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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 3h

How do students get started in research? CDS Prof Juliana Freire, CDS Faculty Fellow Mateo Dulce Rubio, CDS PhD graduate Claudia Skok Gibbs, CDS MS alum Aditya Singhal, and CDS undergraduate Riley Stacy joined a Research 101 panel on finding opportunities and building research experience.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 4h

Welcome to CDS, Jaume Vives-i-Bastida! He joins CDS as Assistant Professor of Economics and Data Science, building methods that measure what a policy has caused when you cannot run the experiment. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...

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Meet the Faculty: Jaume Vives-i-Bastida

This entry is part of our Meet the Faculty blog series, which introduces and highlights faculty who have recently joined CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to CDS alum Qihan Wang, former Faculty Fellow Nicholas Tomlin, CDS PhD student @michahu.bsky.social, UMass Amherst's Brian Dillon, and CDS Associate Professor @tallinzen.bsky.social: their paper on getting AI to forget the way people do has been accepted to NeurIPS 2026.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Volume 2 of the CDS Magazine is out! Put together by the CDS Graduate Student Community-Building Group, the new issue features student projects, essays, photography, community memories, CDS clubs, and more. Read Volume 2: drive.google.com/file/d/13kFF...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fall 2027 applications for our MS and PhD programs are now open! Join us online for an upcoming Admissions Information Session to learn more about our graduate programs and the admissions process.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can AI track stroke rehabilitation from video? CDS PhD student Victor Li, CDS Associate Professor Carlos Fernandez-Granda, and collaborators tested VLMs on the task, finding promise in movement counting but limitations in measuring impairment. nyudatascience.medium.com/can-vision-l...

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Can Vision-Language Models Track Stroke Rehabilitation From Video?

Tracking a patient’s movements during stroke rehabilitation sounds simple, but doing it accurately and automatically remains difficult, and…

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Courant’s Buckmaster and Anthropic's Alpöge used LLMs to produce Lean-checked proofs that 3D Euler can blow up in finite time, bearing on a Millennium Prize Problem. @kempelab.bsky.social called it in April on @ziv_ravid’s podcast: math would “fall” like Go did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=78W5...

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After Math Falls, What's Next? with Julia Kempe (NYU/Meta)

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welcome to CDS, Juan C. Perdomo! Perdomo joins CDS as Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Engineering, and Data Science. He researches performative prediction: what happens when a forecast changes the thing it predicts. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...

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Meet the Faculty: Juan C. Perdomo

This entry is part of our Meet the Faculty blog series, which introduces and highlights faculty who have recently joined CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The CILVR Seminar opened its fall series with CDS founding director Yann LeCun (@yann-lecun.bsky.social), who gave a talk titled “World Models: Enabling the Next AI Revolution.” CILVR talks continue most Wednesdays at 2pm at CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From Aptemiz to Sesame to Accenture Song, CDS alumni returned to campus to give undergrads a look at early careers in data science. The panel featured Data Science Analyst Abigail Paguio ’26, Product Engineer Anand Tyagi ’21, & Experience Strategy Specialist Caolin Donnelly ’22.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The CDS Alumni Council’s industry skills series continues Oct. 1 with a panel on data science careers in Finance + FinTech. 📍 NYU CDS, 60 Fifth Ave. 🕠 5:30–7:30 PM CDS alumni + students: check your email for registration. Photos from September’s packed media panel!

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Copying a crowd’s results isn’t the same as reproducing how it behaves. CDS PhD student Grégoire Lambrecht and NYU Shanghai’s Mathieu Laurière built the first way to learn from a crowd of agents when one shock hits them all at once. nyudatascience.medium.com/to-imitate-a...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What does a data scientist actually do? Last week, CDS students heard answers from: ⭐️ Haftan Eckholdt of Thinking Studios ⭐️ Sarath Kareti of CNN ⭐️ Alexandra Przysucha of EY ⭐️ James Kopanidis of the NBPA The panel was moderated by CDS-associated Professor Vasant Dhar.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

To make AI better at imitating humans, limit its memory. Ex-CDS Faculty Fellow Nicholas Tomlin, CDS PhD @michahu.bsky.social, & CDS Prof @tallinzen.bsky.social show that capping a model's memory at 4 slots makes it a far better stand-in for a real person. nyudatascience.medium.com/forcing-ai-t...

