College Of Arts And Science

Vanderbilt’s Steven Wernke, an Associate Professor of Archeology, is working with the Data Science Institute on a project using satellite imagery and deep learning to produce the largest image-based survey of archeological features in all of the Americas. Archaeologists have faced perennial problems of scale and representation,… Read More

Image generated by Midjourney Professor of Psychology Dr. Georgene Troseth has researched for years how artificial intelligence could help parents use dialogic questioning when reading with their children. Advances in data science could now make Dr. Troseth’s vision a reality. The project aims to create a model that could scan… Read More

A composer behind the world’s first AI opera joins Vanderbilt University professors of Musicology and Data Science to discuss how advances in artificial intelligence can impact opera and other musical styles. Composer Derrick Skye collaborated on the AI opera “Song of the Ambassadors,” which was recently performed at the… Read More

Languages are constantly evolving and adapting to the world around them. Most approaches to learning new languages are rigid and don’t account for colloquialisms and outside influence, especially in the case of low-resource languages such as Hindi. The formal Hindi vocabulary taught by most textbooks is hardly going to help… Read More

Languages are constantly evolving and adapting to the world around them. Most approaches to learning new languages are rigid and don’t account for colloquialisms and outside influence, especially in the case of low-resource languages such as Hindi. The formal Hindi vocabulary taught by most textbooks is hardly going to help… Read More

The deadline is approaching to be considered for a scholarship in Vanderbilt University’s fall 2023 Data Science M.S. program. Prospective students must submit their application by January 15 for a scholarship opportunity. The final deadline for all applications for the Data Science M.S. program are due… Read More

Cosmic cataclysmic events such as the collision of black holes create strong gravitational waves which can be detected on Earth. Instruments such as LIGO can detect distortions of space that herald the passing of these gravity waves, but analyzing these signals is a computationally-intensive and time-consuming endeavor. Can AI… Read More

Mortar sample taken at Caesarea’s Cruzader cathedral: (upper left) Eastern façade of the Cathedral; (lower left) mortar sample location marked with a flag; (lower right) close-up photo of the mortar sample location before taking the sample. Mortar is an essential part of construction, and has been used by builders for… Read More

Enzymes are the “magical powders” that have been invented by nature to accelerate chemical reactions from eons ago. They are extremely good but are mostly limited to the biochemical reactions they are created for. As an enzyme designer, Prof. John Yang, a DSI affiliate from the Department of Chemistry… Read More

Multilingual large language models have demonstrated strong performance in natural language processing tasks. In this discussion, we explore how these transformer-based models might be used to support language instruction. In the current case study, we’ll examine possible uses of these models to support instruction in Hindi. Might these models be… Read More