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State Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday October 19, 2025 ( 3 items )  

S.D. School of Mines: Data Science and Engineering Degree Prepares Mines Grads to Tackle Real-World Challenges
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 16 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * New Data Science and Engineering Degree Prepares Mines Grads to Tackle Real-World Challenges The demand for data scientists is skyrocketing, and South Dakota Mines is at the forefront of developing a new, highly-trained workforce equipped to take on the challenges of one of the fastest-growing fields in the world. This fall, the university launched its bachelor's degr  more

South Dakota Mines Professor Designs First Emotion-Driven Navigation System for AI Agents
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 15 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * South Dakota Mines Professor Designs First Emotion-Driven Navigation System for AI Agents Artificial Intelligence is everywhere--helping doctors detect diseases, guiding self-driving cars through traffic, powering the apps on our phones, and even supporting technologies that help older adults live more independently. Despite these breakthroughs, AI still struggles wit  more

South Dakota Mines Receives $2 Million to Advance Germanium Technologies
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 16 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * South Dakota Mines Receives $2 million to Advance Germanium Technologies South Dakota Mines is leading critical components of a statewide initiative advancing germanium-based technologies for both fundamental physics and medical imaging. The university's $2 million award is part of the larger $7 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR RII E-RISE grant that launched   more