Physics
DSI hosts Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference for data scientists and aspiring data scientists to learn from other women in the field
Mar. 8, 2023—The Data Science Institute welcomed women who are leading the way in data science at our annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on March 7. The conference was an opportunity for women in data science to connect, network and learn from other women in the field. The conference featured a variety of sessions with...
Demographics of Multi-Messenger Supermassive Black-Hole Binaries from the Illustris Cosmological Simulation (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Katharine (Katie) Cella to work in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Taylor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy during the summer of 2021. Katie is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Physics and a minors in Mathematics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to determine the properties...
Controlling Outlier Contamination In Multimessenger Time-domain Searches For Supermasssive Binary Black Holes (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qiaohong (Joanna) Wang to work in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Taylor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy during the summer of 2020. Qiaohong anticipates graduating in May 2022, and is majoring in Math and Physics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand a versatile outlier mitigation method...
Legal Natural Language Processing (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Henry Savich to work in the laboratory of Professor Brian Fitzpatrick in the Vanderbilt Law School during the summer of 2020. Henry graduated in May 2021 with a major in Mathematics and minors in Physics and Scientific Computing. The Legal Natural Language Processing (NLP) project, funded by this fellowship, aimed to...
A Bioinformatic Analysis of Gene Expression Networks in Genetic – and Diet – Manipulated Mice (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2019—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Nilai Vemula to work in the laboratory of Professor Mark Magnuson in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics during the summer of 2019. Nilai anticipates graduating in 2022 with a major in Physics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to better understand the divergent effects of metabolic stress on...