ISSI is part of a team that has received a $3-million grant from the National Science Foundation for Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System (CRELS). This five-year multidisciplinary training program in data science and social science disciplines fosters a new computational social science research community and leads the integration of research on the social implications of AI. The grant supports UC Berkeley Ph.D. students focusing on fundamental, longstanding challenges related to inequality and its connection to criminal justice institutions in the United States. Fellows will be trained for careers at the intersection of the studies of inequality, criminal justice, data science, and the social implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. Years four and five of the training program are modeled on ISSI’s Graduate Fellows Program.
Rising second through fifth year UC Berkeley doctoral students can apply for the program here. Review of applications will begin August 7.