Events
Undergraduate Data Science Minor’s Spring Social Hour
Feb. 14, 2022—Join the Undergraduate Data Science minor for a monthly social hour this spring to socialize with other students interested in data science! Looking for other students to join forces with for new data science projects and ideas? Come forge new partnerships and build community with us! Our social hour will be at various locations around...
VINSE-DSI join colloquium – “Nanophotonics: The Role of Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Shrinking Light-Based Technologies”
Jan. 12, 2022—The VINSE colloquium speaker, Professor Kannatasssen (Krishen) Appavoo from the Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Birmingham will be discussing how machine-learning techniques can be used together with more traditional laser spectroscopy approaches to understand nanophotonic materials. The event will take place on February 9th at 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall.
Virtual Undergraduate Data Science Info Session – January 2022
Jan. 11, 2022—Do you have questions about the Data Science Minor? We would like to invite you to join us on Thursday, January 20th at 4:00 pm for a virtual Undergraduate Data Science Info Session. We will talk about why you should study data science, requirements for the minor, and opportunities for involvement. There will also be...
Computer Science Seminar: Compassionate, Data-Driven Tutors for Problem Solving and Persistence
Dec. 14, 2021—Please just the Computer Science department for an exciting seminar on Thursday, December 16, 12:30 – 1:30pm at Buttrick Hall 101 by Prof. Tiffany Barnes from North Carolina State University on Compassionate, Data-Driven Tutors for Problem Solving and Persistence. Abstract: Determining how, when, and whether to provide personalized support is a well-known challenge called the assistance dilemma....
DSI AI Transformer Intensive Jan. 4-7 – Virtual!
Dec. 7, 2021—Do you have an idea which uses text, image, sound, or other sequential data but you’re not sure how to use it? Are you interested in learning how to use state-of-the-art deep learning models in AI, and are you looking for opportunities with Vanderbilt researchers who leverage these tools for undergraduate research or Immersion? Join...
Undergraduate Data Science Coffee Hour – December
Nov. 15, 2021—Please join us for the last Data Science Minor monthly coffee hour this semester in the atrium at Featheringill Hall on Wednesday, December 1st at 4:00 pm.
Undergraduate Data Science Coffee Hour – November
Nov. 9, 2021—Please join us for the Data Science Minor monthly coffee hour in the atrium at Featheringill Hall on Friday, November 12th at 4:00 pm.
Undergraduate Data Science Info Session
Oct. 14, 2021—Do you have questions about the Data Science Minor? We would like to invite you to join us on Friday, October 29th at 5:30 pm in the Featheringill Hall Auditorium for an Undergraduate Data Science Info Session. We will talk about why you should study data science, requirements for the minor, and opportunities for involvement....
IBM Using Watson Studio in Data Science Workshop
Oct. 11, 2021—IBM in collaboration with the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, will be hosting a data science workshop series on October 20, 2021, and October 27, 2021. Therefore, I would like to invite undergraduate students minoring in data science to this virtual event. The objective of this workshop is to encourage the usage of IBM Watson Studio as a data science tool amongst members...
Upcoming DSI Data Science Summer 2021 Workshops
May. 17, 2021—Python for Data Science, May 19-21, 10a-12p Programming for data science looks different from programming to solve general-purpose problems. In this workshop, we’ll introduce essential Python, and then move to solving problems using pandas. We’ll also introduce exploratory programming and literate computing using notebooks. We’ll focus on those aspects of Python that are essential for...