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• Ecological forecasting using machine learning

  This project will seek to provide accurate ecological forecasts by using different approaches for predicting algal blooms.

  Environmental Science / Machine Learning

  Environment
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  How do trees respond to climate change?

  In partnership with NASA, researchers study the impact of climate change on trees.

  Environmental Science / Presidential Fellow

  Environment

• Understanding how bacterial communities assemble and function

  This project will investigate the growth dynamic of bacterial biofilm with lattice light-sheet microscopy (LLSM), which is able to resolve individual cells within thick 3D biofilms in a non-invasive manner.

  Biomedical Engineering / Chemistry

  Environment, Science & Technology

• Urbanization and climate justice in West Africa

  This project aims to explore how colonial policies of urban planning and racial segregation contribute to current-day urban air pollution in Dakar, Senegal.

  Environmental Science

  Health & Biomedicine, Environment

• Investigating the spread of disease

  This project will focus on predicting the interaction sites of host-host proteins using deep learning, so that scientists can better understand how these proteins interact for cell development.

  Biology

  Health & Biomedicine, Science & Technology

• Improving recruiting & mitigating bias

  Using data analytics to improve the way organizations identify, attract, develop, and retain talent.

  Business & Economics

• Using technology to address mental health

  Researchers study eHealth tools to offer low cost ways to help people cope

  Biology

• Teaching machines and humans to cooperate

  Presidential Fellows in Data Science Erfan Pakdamanian and Nauder Namaky aim to develop a system that optimally alerts drivers when an autonomous vehicle algorithm fails. They plan to develop a deep neural learning algorithm that considers external hazards in conjunction with drivers’ cognitive states.
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  We know what you want. But what do you need?

  Presidential Fellows in Data Science Mark Rucker and Derek Lam, sponsored by the Data Science Institute and the Office of Postdoctoral and Graduate Affairs, are designing an algorithm that acts paternalistically to help people make decisions that are not just reflective of their immediate desires, but are also based on what they value as good.

  Machine Learning

  Science & Technology
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  Reconstructing the gut microbiome

  Soda, salty snacks, and processed foods are among the top groceries purchased by Americans – a diet far removed from the one consumed for most of human history. Now researchers, health professionals, and the public want to know: how has this change in diet affected us and what, if anything, should we do about it?

  Biology

  Health & Biomedicine