Communications between embassies, government entities, and diplomats take the form of classified diplomatic cables. In 2010, over 150,000 of these cables were released by Wikileaks, a nonprofit organization that publishes classified government documents. The effect of the leak was twofold; not only did previously secret information become readily available, but now, the general population could … Continue reading CDS Faculty Interview: Arthur Spirling
Jan Blustein is a Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, and an Affiliated faculty member at the Center for Data Science. Her work takes a data-driven approach to studying the intersection of social science & policy with early childhood development. What did you study in school? How did … Continue reading CDS Faculty Profile: Jan Blustein
Earlier this month, the Center for Data Science welcomed Ebay to come and talk with our students about some real world applications for a Master of Data Science curriculum. As one of the world’s largest customer to customer and business to customer e-commerce websites, Ebay uses a recommendation system that pulls from all of their … Continue reading Ebay comes to CDS
One of the most compelling reasons to enter into a Master of Data Science program is the breadth of networking opportunities that help students begin their professional or academic careers after graduation. Here at the Center for Data Science, we continually cultivate professional relationships with human resource representatives from companies looking to hire the next … Continue reading Roundtable 2 Recap
One of the most compelling reasons to enter into a Master of Data Science program is the breadth of networking opportunities that help students begin their professional or academic careers after graduation. Here at the Center for Data Science, we continually cultivate professional relationships with human resource representatives from companies looking to hire the next … Continue reading Roundtable 1 Recap
Last fall, the Center for Data Science was thrilled to welcome BetterWorks for one of our career information sessions. BetterWorks is a startup trying to improve the work management and performance evaluation processes in corporate offices. If you are a working professional, chances are you might have used one of their performance evaluation tools, which … Continue reading BetterWorks Comes to CDS
Recommendation Systems have become an integral part of many businesses today. They have variety of applications. For example, on an e-commerce website like Amazon or Walmart, it would recommend you more relevant products to buy or in completely different setting they which would suggest you to add new people to your social network like that … Continue reading When Recommendation Systems Go Bad
One of the most exciting aspects of pursuing an advanced degree in the study of data science is the breadth of career opportunities available upon graduation. From nonprofits to private banking, NYU’s Master of Data Science program not only gives its students the knowledge and tools to begin a career in the world of data … Continue reading Fall 2015 Career Information Session Retrospective
Eero Simoncelli is a faculty member at the Center for Data Science, NYU’s Center for Neural Science, and a fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His research spans several fields, including medicine, neural sciences, mathematics, & psychology, and this past fall, he received an Engineering Emmy award for his work in computational … Continue reading Faculty Interview: Eero Simoncelli
Brenden Lake, an NYU Moore Sloan Data Science Environment Fellow, has recently had one of his paper’s published in the journal Science. It has also been featured in the New York Times. To read the full text, please see here: Human-level concept learning through probabilistic program induction To read the New York Times article, please see … Continue reading NYU Data Science Fellow Brenden Lake Paper Published in Science and Covered in New York Times Article
