At a local health department, an epidemiologist scans fresh maps and lab results to decide which blocks need help first.We’re turning regulated data and field surveillance into guidance that moves help where it’s needed, fast. Data Platforms, Causal Inference and Machine Learning Methods for Identifying Social Determinants of Health in the US Project Lead: Francesca Dominici What we’re building What it enables Development of a Deep Learning Model to Enable Serosurveillance of Vector-Borne Diseases and Their Hosts Project Leads: Daniel Neafsey; Sarah Fortune; Junwei Lu What we’re building What it enables About the AWS Impact Computing Project at HDSI Launched in 2022,…
When weather swings or trade routes falter, the ripple effects reach dinner tables and national budgets. We’re making those pressures visible—who can supply, who depends, and where shortfalls may hit first. Food Power and Food Insecurity Project Lead: David Yang What we’re building What it enables Climate Change and Volatility in Food Supply: Historical contributions to and future implications for food insecurity Project Leads: Peter Huybers What we’re building What it enables About the AWS Impact Computing Project at HDSI Launched in 2022, the AWS Impact Computing Project is a collaboration between HDSI and AWS. Together, we are reimagining how…
At a rural clinic, a health worker records a child’s weight; at a market, a parent chooses what fish to buy. We’re translating real-world signals into timely guidance that supports nutrition security and public health. Linking climate and environmental exposures to malnutrition in a food-insecurity hotspot Project Lead: Christopher Golden What we’re building What it enables Optimizing Global Nutrition from Seafood Harvested from a Warming Ocean Project Leads: Elsie Sunderland; Christopher Golden What we’re building What it enables About the AWS Impact Computing Project at HDSI Launched in 2022, the AWS Impact Computing Project is a collaboration between HDSI and AWS….
When smoke drifts over a city or storms gather on short notice, people need practical answers, not guesswork. We’re turning climate data and models into guidance communities can use. Climateverse: Making Climate Data Actionable Project Leads: Satchit Balsari; Caroline Buckee What we’re building What it enables Physics-Aware Foundation Models for Extreme Atmospheric Events Project Leads: Petros Koumoutsakos; Frank Keutsch What we’re building What it enables About the AWS Impact Computing Project at HDSI Launched in 2022, the AWS Impact Computing Project is a collaboration between HDSI and AWS. Together, we are reimagining how data science and high-performance computing can be melded to…
The AWS Impact Computing Project at the Harvard Data Science Initiative meets moments when answers can’t wait. Harvard researchers are redefining how teams start safely, scale fast, and share what works. See how Harvard and AWS are creating a working model of modern science with real payoffs – tools and resources – for climate resilience, food systems, and public health. What we’re building About the AWS Impact Computing Project at HDSI Launched in 2022, the AWS Impact Computing Project is a collaboration between HDSI and AWS. Together, we are reimagining how data science and high-performance computing can be melded to…
We are delighted to invite you to submit a full application for funding from the AWS Impact Computing Project at the Harvard Data Science Initiative, using the submission protocol described below. The proposal is due on Friday, November 14th, 2025. Funding of up to $125,000 total direct costs (maximum 18-month term) will be made available for each of a small number of faculty-led projects. Application Instructions Please submit the three documents (see below) to datascience@harvard.edu with a copy to lawrence_weissbach@harvard.edu. We will acknowledge receipt within 24 hours. If you do not receive an acknowledgement, please be in touch with Lawrence as soon as possible. This document contains…
The HDSI is excited to announce the launch of two new research projects supported by the AWS Impact Computing Project at the HDSI. The project titles and principal investigators can be viewed here. These new awards bring the total number of funded projects under the AWS sponsored research program to eight, furthering and expanding research aimed at generating creative strategies and tools for accelerating solutions to address urgent global crises. The AWS Impact Computing Project’s goal is to achieve meaningful and durable social impact by merging cutting edge data science research with the robust high performance cloud computing resources of AWS. We anticipate…
HDSI is excited to announce the launch of four new research projects supported by the AWS Impact Computing Project at the HDSI. These projects span all three subject areas prioritized by the AWS collaboration, namely climate change/mitigation, food security, and social determinants of health. The project titles and principal investigators can be viewed here. These new awards bring the total number of funded projects under the AWS sponsored research program to six. The result is a research “cluster” aimed at generating creative strategies and tools for accelerating solutions to address urgent global crises. The goal is to achieve meaningful and durable social impact…
New alliance between Harvard Data Science Initiative and Amazon Web Services set to transform how faculty use data to solve the world’s biggest problems…
