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Women in Data Science (WiDS) Nashville Virtual Conference
Feb. 24, 2021—Announcing the inaugural Women in Data Science (WiDS) Nashville virtual conference – co-hosted by Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute (DSI) and Genetics Institute (VGI) – as a part of WiDS Worldwide! On March 8 from 10-5pm CT, join our event to hear featured talks from women data scientists in Nashville and at Vanderbilt, along with a...
DSI Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Program
Feb. 24, 2021—The Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program is a ten-week experience where students (undergraduates and/or graduate students) work as part of a data science team on a pre-selected project for a not-for-profit organization, Vanderbilt group, or government organization. In the event that there are multiple Social Good projects, interns will be able to rank...
What Programming Course To Take?
Feb. 17, 2021—What introductory computer programming course should I take (and why)? The supplied figures aim to illustrate and explain this in general. Here is more information for potential DS minors: Students who plan to also major or minor in CS must take either CS 1101 (in Java) or CS 1104 (in Python). The CS curriculum then requires students...
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...
Information Sessions on Data Science Minor
Feb. 10, 2021—Interested students are invited to attend one of the information sessions scheduled for later this month to hear more about the minor and ask questions. Data Science Minor Information Sessions Tue Feb 23 @12pm, Eventbrite Link Wed Feb 24 @5pm, Eventbrite Link Thu Feb 25 @10am, Eventbrite Link Fri Feb 26 @12pm, Eventbrite Link Mon...
Data Science Institute Workshops Announced for Spring 2021
Feb. 9, 2021—The DSI offers a series of workshops to get students, faculty, and community members familiar with data science tools. Workshops are open to the entire Vanderbilt community.
Vanderbilt Hustler Story on Launch of Undergraduate Data Science Minor
Feb. 3, 2021—Vanderbilt announced on January 29, 2021 that a new undergraduate data science minor will be introduced in the Fall 2021 semester. The 19-credit minor will span across all four undergraduate schools and include an elective and courses in statistics, data science, machine learning and computer programming.
Undergraduate Minor in Data Science Launched
Jan. 29, 2021—Vanderbilt University has announced the addition of an undergraduate minor in data science beginning with the fall 2021 term. Driven by the growing interest on the part of the data science community at Vanderbilt for an undergraduate program in data science, the Data Science Minor Working Group was established in March 2020 by the Provost the...
DSI November 2020 Newsletter
Dec. 4, 2020—November 2020 newsletter from the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Vanderbilt.
New Faculty Engage in Data Science for the Social Good
Jul. 29, 2020—Tyler Derr, Xin (Maizie) Zhou and Zhongyue (John) Yang, the newest faculty co-hires joining the Data Science Institute this fall, have more in common than an interest in revealing patterns through big data. In line with both the goals of the institute and the larger mission of all trans-institutional research centers and institutes under the...