Rather than treating ethical considerations as an afterthought, developing a clear ethical culture towards AI development throughout your company is key to building more effective, efficient, and higher-value businesses.
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At DAX 2026, IBM Fellow & Global Leader for Responsible AI & AI Governance Francesca Rossi joined DSI Avenassians Director Garud Iyengar for a fireside chat
Rossi emphasized that responsible AI development is not just a "good thing" for companies to do, but a core requirement for long-term success
Thank you to Bob for delivering such an insightful and high-energy talk to kick off our first-ever annual Data Science and AI Exchange.
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In his keynote at DAX 2026, Bob Hedges made the case for putting consumers back at the center of innovation, and recognizing that it can be better business for companies to think about how to add value for consumers, not extract value from them.
LIVE 🔴 A @columbiaigp.bsky.social Spotlight Interview with Secretary Jacob Lew and IBM’s Arvind Krishna. Part of @columbiasipa.bsky.social & @newyorkfed.org’s conference on cyber risk to financial stability.
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It was a fitting message to launch DAX 2026, before we dove into the opportunities and challenges of deploying AI responsibly. Read more about the event: industry.datascience.columbia.edu/DAX/conference
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social Provost Angela V. Olinto opened this year’s Data Science & AI Exchange (DAX 2026) with a timely reminder that AI is no longer defined to a single domain, it's shaping every sector–the key question is not about what AI can do, but how its benefits can be broadly shared
And thank you to all those who presented their cutting-edge projects, demonstrations, and research during our Innovation Expo.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing key insights from the event and the top industry voices who joined us on stage - stay tuned.
The first-ever Data Science and AI Exchange (DAX 2026) has just concluded at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. It’s been a full day of riveting discussions about the challenges and opportunities in responsible AI.
Thank you to the leaders from industry, academia, and government joined us.
From governance and explainability to privacy, safety, and the ethics of emerging AI systems, this event connects cutting-edge research with strategic insight. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing key takeaways from the event and the top industry voices who are joining us on stage - stay tuned.
The Data Science and AI Exchange (DAX 2026) is underway at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Leaders from industry, academia, and government are here today for a dialogue on the real challenges and opportunities in responsible AI.
The Data Science and AI Exchange (DAX 2026) is about to begin at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social!
Leaders from industry, academia, and government will join us today to unpack a key question: How do we ensure AI is responsible, trustworthy, and beneficial for all?
#ColumbiaAI: Watch @columbiaigp.bsky.social, @columbiasipa.bsky.social & @columbiajournalism.bsky.social's event from this week, Safeguarding Freedom and Democracy in the Age of AI
Led by DSI member @henryyuen.bsky.social, a new multi-university grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) will examine whether larger quantum operations could reduce errors and make future quantum computers more practical.
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Congratulations to IBM's Francesca Rossi, who was recognized in @aimagazine.bsky.social's Top 100 Women in AI 2026
On April 14, Francesca will be joining us at the Data Science and AI Exchange (DAX 2026) for a fireside chat on responsible AI with Garud Iyengar
Register here: dax2026.eventbrite.com
#ColumbiaAI News: Can AI understand literature? @columbiauniversity.bsky.social researchers are testing the ability of LLMs to interpret nuance, hidden meaning, and nonlinear storytelling.
Read more: www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/c...
#ColumbiaAI News: On March 10, researchers from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social &@stonybrooku.bsky.social spoke on Capitol Hill about emerging quantum technologies—and the importance of federal support for the American universities driving the field forward
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How do we build AI systems people can trust? It starts with how we protect data. Join us at the Data Science and AI Exchange (DAX) for a critical conversation on Privacy & Security in the age of responsible AI.
📅 April 14, 2026
👉 Register to join the conversation: dax2026.eventbrite.com
#ColumbiaAI News: The Age of Extraction with Tim Wu ▶️ The Columbia Law professor discusses his new book and explains how tech platforms extract wealth, paving the way for a rise in autocracy. Watch: www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive...
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social Faculty & Researchers 📣 Are you working with complex data? Our data science students can help unlock new insights in your research - across all disciplines!
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Visit MOR's announcement for the complete list of papers recognized: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...
To mark its 50th anniversary, Mathematics of Operations Research (MOR), selected 50 landmark papers highlighting advances in the field over five decades.
Garud Iyengar, Avanessians Director of @datascicolumbia.bsky.social, was among those recognized for his 2005 paper, "Robust Dynamic Programming"
#ColumbiaAI: A new interdisciplinary project investigates art images & artificial intelligence
Art Images & AI: Latent Space Interpretability, Art History & the Law is led by Noam M. Elcott & Kathleen McKeown & is funded by a @datascicolumbia.bsky.social seed grant
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Join us at the Data Science and AI Exchange (DAX 2026) April 14 at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
Keynote speaker Bob Hedges, former Chief Data Officer at Visa & Research Fellow at MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, will share insights on responsible AI, governance & enterprise AI strategy
Join @datascicolumbia.bsky.social for DAX 2026 on April 14! Explore AI innovations, hear expert panels on privacy, safety, & governance, and see live demos at the Innovation Showcase. Build your AI network.
Secure your seat: dax2026.eventbrite.com
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🗓️ On March 4: Listen, examine, and explore how AI is influencing teaching and learning at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
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#ColumbiaAI News: Columbia Engineering cybersecurity expert Asaf Cidon explains the eerie rise of AI-powered email, phone, and video scams — and how anyone can fall for them.
Read his interview with Columbia Magazine:
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“Seeing the entire pipeline end to end—from finding data to evaluating outputs—was one of the biggest things I learned,” - group member, Hailey Weingord.
Congratulations to this Capstone group (pictured left to right):
Runzhou Liu
Prakhar Dungarwal
Sejal Mittal
Srianusha Nandula
Hailey Weingord
Capstone spotlight 💡 Last fall, this group of @datascicolumbia.bsky.social students partnered with Adobe to apply their skills and solve a data-driven problem.
Capstone projects help our students work with real data in the real world, and the learnings are invaluable for their future careers.