March 4, 2025
MUIDSI GSO Hosts 2025 Generative AI for Social Good Hackathon
Congratulations to the MUIDSI Graduate Student Organization for hosting the 2025 Generative AI for Social Good Hackathon from February 24-28. A total of 17 teams, with 47 participants from diverse academic backgrounds, showcased their innovative AI-driven solutions, addressing real-world challenges through the power of Generative AI. This year’s competition fostered interdisciplinary collaboration, with students representing nine different departments, including Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, The Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology (BBME), Life Sciences, Statistics, and the Institute for Data Science and Informatics. Participants presented groundbreaking projects, competing in a highly engaging and…
Feb. 7, 2025
AMIA LEAD Fund Scholarship Awardees Announced
Congratulations to MUIDSI PhD student and MUIDSI Graduate Student Organization president Sonia Akter for being one of six 2025 AMIA LEAD Fund Scholarship recipients. The scholarship covers a portion of meeting registration for these selected presenters, many of whom are participating with AMIA for the first time. Be sure to check out their presentations at the AMIA 2025 Informatics Summit.
Dec. 4, 2024
Mizzou establishes IBM Quantum Innovation Center
Quantum information and computing open new horizons for innovation in data science and informatics. Over the past few years, MU IDSI’s Director, Chi-Ren Shyu, has collaborated with IBM to establish the Quantum Innovation Center (QIC) at Mizzou. We extend our gratitude to the MU leadership team for bringing this transformative vision to life. The QIC will provide the interdisciplinary research community with cutting-edge capabilities to advance science in fields such as healthcare, geospatial analytics, plant genomics, cybersecurity, material engineering, and beyond. Access to state-of-the-art quantum computing resources is critical for conducting serious quantum research and demonstrating quantum advantages. Most importantly,…
Oct. 14, 2024
2024 MUIDSI Symposium
The 14th Missouri Data Science and Informatics Symposium will be held on October 21-22, 2024. This year’s theme is “Using Artificial General Intelligence for Good.” We are excited to present exceptional keynote speakers, faculty research highlights, student presentations and posters. In addition to academic talks, we are featuring industry presentations showcasing emerging technologies in AI and quantum computing. This symposium continues a proud tradition of being organized by the MU IDSI Graduate Student Organization (GSO), which handles everything from planning to execution. For more details on the program, please visit: Symposium Program to register for the Symposium.
Feb. 19, 2024
BAC Workshop Series 2024
Dec. 13, 2023
Grohmann Wins NSIF Graduate Student Award
Congratulations to MUIDSI Bioinformatics PhD student Caleb Grohmann who was recently named co-winner of the Lauren Christian National Swine Improvement Federation Graduate Student Award by the National Swine Improvement Foundation (NSIF). Learn more…
Sep. 20, 2023
NGA Ge0-Hack for Humanity Student Team Wins 2nd Place
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and T-REX sponsored the NGA Geo-Hack for Humanity held at the T-REX center in downtown St. Louis September 8-10, 2023. The MU-IDSI and DSA Program sent a team to compete. The hackathon was focused on Food Security. Students were asked to analyze key indicators related to food availability in a region of the world. Analysis included a wide variety of approaches, including the prediction of food availability based on crop yields, soil moisture, regional impacts/conflicts, and human population. The student teams were asked to conduct their problem solving and data analysis based on a real-world prompt. The prompt was developed by…
July 25, 2023
Data Science Innovation to Advance Journalism
COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 24, 2023) — Damon Kiesow is now the Knight Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Missouri School of Journalism, an update from his previous title of Knight Chair in Digital Editing and Producing. The new title reflects the evolution of the endowed chair position and Kiesow’s research and service as he finishes his fifth year at the School. Read more…
July 24, 2023
Productive Summer Curriculum Retreat at the MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics
The faculty members at the MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics recently concluded a highly successful curriculum retreat this summer. The primary focus of the retreat was to meticulously review the curriculum, spanning from bootcamps to capstone projects, with the ultimate goal of providing an unparalleled learning experience for our students. Throughout the retreat, our dedicated faculty engaged in rigorous discussions and collaborative sessions to ensure the continuous refinement of our curriculum. By doing so, we aim to maintain the utmost coherence in our courses, while simultaneously delivering cutting-edge AI/ML tools and techniques in our data science training. This…