Newsletter

  • Portrait of Joshua Su

    New DSI Postdoctoral Fellow, Joshua Su

    We’re pleased to be able to introduce Zhaoqian (Joshua) Su as a new DSI Postdoctoral Fellow! Joshua comes to us from the Einstein College of Medicine where as a Postdoctoral Fellow he applied deep learning to problems related to the formation protein structures such as peptide… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2022

  • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

    Project Opportunity: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (paid!)

    The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and Vanderbilt Data Science Institute present: “Using Data Science to Investigate Important Questions in IDD Research” Friday, September 16 from 10:00 – 11:30, with catered lunch to follow. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center – Magnolia Place This workshop will include a presentation in current data science techniques with… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2022

  • Harrison Stuart headshot

    DSI – SRP Poster Winner Announcement – Harrison Stuart

    Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award 2022 Harrison Stuart, a senior with majors in Economics and Medicine, Health, and Society, presented his poster at the Undergraduate Research Fair and was selected as the winner of the Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award (10 other DSI-SRP students also submitted presentations). Read More

    Sep. 9, 2022

  • Mid-Autumn Festival

    Mid-Autumn Festival Observation

    The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture and is a tradition across many Asian cultures. The Festival, dating back over 3,000 years, is often a time where families gather, give thanks, and celebrate. Come gather with your DSI family in the the DSI Common… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Announcing: New Deep Learning Cohort for Fall 2022!

    Working on a research project and thinking that deep learning could provide a solid approach for your objectives? Using deep learning networks but wish you had more background or context? Trying your best to make it through online resources, but need a bit more consistency and support? Join the… Read More

    Sep. 8, 2022

  • New mother smiling and holding newborn baby at home

    Humphreys receives $3.7 million grant to study relationship between parent–child proximity and emerging psychopathology

    Class of 2021 Alumnus Amanda Short’s capstone project contributed to research which was recently awarded a grant in excess of $3.7 million from the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists program. Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith PhD, is one of three advisors on the… Read More

    Aug. 1, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    2022 AI Summer with the Data Science Institute

    Have a hard drive full of sequential data like audio, text, images, or even DNA and can’t figure out how to make the most of it? Have an innovative research solution or business objective in mind, but stuck in a quagmire of summarizing your data into a few condensed features?… Read More

    Mar. 9, 2022

  • A poster image for AI Fridays

    AI Fridays with Vanderbilt Data Science

      Do you have data you’d like to use, but aren’t quite sure how to make the most of it? Running into issues with your models, data, or analytical approach and spinning your wheels about what to do? Looking for new partnerships with other people using or interested in data… Read More

    Feb. 23, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Data Science Institute and WiTT Announce New Scholarship and Winner

    WiTT awards first annual 50% tuition scholarship to Sydney Simmons, Data Science Graduate Student at Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute In partnership with the Data Science Institute at Vanderbilt, Women in Technology of Tennessee (WiTT) is excited to announce Sydney Simmons the inaugural recipient of the Vanderbilt Data Science Master’s Program… Read More

    Sep. 2, 2021