CSE DSI Affiliate Spotlight
Chad Babcock, Vipin Kumar, Shashi Shekhar, David Mulla, and Zhenong Jin

AI-CLIMATE Institute: Curbing Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence

CS&E Professor and CSE DSI Associate Director Shashi Shekhar is leading a $20 million National AI-CLIMATE Institute aimed at tackling climate change through the agriculture and forestry
Prof. Tianhong Cui presenting to water workshop 2024

Water Quality and Data Science: Bringing the Experts Together Across Disciplines

The CSE Data Science Initiative sponsored a workshop that focused on water quality and data science and brought together experts from academia, industry, and government.
Hydrologists taking various measurements including temperature on the Delaware River.

Best Paper Award to Team with UMN Data Science Ties

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
KGML2024 workshop audience

Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Workshop Brings Researchers to Campus

CSE DSI hosted a one-day workshop on Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning (KGML2024): A Framework for Accelerating Scientific Discovery.
AI for Science Workshop 2024

CSE DSI Hosts Agenda-Setting NSF-Sponsored Workshop on AI-Enabled Scientific Revolution

The CSE Data Science Initiative hosted the 2nd NSF-Sponsored Workshop on the AI-Enabled Scientific Revolution at McNamara Alumni Center.
Methane bubble in thermokarst lake

How Melting Arctic Ice Leads to Methane-Belching Arctic Lakes

U of MN researchers pioneer a method to understand the freeze-thaw cycle of Arctic lakes and methane emissions.
Outside of Amundson Hall on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

New 3DEAP program will train next generation to use AI to address multi-faceted research problems in energy, sustainability, and health

The University of Minnesota will receive $3 million over the next five years from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program to fund a new program that will train scientists
Traffic camera view of north ramp at Hwy 36 and White Bear Ave

Developing Alternative Technologies to Detect Traffic at Intersections

CS&E Associate Professor and CSE DSI affiliate Yao-Yi Chiang recently finished a study for MnDOT recently completed a study comparing nonintrusive traffic systems with traditional in-ground
Vipin Kumar

CSE DSI Director Honored by IEEE

Regents Professor Vipin Kumar has been awarded the 2025 IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award.
Chart showing plastic types used in study

Using Remote Sensing and AI to Monitor Plastic Debris in our Rivers

A first-of-its-kind study used remote sensing and machine learning to monitor plastic debris in a simulated freshwater environment.
Vuk Mandic and Jim Rock

Project Fosters Native American Participation in Astrophysics and Data Science

A partnership between the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC) and Morris (UMM) campuses seeks to build a robust pathway for Native American students to enter the field of astrophysics.
Professor Vipin Kumar giving a keynote address

Kumar Keynote Speaker at 2024 NSF HDR Conference

CSE DSI Director Vipin Kumar was the keynote speaker at the 3rd annual 2024 NSF HDR (Harnessing the Data Revolution) Ecosystem Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (September 9-