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Forcing AI to Forget: Constraining memory improves human simulation

Have you ever talked to an AI model and found the response so long and complex that you were unable to remember any of it? The model has no…

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Know the rules in order to break the rules." CDS Clinical Assistant Professor Samuel Deng on the mindset students should bring to his machine learning courses, and why the "outdated" material still belongs on the syllabus.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congrats to the seven NYU scholars, who joined CDS this fall under the Data Science Research Program for Undergraduate Students. They're working with mentors including CDS faculty Grace Lindsay (@neurograce.bsky.social) & Mengye Ren (@mengyer.bsky.social). Program info: cds.nyu.edu/research-pro...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"By the fifth question, you won't even care anymore." CDS-affiliated Professor Todd Gureckis (@toddgureckis.bsky.social) on why students should ask questions in class, even when it feels scary the first time.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're back! 🎉 CDS majors packed the 7th floor Open Space last week for our Welcome Back sessions. Coming up this year: career and research opportunities, Agentic AI and SQL workshops, alumni panels, and Pizza Chats. Welcome back, everyone!

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Welcome to CDS, Zongyi Li (@zongyili.bsky.social)! He joins CDS as Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science. He developed the Fourier neural operator and is now building foundation models for physical simulation. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...

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Meet the Faculty: Zongyi Li

This entry is part of our Meet the Faculty blog series, which introduces and highlights faculty who have recently joined CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The employer registration deadline for the CDS Fall 2026 Graduate Career Fair is tomorrow! Register now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Welcome to the CDS faculty, Todd Gureckis! He joins CDS as Professor of Psychology and Data Science, studying how people reason about the physical world and why that is still hard for machines. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...

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Meet the Faculty: Todd Gureckis

This entry is part of our Meet the Faculty blog series, which introduces and highlights faculty who have recently joined CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New semester, new data science research! Tal Linzen analyzes what makes some sentences difficult to read, Emily Black reveals how AI is shaping hiring decisions, and more on the first CDS Research Feature of the school year. t.e2ma.net/webview/9d6u...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Welcome to Lingjing Kong, joining CDS this fall as an incoming Faculty Fellow. He builds machine learning models grounded in causality, from generalizable world models to systems for scientific discovery. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...

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Meet the Fellow: Lingjing Kong

This entry is part of our Meet the Fellow blog series, which introduces and highlights incoming Faculty Fellows at CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Two days of orientation down, and the new MS and PhD students at CDS have met the faculty, quizzed the alumni, learned what makes a good community member, and been turned loose on a scavenger hunt. Welcome to the semester!

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Welcome back, CDS — the fall semester is starting! Here’s what CDS students should know about health and wellness services, student groups, academic and career support, tech setup, and every seminar series running this year. nyudatascience.medium.com/back-to-scho...

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Back to School: Fall 2026

CDS is excited to welcome students back for the Fall 2026 semester!

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We welcomed our incoming Data Science MS & PhD students at our pre-orientation social, giving everyone a chance to meet, connect, and get to know their new community before the start of the semester. From conversations to board games, it was a fun day of making new connections.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Microsoft selected the NYU Alignment Research Group for its new External Red Team Alliance, with a $25K AI safety gift. CDS Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science He He is heading up the project from the ARG side. www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...

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Enhancing AI security through global AI red teaming | Microsoft Security Blog

Microsoft's External Red Team Alliance (EXTRA) is a global AI security initiative designed to advance AI safety research and red teaming. By partnering with universities, researchers, and regional exp...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Welcome to Stephen Zhang, an incoming CDS Faculty Fellow. He’s an applied mathematician working on inverse problems, starting from noisy, messy data and working backwards to reconstruct the systems behind it, across biology and physics. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...

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Meet the Fellow: Stephen Zhang

This entry is part of our Meet the Fellow blog series, which introduces and highlights incoming Faculty Fellows at CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Want to spend the next few years doing data science in New York City? The Fall 2027 applications for the CDS MS and PhD programs open in late September. In the meantime, learn more here: MS info: cds.nyu.edu/masters-in-d... PhD info: cds.nyu.edu/phd-program-...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Climate models currently run on supercomputers. NYU’s new Earth Systems Institute wants to build open climate models that anyone can download and run on a single GPU. The Institute, led by CDS’ Laure Zanna, brings together faculty across NYU for this. nyudatascience.medium.com/climate-data...

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Climate Data for Everyone: NYU Launches the Earth Systems Institute

Cutting-edge climate models produce useful data but currently run on supercomputers.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

CDS will host its Fall 2026 Graduate Career Fair on September 22, 2026, from 11:30AM-2:30PM ET. This in-person event offers employers a prime opportunity to connect with our talented data science graduate students and recent alumni.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Welcome to Adam Bouyamourn, joining CDS this fall as an incoming Faculty Fellow. A former journalist turned political scientist, he studies AI in high-stakes decisions, from hiring to how governments use LLMs to surveil dissidents. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...

