the 2026-2027 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) seed grants! These grants are meant to catalyze innovative projects that use data science and AI to address pressing societal challenges, with funding up to $25,000 per project. SAS faculty-led teams are encouraged to apply.
AI Fellows discuss AI opportunity, hazard at Arts & Sciences Showcase
Artificial intelligence is reshaping science and scholarship in ways researchers are just beginning to grasp. On April 15, eight graduate students and postdoctoral researchers delivered rapid-fire talks ranging from the subatomic to the societal at the AI Arts & Sciences Showcase, an event part of the AI Month at Penn programming.
New on Data Points: From MCP Servers to Peer Review Integrity
Data Points, DDDI's blog for data science and AI at Penn, features a new post recapping the latest AI Fellow Meetup. Meeting attendees discussed model selection, built MCP servers live, and debated what agentic AI means for peer review integrity and student learning.
The AI Arts & Sciences Showcase!
Wednesday April 15, join for fast-paced lightning talks from Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students and postdocs to see how AI is reshaping research across Penn's sciences and humanities. Stay for cross-disciplinary conversation and free cookies!
New on Data Points: Turning Fast-moving Crises into Structured, Revisitable Evidence
Data Points, DDDI's blog for data science and AI at Penn, features a new post from the chief data scientist at PDRI-DevLab@Penn. The essay explores how to maintain sequence and evidence visibility under polarization, offering an approach for turning fast-moving crises into structured, revisitable context.
New on Data Points: A Workflow for LLM-Augmented Codebook Generation
Data Points, DDDI's blog for data science and AI at Penn, features a new post by our data scientist as part of our DSSG project, exploring a workflow for using large language models to assist researchers in moving from raw data to structured codebook documentation.
Apply to be an Undergraduate Data Science Fellow!
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative has just launched the Undergraduate Data Science Fellows Grant Program, which provides financial support, mentorship, and access to resources for students pursuing ambitious, data-driven research.