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Undergraduate Data Science Coffee Hour
Sep. 24, 2021—Please join us for the Data Science Minor monthly coffee hour in the atrium at Featheringill Hall on Friday, October 22nd between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
VandyHacks VIII – Opportunity for Data Science students!
Sep. 24, 2021—VandyHacks is returning from its journey through hyperspace; blast off with us on our journey to VandyHacks VIII on October 8-10, 2021! Vanderbilt students will have the opportunity to land at The Wond’ry on campus this year—for the first time since COVID-19! Non-Vanderbilt students and those who are more comfortable with online events will have...
Job opening at WeGo
Aug. 13, 2021—WeGo is hiring for a Transit Business Intelligence Analyst, which is a new position focused on automating reporting processes, conducting statistical analyses, and creating reports and interactive dashboards/visualizations from our various data sources. I thought this might potentially be a good opportunity for recent graduates in your departments or related fields, especially engineering, statistics, computer...
Internship Opportunity
Aug. 13, 2021—A former Vanderbilt student who got his PhD at Harvard has contacted us about an internship opportunity at his company, Onc.AI.
Aug. 17: ‘Watts, Metabolism, Data Analytics: Science’s Impact on Cycling over 25 Years’
Aug. 10, 2021—The virtual event will be Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. CT. Registration is required.
NSF unveils $20 million AI institute with Vanderbilt and partner institutions
Jul. 30, 2021—Vanderbilt University engineering and education faculty are part of a new $20 million research institute funded by the National Science Foundation that aims to create artificial intelligence tools to advance human learning and education.
Data Science Institute kicks off undergraduate summer research program
Jun. 11, 2021—Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute has kicked off the third year of its undergraduate summer research program. The program engages students who are interested in carrying out data science-related research with a Vanderbilt faculty member and integrates them into the institute’s community of data science scholars. This year, the DSI awarded fellowships to 24 undergraduate students...
Undergraduate Data Science Student, Tingyan (Nicholas) Deng, in the News
May. 14, 2021—Tingyan (Nicholas) Deng, a rising senior with a triple major in Computer Science, Math, and Economics, and minors in Data Science, Scientific Computing, Business, and Electrical Engineering discovered a passion for data science through an interdisciplinary DSI-SRP fellowship project with the Data Science Institute in the summer of 2020. The DSI fellowship offered Deng an opportunity to...
VIDEO: Bringing together experts from across campus to spark discoveries in data science
Mar. 10, 2021—The Vanderbilt Data Science Institute accelerates data-driven research, promotes collaboration and trains future leaders. The institute brings together experts in data science methodologies with leaders in all academic disciplines to spark discoveries and to study the impact of big data on society. The institute is educating students in computational and statistical data science techniques to...
Vandy Machine Learning Club
Feb. 17, 2021—From the Vandy Machine Learning Club: If you’re interesting in becoming a machine learning engineer or researcher, developing algorithms applicable to industry, or applying your newfound computer science and math skills, then the Vandy Machine Learning Club is for you. With a community of like-minded individuals, we plan on helping members develop a deeper understanding...