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DSI – Summer Research Program 2022 Application Open
Dec. 7, 2021—The Data Science Institute is pleased to announce the continuation of the Summer Research Program for summer 2022! Applications are due by 11:59pm on Friday, February 4. Apply Here: https://vanderbilt.infoready4.com/#student-opportunities Further details about the program can be found on the DSI’s website: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/datascience/academics/undergraduate/summer-research-program/ If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...