Transformers

Seeking to uncover novel methods for fostering meaningful interactions between parents and children during reading sessions, a team of researchers in the Data Science Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program is currently engaged in an innovative project called AI Storybook. Led by Postdoctoral Fellow, Abigail Petulante, the project… Read More

The Data Science Institute is excited to announce the projects for this summer’s  Data Science for Social Good 2023. This year, we are placing a special focus on developing tools for classrooms and assistive technology projects to cater to the needs of neurodivergent individuals. Classroom Projects:… Read More

The Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute made progress this semester on a research project to bridge the gap in language acquisition of low-resource languages through deep learning. The team is developing an AI assistant for language professors and tools that keep the curricula up-to-date with changes in the Hindi… Read More

The Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute made progress this semester on a research project to bridge the gap in language acquisition of low-resource languages through deep learning. The team is developing an AI assistant for language professors and tools that keep the curricula up-to-date with changes in the Hindi… Read More

  Vanderbilt Data Science’s AI Summer workshop, from May 8 to June 2, is a free course designed to help researchers, educators, and students gain a deep understanding of the latest AI technologies and techniques, specifically deep learning and transformers, and how they can be used to solve a… Read More

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

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

Working on a research project and thinking that deep learning could provide a solid approach for your objectives? Using deep learning networks but wish you had more background or context? Trying your best to make it through online resources, but need a bit more consistency and support? Join the… Read More

This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Priya Bhatt to work in the laboratory of Jonathan Metzl in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2022. Priya is a junior with a major in Medicine, Health, & Society. In this study, Priya conducted an analyses of social media and… Read More