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From One Year to 12 Hours: UVA Biocomplexity Institute Showcases Three Decades of Digital Twin Innovation

A new interactive dashboard demonstrates how researchers create synthetic populations, connect people through their daily activities, and use computational representations to investigate real-world challenges. The Biocomplexity Institute is exploring how societal digital twins can help researchers understand the potential effects of AI on employment and workforce transitions as part of a DTD Lab grant-funded project, the AI Impact Atlas.

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As AI Agents Advance, New Fellowship Backs UVA Safety Research

Mace AI, an AI security company based in Miami, is funding a doctoral student at UVA’s Aikyam Lab whose research will focus on AI interpretability, explainability, safety, and trustworthiness. “The fellowship reflects growing recognition of UVA’s leadership in AI safety and alignment research,” said Chirag Agarwal, head of the Aikyam Lab and DTD Lab faculty affiliate.

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OSS & AI: How to support your project community

DTD Lab postdoc, Hana Frluckaj, presented work overseas in Berlin in a talk that explored the intersection of OSS communities and the integration of generative and agentic AI in software development practices. Hana discussed emerging tensions for OSS communities and offered tools for projects to support and protect their members.

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