Leveraging the resources of the computational age

Advanced tools such as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, computer vision, geospatial science, and more offer new opportunities for advancing our understanding of society. Rapid technological change also means we now have staggering amounts of datamuch of it human-generated and in unstructured formats like text, digital traces, and images. In the next 20 years, these forces combined have the potential to transform the social sciences.

TRIADS mission is to support transdisciplinary research programs that harness these advanced tools and rich datasets in the service of better understanding our world and addressing urgent social issues. More succinctly, TRIADS will work on “big data for big questions.”

A first look at signature initiatives

A first look at signature initiatives

Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS) to host speaker series

Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS) to host speaker series

A Signature Initiative

TRIADS is co-sponsored by the Washington University and Arts & Sciences strategic plans.

Learn more about the Arts & Sciences plan