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Siwan Kim poses with two news anchors inside of CBS19.
October 30, 2026

Siwan Kim discusses human-centered AI at work on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Ph.D. student Siwan Kim shares how data science is reshaping the workplace "Inside the Numbers."

Admissions Multimedia PhD Research
Chirag Agarwal
October 29, 2026

As AI Agents Advance, New Fellowship Backs UVA Safety Research

Mace AI is funding a doctoral student at UVA's Aikyam Lab to support research on AI interpretability, explainability, safety, and trustworthiness.

Artificial Intelligence PhD Research
data centers
October 28, 2026

Who Benefits From the AI Boom? UVA Experts Examine the Costs and Consequences of Data Centers

UVA experts Peter Beling and Renée Cummings examine the costs and benefits of AI data centers, from energy use and jobs to community trust and national security.

Artificial Intelligence Environment Northern Virginia Research Society and Culture
tests AI safety in patient care
October 14, 2026

Study Finds AI Still Falls Short on Safety When Patients’ Health Is at Stake

A new study involving UVA professor Aidong Zhang finds that even advanced large language models fall short on key measures of safety and trustworthiness in medicine, underscoring the need for human oversight before AI is widely used in patient care.

Artificial Intelligence Health and Medicine Research
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.

Academics Admissions Art Artificial Intelligence Data Ethics Health and Medicine MSDS Research Student Life Student Spotlight
David Danks
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
A car is driving by with an automatic license plate reader reading its plate.
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
New data science faculty in 2026
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
UVA Data Science PhD student Canyu Lei professional headshot
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
UVA Data Science PhD student Sabine Segaloff professional headshot
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