Notre Dame scholars bring ethical and moral principles to bear on the emerging technology that will shape our future.
Statement from Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., on the papal encyclical Magnifica humanitas
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In this episode, Meghan Sullivan explains the DELTA framework, a human-centered approach to AI ethics—and why the choices we make today will define how this powerful technology shapes our future.
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As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, Christian institutions must look beyond an “ethical floor” of safety, privacy, and transparency.
On May 25, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (Magnificent humanity), which provides moral guidance on safeguarding the human person in the time of AI. We asked six Notre Dame faculty members what they took away from it.
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In this episode of Notre Dame Stories, Nitesh Chawla, founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. Amid growing concerns about AI’s societal impacts, Chawla emphasizes a proactive and inclusive approach to leveraging this technology for good. From addressing biases in AI systems to creating global solutions for health care and poverty, his work exemplifies Notre Dame’s mission to advance the human condition through interdisciplinary collaboration. He also discusses how Notre Dame’s holistic educational approach empowers students to use data and AI ethically and responsibly to tackle complex global challenges.
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Each year, a group of Notre Dame students receives a massive—though tiny—challenge: Build a semiconductor chip inside Notre Dame's nanofabrication facility.
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Notre Dame engineer studies coastal fog to improve weather forecasting
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As misinformation spreads rapidly across social media, Notre Dame computer scientist Tim Weninger is uncovering how small groups of accounts can manipulate social media algorithms to shape what millions of people see and believe. His research is helping develop tools that could make social networks more resilient to propaganda and misinformation.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Major and Mid-scale research facilities (MFs) tend to be located in “edge” environments, where science is conducted in remote areas. The MFs typically operate far away from the noise and light pollution of cities, in areas with unobstructed views of the sky, readings of...
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Mengxue Hou and her lab have developed an AI navigation system that enables an autonomous underwater vehicle to determine its coordinates using visual clues and evaluate the accuracy of those coordinates probabilistically.
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Meet Zach Harber (MBA '27), who is balancing his Notre Dame MBA with running Quantis Investment Group. Discover how he leverages AI and the Mendoza network to bridge the gap between entrepreneurship and investment banking.
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Paul Scherz, the Our Lady of Guadalupe College Professor of Theology and the ND–IBM Tech Ethics Lab Program Chair, recently co-edited a book exploring how AI affects human agency. The book, “Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” is the second in a series created by the Vatican’s AI...
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In the fall, the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society launched ExLENT Data Crossings with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Engineers have long focused their efforts on confining signal-carrying photons to chips. Every photon that escapes, they reasoned, is information lost. But one group of researchers has stood that paradigm on its head. By deliberately “leaking” photons into the air, they created, not the feared amorphous blob of light, but...
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Why do people ignore warnings that could protect their health or security? Analytics professor Ahmed Abbasi studies how artificial intelligence can help us make better choices in critical moments.
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Engineers have long focused their efforts on confining signal-carrying photons to chips. Every photon that escapes, they reasoned, is information lost. But one group of researchers has stood that paradigm on its head.
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Three faculty teams have been selected as the first recipients of awards from the Notre Dame Biothreat Surveillance, Containment, & Operational Preparedness Engine (ND-BIOSCOPE) Accelerator Fund, which fosters and further develops Notre Dame’s expertise in biothreat detection, surveillance, and countermeasure development. A cross-disciplinary initiative of the Berthiaume Institute for Precision...
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland, is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It is used to collide subatomic particles, with the goal of exploring the fundamental interactions in particle physics by studying the data from the experiments....
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The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society advances research excellence by embedding interdisciplinary collaboration and undergraduate research training within projects that address the needs of historically underserved populations.
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Notre Dame scholars are examining how generative artificial intelligence can promote human flourishing, not just comply with regulation. Through a new interdisciplinary initiative, led by Tom Stapleford and Patrick Gamez, researchers are applying the philosophy of virtue ethics to guide how AI systems can support human judgment.
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Notre Dame researchers in Alaska are studying ice fog, a poorly understood arctic phenomenom that severely reduces visibility and makes travel dangerous, using advanced sensors and weather balloons to improve forecasting and aviation safety.
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A Notre Dame team is piloting an AI-driven mentor to bring affordable, on-demand business advice to entrepreneurs who lack access to traditional support.
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The University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $50.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the DELTA Network: Faith-Based Ethical Formation for a World of Powerful AI. Led by the Notre Dame Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG), this grant — the largest awarded to...
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The University of Notre Dame, Parkview Health and the 1842 Fund (powered by Alloy Partners) announced a collaboration to co-create new digital health startups focused on addressing critical challenges faced by rural communities. The initiative aims to launch up to two venture-backed startups in 2026, with a significant initial investment...
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Fifty global experts gathered at the Vatican's historic Casina Pio IV on October 16–17 to explore how artificial intelligence can advance peace, social justice, and human dignity. The conference, “Digital Rerum Novarum: Artificial Intelligence for Peace, Social Justice, and Integral Human Development," was co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and...
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A new study co-authored by University of Notre Dame researcher Helge-Johannes Marahrens shows that analyzing social media posts can help experts predict when people will move during crises, supporting faster and more effective aid delivery.
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In a new study out today in Science Signaling, researchers at the University of Notre Dame present a computational process that can scan hundreds of proteins in a few days, screening for pH-sensitive protein structures.
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The University of Notre Dame has announced a research collaboration with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to lead an initiative addressing the rising threat of online abuse in sports. As the governing body for world motor sport and the federation for mobility organizations globally, the FIA champions safety and fairness —...
