March 27, 2024

lucyinstitute.nd.edu

For Good: Stories from Notre Dame
How Notre Dame is leading in AI with Nitesh Chawla 

"As we think about AI as a societal impact, it is important for us to be deliberative about our use of technology."

-Nitesh Chawla

Nitesh Chawla, founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society was invited to chat with Lou Nanni for the seventh episode of For Good: Stories from Notre Dame.

Chawla, an expert in data science and artificial intelligence, discusses the use of technology to advance the common good, how Notre Dame is becoming a leading force for good in the fields of AI, and the potential consequences of not developing those technologies ethically.

“Enabling and Accelerating Scientific Discovery with Generative AI”

April 3 | 3:30pm
DeBartolo Hall Room 131

Invited Speaker: Professor Amarda Shehu, Associate Dean for AI Innovation, George Mason University

What do AlphaFold2, ESM1&2, ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and a growing list of generative AI methods have in common? The word disruption comes to mind. Those of us who started our love affair with AI, because we wanted to advance scientific inquiry and the human condition, are familiar with disruptions.

Through representative examples, Shehu will showcase her laboratory’s work on generative AI before and after deep learning.

RSVP is not required but it is encouraged.

Attention graduate students: Volunteer to teach data science workshops to high school students!

Make a difference in high school education!

We’re looking for graduate student volunteers to help guide and inspire the next generation through our Python & Applications of Data Science Workshop series for Notre Dame TRiO Upward Bound students. 

RFI: Industry & Research Use Cases for the Lucy Data Platform

Deadline: TODAY March 27 at 5pm EDT

The Lucy Family Institute is launching a Data Platform and would like to identify use cases as well as current challenges and barriers that Notre Dame researchers face in acquiring, hosting, accessing, analyzing, and storytelling with data.

For questions, please contact managing director, Rick Johnson (rick.johnson@nd.edu).

iTREDS Cohort 5: 2024-2026 Applications Open

Deadline: April 2, 2024

Applications are open to join the next cohort for the Interdisciplinary Traineeship for Socially Responsible and Engaged Data Scientists (iTREDS) Scholars program! 

We welcome you to pursue open opportunities at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, where data science, the newest technologies, and the humanities converge to rewrite the narrative of societal challenges. 

"The Lucy Family Institute will be an intellectual and interdisciplinary beacon that produces impactful and equitable data-driven solutions for the good of society."

– Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director