Research News — School of Data Science

UVA Data Science MSDS residential student Jessica Oseghale in restaurant holding mahjong rack with tiles

October 7, 2026

MSDS Residential Student Profile: Jessica Oseghale

Through the MSDS Genomics concentration, research, and a supportive community, Jessica Oseghale built the skills to pursue her passion for AI in healthcare.

Admissions Artificial Intelligence Health and Medicine MSDS Research Student Spotlight

Bhavya Devarsu at the University of Virginia

October 7, 2026

A Week in the Life: Online MSDS Student Bhavya Devarsu

From cybersecurity to microplastics: how one UVA MSDS student balances data science, admissions work, and life, one week at a time.

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October 1, 2026

David Danks Awarded AI2050 Senior Fellowship to Study How AI Could Reshape Human Values

UVA professor David Danks is one of six researchers worldwide named a 2026 AI2050 Senior Fellow, supporting his research on human-AI values.

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Research Society and Culture

September 29, 2026

Can Flock Cameras Ever Be Trusted? An Ethical Hacker Weighs In

A UVA cybersecurity expert on Flock cameras, warrantless searches, mass surveillance, and what it would take to trust the system.

Artificial Intelligence Research Society and Culture

September 25, 2026

School of Data Science Welcomes 7 New Faculty in 2026

The School of Data Science welcomed 7 faculty in 2026, with research spanning AI ethics and engineering, cancer and biostatistics, and human-centered computing.

Academics Faculty Research

September 24, 2026

Ph.D. Student Profile: Canyu Lei

From blood glucose data to intelligent health technologies, Canyu Lei is exploring how AI can support more meaningful clinical insight.

Admissions Artificial Intelligence Biomedical Engineering Deep Learning Health and Medicine Machine Learning PhD Research

September 18, 2026

Ph.D. Student Profile: Sabine Segaloff

An archaeologist turned data scientist, PhD student Sabine Segaloff studies what gets lost when human context is flattened into clean, structured data.

Admissions Machine Learning PhD Research Student Spotlight

Yeonbin Son and Ph.D. students in the Capital One Hub during poster presentations.

September 17, 2026

UVA's Ph.D. Research Showcase Reflects Data Science's Reach

45 doctoral students showcased the wide-ranging applications of their work in UVA's annual Ph.D. in Data Science Research Showcase.

PhD Research

September 17, 2026

NIH Investment Advances UVA’s Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab

New NIH support advances UVA’s Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab, bringing data scientists and biomedical researchers together to accelerate discovery.

Neuroscience Research

September 16, 2026

Apple Awards Seed Funding to Two School of Data Science Faculty

Two UVA School of Data Science faculty members have received $53,300 in Apple support for machine learning research at the School of Data Science.

Health and Medicine Industry Partner Research

Solar panel in space with the earth and sun in the background

August 25, 2026

The AI Race Is Moving to Space

Peter Beling explains why tech companies and aerospace firms are racing to develop and deploy data centers in orbit and why space may be the next AI frontier.

Artificial Intelligence Environment Faculty Research

Image of a brain with abstract lines and circles radiating out.

August 21, 2026

36 Grace Hopper Superchips Coming to UVA to Support Brain Data Research

UVA's John Van Horn secured a competitive NIH grant to purchase 36 Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips for a new neuroscience computing cluster.

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