As part of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment’s ongoing attempt to foster interdisciplinary research, they recently announced the NYU Data Science Seed Grant. The grant is open to NYU faculty researchers, and will fund 6-8 proposals of either up to $25,000, or up to $6,000, in addition to providing software engineering assistance from the data science incubator. Neal Beck, an Affiliated Faculty … Continue reading Data Science Grant Opportunity
At the Center for Data Science, our commitment to giving our students networking opportunities with the leading technology companies extends beyond our lunch seminars and round table career sessions. We recently partnered with Correlation One—a company that specializes in helping data scientists gain employment in the private sector—to host our first Datathon! For our Datathon, … Continue reading CDS Hosts its First Datathon
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 Spring 2016 Career Recap
On Thursday, April 21st at 12:30pm, Ben Schneiderman, Computer Science Professor at the University of Maryland, will give a talk on The New ABCs of Research: Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations, his newly released book. See below for details, abstract, and bio. Date: Thursday, April 21, 2016 Time: 12:30pm Location: 44 West 4th St, Kaufman Management Center, … Continue reading Ben Schneiderman to give talk on “The New ABCs of Research”
On March 9th, NYU’s Center for Data Science hosted its first Data Science Showcase—in conjunction with the Stern School of Business—to highlight the interdisciplinary work in data science taking place across a wide range of departments at the University. Professor Zaid Harchaoui, a Visiting Assistant Professor at CDS, kicked off the showcase with a presentation … Continue reading CDS Hosts its First Data Science Showcase
Last Wednesday, the Center for Data Science welcomed one of its Affiliated Faculty members, astrophysicist Michael Blanton, to give a luncheon lecture on his work with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Blanton is the director of the SDSS, where he leads a large team of astrophysicists, using data scientists to map the Universe. The … Continue reading Using Data Science to Map the Universe
Kyunghyun Cho is an Assistant Professor at NYU’s Center for Data Science, and conducts research in the field of natural language processing. His recent paper, “Show, Attend and Tell: Neural Image Caption Generation with Visual Attention” proposes to use an attention-based model for image description. Can you give us a bit of background on why you … Continue reading Kyunghyun Cho Talks Image Caption Generation
As part of the Center for Data Science’s mission to link students with tech industry leaders, we hold weekly lunch information sessions with representatives from companies employing data scientists in innovative ways. A few weeks ago, we invited Lars Backstrom, Facebook’s Director of Engineering, to come and chat with our students about his work and … Continue reading Facebook comes to CDS
The fear of technological advancement has been one of the few constants throughout history, and as Artificial Intelligence becomes an increasing part of how we collect data, many are beginning to wonder how the proliferation of AI will affect our privacy, our workforce, and our day-to-day lives. Artificial Intelligence is broadly defined as the ability … Continue reading Making AI More Human
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 3 Recap
