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Bridging Medicine and Machine Learning: Predicting Skin Cancer in Resource-Limited Settings
M.D./Ph.D. Candidate Steven Song and collaborators Spencer Ellis and Derek Reiman designed a machine learning model able to predict non-melanoma skin cancer under resource-limited settings. Preventing and curing cancer has been a topic of immense research and...
AI helps scientists design better sensors for pollutants and beyond
UChicago PME researchers used a brain-inspired neural network to optimize the design process of chemical sensors for the first time Designing a sensor to detect miniscule levels of a chemical — whether it is an environmental toxin, a disease biomarker, or something...
2025 AI+Science Hackathon Challenges Students to Take on Cutting-Edge Scientific Problems with AI
Annual event invites students from across departments to apply machine learning methods to advance scientific discovery. The 2025 AI+Science Hackathon, organized by the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellows with support from the Data Science Institute (DSI),...
Machine learning techniques to discover new materials for hydrogen energy
An international collaboration produced a comprehensive review of machine learning techniques that could aid scientists in discovering new electrocatalyst materials. (Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory Communications and Public Affairs) By Emily Ayshford As...
Three UChicago scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2025
Three University of Chicago scholars have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, joining other scientists and researchers chosen in “recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Profs. Rina Foygel Barber, Margaret...
Innovation at the Forefront: UChicago CS Researchers Make Significant Contributions to CHI 2025
Ten papers from the University of Chicago's Department of Computer Science, along with several talks, panels, workshops, courses and interactivities, have been accepted at CHI 2025, a leading global conference for innovations in human-computer interaction. The ACM CHI...