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Cave entrances often appear black and forbidding. Light enters, but little escapes, absorbed as it “bounces around” the interior. To trap light in much the same way, engineers at the University of Notre Dame have devised a superblack material from a matrix of microscopic, sheer-walled “caves”—each just 10 microns wide....
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Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Americans for Responsible Innovation have partnered to produce a new report that provides a roadmap to guide AI workforce policy. The report offers actionable policy recommendations for data and measurement to inform policymakers’ responses to AI as well as investments in workforce...
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Chaoli Wang and his team have created an AI powered system that lets users explore complex 3D data using simple voice or text commands. This award winning software makes advanced visualization faster, more interactive, and accessible to non-experts.
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A Notre Dame graduate student has developed HybridQ, a groundbreaking classical-quantum AI model that generates images of skin diseases to improve early diagnosis. By expanding and diversifying limited medical datasets, the technology moves quantum computing one step closer to real-world use in dermatology.
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The University will be one of more than 200 leading AI stakeholders helping to advance the development and deployment of safe, trustworthy AI.
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Notre Dame researcher John Lalor, an assistant professor of IT, analytics and operations at Mendoza, is part of a team working on a web-based natural language processing system that could increase the health literacy of patients who access their records through a patient portal.
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A group of researchers at the University of Notre Dame say it is important to ask a slightly different question: What would it look like to develop artificial intelligence we can trust?
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As urbanization advances around the globe, the quality of the urban physical environment will become increasingly critical to human well-being and to sustainable development initiatives. However, measuring and tracking the quality of an urban environment, its evolution and its spatial disparities is difficult due to the amount of on-the-ground data...
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Provost John McGreevy has appointed Nitesh Chawla to lead a new Data, AI & Computing Initiative and Kathleen Sprows Cummings to direct its Gloabl Catholic Research Initiative under the University's 2033 Strategic Framework. These appointments aim to strengthen interdisciplinary research and position Notre Dame as a leader in AI innovation and global Catholic scholarship.
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In recent years, democracies worldwide have seen a growing erosion of trust in election outcomes and institutions, driven in part by fears of widespread fraud. New Notre Dame research finds that “prebunking” — providing accurate information before false claims spread — boosts trust in elections more effectively than traditional fact-checking.
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Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins researchers have collaborated to bring an interactive AI-powered privacy exhibit to the Smithsonian, inviting visitors to step into synthetic personas and explore the consequences of sharing personal data online. This NSF funded project uses empathy-driven design to help families better understand digital privacy, safety, and responsbile AI.
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Fang Liu has been appointed director of Notre Dame's Health Data Exploration & Analytics Lab (HEAL) within the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society. A leading expert in statistical machine learning and privacy, she will guide AI-driven, interdisciplinary research aimed at advancing equitable health solutions.
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Researchers at Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives have launched the Number Sense Assessment, a free, research-based math app that helps teachers in grades 3 and up to quickly identify gaps in student understanding and strengthen instruction in core math concepts. Backed by NSF funding and developed with the Lucy Family Institute, the 10 minute tool delivers immediate insights to strengthen classroom instruction nationwide.
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Notre Dame and IBM Research have developed BenchmarkCards, a new framework to improve transparency and accountability in AI benchmarking. Now integrated into IBM's open-source Risk Atlas Nexus, the tool helps developers build safer, more trustworthy AI systems.
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The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), part of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI), has partnered with the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society to launch a new mobile app designed to strengthen teaching and learning in schools across India.
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Notre Dame has launched the Foundation Models and Applications Lab (FMAL) to advance interdisciplinary AI research and real-world applications. Led by Meng Jiang and Xiangliang Zhang, the lab develops adaptable foundation models to tackle challenges in science, health, education, and beyond.
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Researchers found that while AI shows promise in assessing real-world welds, models must be fine-tuned with industry-specific data to perform reliably in production settings.
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The Lucy Family Institute and St. Joseph County Health Department are using data-driven insights to combat rising youth vaping rates. Through geospatial analysis and community research, the team identified target, tech-based intervention strategies to improve health outcomes for local middle and high school students.
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Notre Dame researchers have partnered with Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómmez to develop SaludConectaMX, a digital monitering tool designed to support children undergoing cancer treatment. The app connects clinicians and caregivers to track symptoms, improve communication, and enhance care for families in low-resource communities.
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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing artificial intelligence tools that help consumers understand how they are being exploited as they navigate online platforms.
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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted a study using AI bots based on large language models and asked human and AI bot participants to engage in political discourse. Fifty-eight percent of the time, the participants could not identify who the AI bots were.
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Notre Dame researchers have developed EcoSphere, an AI-powered platform that helps policymakers reduce urban carbon emissions. By combining large scale simulations with data, the tool enables smarter, data-driven decisions for more sustainable cities.
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As a researcher, Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat can see the blind spots in today’s technologies, and he’s eager to work with marginalized communities to address them. As an expert on ethical AI and human-computer interaction, he is passionate about ensuring new technologies emphasize values like adaptability, equity and pluralism.
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Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Americans for Responsible Innovation have partnered to produce a new report that provides a roadmap to guide AI workforce policy. The report offers actionable policy recommendations for data and measurement to inform policymakers’ responses to AI as well as investments in workforce...
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Notre Dame's College of Arts & Letters has launched ND Population Analytics (ND Pop) to advance policy-relevant research on pressing demographic issues like poverty, inequality, and health. By leveraging data and interdisciplinary collaboration, the initiative aims to inform real-world solutions and strengthen the University's impact on national policy.
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After playing a key role in discovering the Higgs Boson, physicist Michael Hildreth focuses on precision measurement of higgs properties and the potential impact. To handle the complexity of scientific discoveries, he also leads a team developing software to preserve scientific knowledge. And wider access to knowledge will spur faster discoveries.
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