Data Science

New UChicago course applies scientific reasoning to political decision making Students use diffraction gratings to look at the spectrums produced by various light sources.

New UChicago course applies scientific reasoning to political decision making

New tool created by UChicago Data Science Institute sheds light on palm oil production overhead aerial photograph showing forest to the left, and a cleared area with pale soil and runoff and several trucks to the right

New tool created by UChicago Data Science Institute sheds light on palm oil production

Argonne workshop connects teachers with data science for new approaches to learning Scientist demonstrates rainfall sensor

Argonne workshop connects teachers with data science for new approaches to learning

Does Netflix chill our free will? UChicago computer scientists investigate Photo from perspective of person lying down watching Netflix on a tablet propped up on their legs

Does Netflix chill our free will? UChicago computer scientists investigate

UChicago’s Data Science Institute announces founding industry affiliates View of a Rubenstein Forum stage and backdrop during the 2022 Data Science Institute Summit

UChicago’s Data Science Institute announces founding industry affiliates

Mapping the digital divide: Data reveals internet inequities across the country Chicago skyline

Mapping the digital divide: Data reveals internet inequities across the country

New Data & Democracy Research Initiative launched at University of Chicago Digital ballot box illustration

New Data & Democracy Research Initiative launched at University of Chicago

Data scientists aim to detect internet censorship in real time An illustration depicting internet censorship

Data scientists aim to detect internet censorship in real time

New College data science major: From foundations to insight to impact Students sit together inside a glass-walled meeting room inside UChicago's Crerar Library

New College data science major: From foundations to insight to impact

Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves Conceptual rendering of the spiral movements as two black holes spin towards each other

Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves