5 Q’s with Olivier Begerem, CEO of Sensie
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Olivier Begerem, CEO of Sensie, a Belgium-based company developing an attachable sensor and AI-powered platform that helps greenhouse growers monitor crop health.…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportPlotting Earthquakes
CNN has created a visualization of the Caribbean’s seismic landscape using the U.S. Geological Survey’s data to highlight major earthquakes since 1900. The map shows how the North American, South…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMonitoring Rainfall
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have created a high-resolution global rainfall dataset to improve precipitation monitoring worldwide. The dataset combines satellite observations with ground weather station measurements…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportThe United States Needs a Strategic Response to Adversarial AI Distillation
In February 2026, Anthropic disclosed that roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts had bombarded its Claude model with 16 million interactions, likely to harvest its outputs for training a competing model. At…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportVisualizing Brain Activity
Researchers at New York University have identified shared brain activity patterns that bilingual speakers use when applying grammatical rules across languages. Using MEG brain scans, the team found that Spanish-English…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportAccelerating Drug Discovery
Researchers at the University of Oxford have created a dataset and AI model to accelerate drug discovery. The dataset contains X-ray data showing how potential drug molecules interact with viral…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportThe Cities Getting AI Right Are Investing in Workforce Upskilling
Across the United States, city governments are deploying AI systems to improve service delivery and streamline internal processes, such as through AI-driven curb management platforms and residential permitting tools. These…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from June 13, 2026, to June 19, 2026, features California’s new digital Career Passport that creates portable records of workers’ skills and credentials,…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportImproving Wind Turbines
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have created a dataset designed to improve wind-farm management and operation. Built from wind-tunnel tests using turbine models equipped with sensors…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Christian Vahlensieck, Co-founder of Alp Bio
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Christian Vahlensieck, co-founder of Alp Bio, a Switzerland-based startup developing an AI-powered platform that helps pharmaceutical companies predict immune reactions to biopharmaceutical…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMapping Coastal Extent
New Zealand’s geographic information agency, Land Information New Zealand, has developed a high‑resolution 3D coastal visualization that offers detailed views of the nation’s shoreline. Through the 3D Coastal Mapping Programme,…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportThe Great American AI Act Seeks Good Governance, but Must Get the Details Right
WASHINGTON— Following the release of Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan’s discussion draft of the Great American AI Act, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Associate…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from May 30, 2026, to June 5, 2026, featuring Amazon’s new warehouse robot that can understand verbal instructions and research testing a virtual-reality…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportStates Should Move AI Pilot Programs from Siloed Tests to Statewide Deployment
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming virtually every industry, and the public sector cannot afford to fall behind. State lawmakers across the country have passed laws that create new opportunities to…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportNew Executive Order Takes Constructive Approach to AI Cybersecurity Risks
Following President Trump’s new executive order on AI innovation and cybersecurity, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Michelle Lopes Maldonado, associate director of AI policy: Today’s…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Rossen Kolev, CEO of Smart Farm Robotix
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Rossen Kolev, CEO of Smart Farm Robotix, a Bulgaria-based company developing AI-powered agricultural robots that identify and remove weeds without herbicides. Kolev…
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