November 27, 2024

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As we gather with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, we at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your partnership, collaboration, and unwavering support of the Institute's work.

During our recent team retreat, we celebrated and reflected on the past year’s accomplishments. Together, we laid the groundwork for the next wave of impactful data and artificial intelligence innovations, which will continue to foster communities of research and scholarship within and beyond campus.

In this special Thanksgiving edition of TWIL, we are excited to share a preview of what’s ahead, including upcoming events, news and opportunities from Lucy and our partners.

Mark your calendars! In 2025, our Annual Lucy Family Institute Symposium and Celebration is expanding into the RISE (Responsible, Inclusive, Safe, and Ethical) AI for Society Conference —a transformative gathering of global leaders from academia, industry, policymakers, and NGOs united in shaping the future of AI to advance the common good.

Please keep an eye out for future TWILs and Lucy Family Institute's home page, as we will be sharing more information in the coming weeks.

AI for the Common Good: A conversation with Nitesh Chawla, co-founder of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society

We can be worried or scared about,
'Oh my goodness is it going to take over the world?' and everything else, or we can ask ourselves, 'How can we use this gift of technology to make an impact on society?' And that's what we've been doing

^{-Nitesh Chawla}

Nitesh Chawla, founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society was invited to chat with Jenna Liberto, host of the Notre Dame Stories podcast.

In this episode, he discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. Amid growing concerns about AI’s societal impacts, Chawla emphasizes a proactive and inclusive approach to leveraging this technology for good. 

Democracy Initiative awards 40 Democracy Catalyst Grants to projects across campus

The Lucy Family Institute's Brian Fogarty, associate professor of the practice and Natalie Meyers, professor of the practice were recently announced within the Notre Dame's Democracy Catalyst Research Grants. 

The Democracy Catalyst Research Grants support new one-to-three-year projects that closely align with the mission of the Democracy Initiative.

Fogarty will lead “A survey experiment testing the effectiveness of informational interventions to correct election misperceptions.” Meyers will support Thomas Mustillo's convening project, "Building scholarship to enable the future of computational democracy research" as a co-principal investigator. 

The Resilience of a University and its People: A Fireside Chat with Volodymyr Turchynovskyy

December 3 | 2:30pm
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

Join us next week for an insightful fireside chat featuring Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty at the Ukrainian Catholic University, in conversation with Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society.

COSE Research Horizons Symposium

December 13 | All Day
Jordan Hall of Science

Abstract Submission Deadline: November 30
Registration Deadline: December 2

Ready to showcase your academic work, network across disciplines and grow professionally?

COSE Research Horizons Symposium 2024 is now open for registration!

This free annual academic symposium is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to enhance your presentation skills, present your work to an audience, and receive career development guidance.

Similar to other academic symposiums, the COSE Symposium features poster sessions, oral presentations, and keynote speakers. Breakfast and lunch are provided, and outstanding presentations or posters can win prizes!

We hope to see you there!

Wishing you and your loved ones a Thanksgiving break full of joy, rest, and reflection.

"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