Carol Mason and Mihalis Yannakakis were elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding research achievements. Membership in the Academy is one of the highest honors in science.

A study led by Rafael Yuste, a neuroscientist, shows how an algorithm for filtering spam can learn to pick out, from hours of video footage, the full behavioral repertoire of tiny, pond-dwelling Hydra.

Cybercrime is an escalating worry for government, business, and civic society, but a researcher at the Columbia Data Science Institute is developing a computer security technique that could help thwart cyber attacks.

Using the photo-sharing site Instagram as a test case, Columbia researchers found that recommendation algorithms influence social status by amplifying network disparities.

From new models for tracking inheritable diseases to unprecedented accuracy in forecasting catastrophic drought, Columbia's Data Science Day highlighted how researchers across campus help us better understand our world through data.