Mark Dredze, a John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science, the interim deputy director of the Data Science and AI Institute, and the associate head of research and strategic initiatives for the Department of Computer Science, received an Optum Research Award in the area of foundational methods development. This award will support his project on “using large language models, or LLMs, to build clinical question-answering systems that preserve patient privacy.”

Read more about the award.