Variable pursuits
A Portland State University fellow builds statistical tools that can sift useful signals.
2026
Keeping AI honest
Fellow ratchets up mathematical rigor to boost confidence in scientific generative AI.
Getting physical
A fellow attempts to move machine learning from pattern recognition to scientific reasoning.
Mining cause and effect
A Cornell University fellow develops strategies to extract more than correlations from algorithms’ predictions.
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Machine-learning atoms
A University of Alabama fellow shows that AI models learn to simulate atomic interactions.
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