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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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

What introductory computer programming course should I take (and why)? 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). The CS curriculum then requires students to take CS 2201, which also satisfies the DS minor. Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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… Read More

November 2020 newsletter from the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Vanderbilt. Read More