CSE DSI Affiliate Spotlight
Frontiers of GenAI & Science Workshop Announced for August 4–5, 2026
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The fourth workshop in our Minnesota AI for Science Series, Frontiers of GenAI & Science, will be held at the McNamara Alumni Center on August 4–5, 2026.
Vipin Kumar named to Inaugural UN Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence
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Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CS&E) Regents Professor and CSE DSI Director Vipin Kumar was named to the United Nations (UN) Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, the first global scientific body dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence and established by the UN General Assembly.
CSE DSI’s GenAI Day a Big Success
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CSE DSI's GenAI Day in May gave faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students the chance to explore the use of generative AI across the sciences and engineering.
Ju Sun leads team focused on developing novel models for materials discovery with $500K NSF grant
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Computer Science professor and CSE DSI affiliate Ju Sun is leading an interdisciplinary team focusing developing new models for materials discovery that will predict the properties of new materials and suggest uses for them.
Professor Mingyi Hong awarded 2025 Egon Balas Prize by INFORMS Optimization Society
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ECE Professor and CSE DSI affiliate Mingyi Hong is the recipient of the 2025 Egon Balas Prize awarded by the INFORMS Optimization Society.
Computer Science Alumnus & Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean Returned to Campus
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Department of Computer Science & Engineering alumnus Jeff Dean (CSci, ‘90) returned to the university in May to give the keynote address at the CSE Undergraduate Commencement and also give a seminar for CS&E students and faculty.
Best Paper Award to Team with UMN Data Science Ties
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A group of researchers with strong ties to data science at the University of Minnesota won the Boggess Award for their paper published in 2023 in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA).
Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Workshop Brings Researchers to Campus
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CSE DSI hosted a one-day workshop on Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning (KGML2024): A Framework for Accelerating Scientific Discovery.
CSE DSI Hosts Agenda-Setting NSF-Sponsored Workshop on AI-Enabled Scientific Revolution
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The CSE Data Science Initiative hosted the 2nd NSF-Sponsored Workshop on the AI-Enabled Scientific Revolution at McNamara Alumni Center.
How Melting Arctic Ice Leads to Methane-Belching Arctic Lakes
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U of MN researchers pioneer a method to understand the freeze-thaw cycle of Arctic lakes and methane emissions.