CDS PhD student Zahra Kadkhodaie’s groundbreaking study reveals how AI models learn to generate images from limited data, challenging the notion of learning vs. mimicking.

Read more: nyudatascience.medium.com/new-study-reve…

Thrilled to share that CDS’ own Bryant J. Moy (Bryant J. Moy) has received a Pipeline Grant from Russell Sage Foundation, The Policy Academies, and @GatesFoundation to study support for reparations via awareness of racially restrictive housing covenants. Congratulations to Bryant!

Pi Day at CDS was a hit! 🥧 Thanks to everyone who joined us on March 14 for pie, trivia, and fun. Shoutout to WiDS and DSC E-Board for making it unforgettable. Can’t wait for the next one!

🍕🧠 Our Pizza Chat with Prof. Kyunghyun Cho (Kyunghyun Cho) was a journey into the depths of AI and machine learning! Thank you to all who joined us at NYU’s Center for Data Science for an engaging AMA session. Prof. Cho’s insights were enlightening and invaluable.

Discussing the famous 'dress' photo that went viral in 2015, CDS Clinical Associate Professor Pascal Wallisch (Pascal Wallisch) uncovers the hidden uncertainties in visual perception in a recent episode of Scientific American's 'Uncertain' podcast.

Read: nyudatascience.medium.com/the-dress-and-…

📣 A milestone day at CDS! Our future data scientists stepped forward on Declaration Day, marking the start of a journey into the realms of data, discovery, and innovation. 🚀💼 Here’s to the pioneers ready to explore and transform the world with data!

Every time I encounter precision and recall I need to brush up their definitions for forgetting them the next day 😭. If that’s true for you as well, say no more 🥳!
In today’s lecture, we finally understand *visually* how to evaluate a binary classifier! 😇😇😇

My first grant as a PI post-PhD (: . Excited to finally be able to talk about the paper publicly. Starting to feel like I can do this professor thing...

Explore the history and upcoming highlights of CDS' Weekly Lunch Seminar Series! 🚀 Co-organized by Yoav Wald and Elisha Cohen, join us for interdisciplinary insights and lively discussions (including Umang Bhatt's April 24 talk!).

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🔍 Unlock the mathematical core of data science with CDS’ MaD seminar series. From quantum algorithms to data-centric AI, see how mathematics shapes our understanding and innovation in the field.

Read more: nyudatascience.medium.com/unveiling-the-…

Had a pawsome time at the CDS ‘Puppy Social’ with our students & PuppySphere! 🐶✨ Data, discoveries, and now delightful puppy play - who knew learning could be this much fun? 🎓💻🐾

Happy 'Solar Eclipse' Monday! 🌔🌕🌖 Check out our weekly events guide—no special eyewear required:

Insider tips from NYU student internship rockstars! 🌟

Denise Chow, Justin Chui, Michael dela Rosa, Mikayla Slom, & Joshua Alfred shared their expertise at the CDS' Internship Panel & Resume Workshop.

Attendees discovered strategies for data science internship success! 💡

CDS founding director Yann LeCun on Lex Fridman's podcast discusses why LLMs won’t lead us to AGI.

He advocates for AI grounded in the physical world and stresses the importance of open source.

Read more:

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Thrilled that this paper (also the last paper of my PhD 🥲) will appear at Creativity & Cognition 2024 Creativity & Cognition . Working with professional writers has been hard but so much fun working on this with my friends Vishakh Padmakumar and Faeze Brahman & my advisor Smaranda Muresan #HCI #NLProc

Thrilled by Saadia Gabriel’s (Saadia Gabriel) insights at our Pizza Chat! 🍕From tackling AI biases to the journey from undergrad to PhD, her AMA was a deep dive into data science ethics and the future of AI. A true inspiration for aspiring researchers!

CDS’ Tim G. J. Rudner & Julia Stoyanovich (@stoyanoj) join the national effort to set standards for AI safety with the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium.

“The stakes are high. And it’s important to get this right,” said Rudner.

Learn more: nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-tim-g-j-ru…