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Meet the Fellow: Adam Bouyamourn

This entry is part of our Meet the Fellow blog series, which introduces and highlights incoming Faculty Fellows at CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Language models can predict how we read a sentence forward, but not why our eyes jump back when it trips us up. New from NYU’s @wtimkey.bsky.social, CDS Assoc Prof @tallinzen.bsky.social & UMass’s @linguistbrian.bsky.social. nyudatascience.medium.com/predictions-...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The DOE has selected the first round of projects for its Genesis Mission, a national push to speed up scientific discovery with AI. Two CDS faculty are on board: ⭐️ Mengye Ren (@mengyer.bsky.social) on MARS ⭐️ Juliana Freire on DAISY www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Attention companies, nonprofits, and research labs! THIS SUNDAY, AUG 16 is the CDS Capstone Project proposal deadline! Don’t miss your chance! Partner with CDS and tackle your data problems! Submit your proposal: cds.nyu.edu/masters-in-d...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Welcome to Xinpeng Wang, joining CDS this fall as an incoming Faculty Fellow. He works on making language models more trustworthy, understanding how they work and catching failure modes like deception and reward hacking. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...

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Meet the Fellow: Xinpeng Wang

This entry is part of our Meet the Fellow blog series, which introduces and highlights incoming Faculty Fellows at CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We each carry 100s of copies of ribosome genes, yet almost no disease is linked to mutations in them. Then-MS students at CDS Xufan Ma, Fiona Chow & Buz Galbraith found why: harmful ones survive only in a few copies, which disease studies filter out. nyudatascience.medium.com/why-the-geno...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Welcome and congratulations to our two 2026 CDS Pathbreaker Scholarship recipients, Aigerim (Aileen) Adilet and Sherry Scott Bianco. Aileen has built AI for earlier medical diagnosis, while Sherry works on accessible tools for blind and visually impaired people. 1/2

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Starting your master’s at CDS this fall? Incoming CDS Professor of Psychology and Data Science Todd Gureckis suggests browsing the CDS website and faculty lab pages over the summer to find mentors and projects that fit your interests.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Attention companies, nonprofits, and research labs! The deadline to submit a proposal for the CDS Capstone Project is fast approaching – the deadline is Aug 16. cds.nyu.edu/masters-in-d...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Even with AI tools, job recruiters believe they make the hiring call. But a new CDS/Tandon study finds those AI tools have a much bigger impact than their users realize. By CDS’ Emily Black, Tandon’s @rosiebellini.bsky.social, and Sajel Surati. nyudatascience.medium.com/ai-shapes-hi...

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This week NYU is hosting nearly 1,000 scientists working on brains, minds, and machines for CCN 2026, the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference. Come by: 2026.ccneuro.org 1/3

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Starting a CDS master’s this fall? CDS Assoc. Prof. Greg Durrett (@gregdnlp.bsky.social) recommends a summer spent on the fundamentals: ✅ linear algebra ✅calculus ✅probability ✅statistics

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed late. Too late. Information that could help researchers to better understand the early signs is already sitting in radiology reports. CDS PhD student Ebrahim Rasromani's recent work discusses the use of LLMs to extract this information.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

CDS grad students and alumni gathered at a bar near CDS recently for a summer happy hour. Incoming students met returning students and alumni over food and drinks ahead of the fall semester. Thanks to everyone who came out.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Starting your master’s at CDS this fall? CDS Dir. Graduate Studies for PhD Program/Admissions Jonathan Niles-Weed suggests refreshing linear algebra and multivariable calculus over the summer. The program is quantitative, and that math shows up everywhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrP...

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Advice for incoming CDS MS students: refresh your math over the summer, with Jonathan Niles-Weed

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How do you read a menu in a language you've never studied? A warm welcome to @thomashikaru.bsky.social, joining CDS this fall as an incoming Faculty Fellow. He models how people handle typos, language barriers, and other places language breaks down. nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...

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Meet the Fellow: Thomas Hikaru Clark

This entry is part of our Meet the Fellow blog series, which introduces and highlights incoming Faculty Fellows at CDS.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Starting a CDS master’s this fall? Incoming CDS Clinical Assistant Professor Sam Deng says get fluent in the core math (calculus, linear algebra, probability, statistics) and in Python before the semester starts.

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