The University of Virginia Data Science Institute granted degrees to 49 Master of Science in Data Science students and 7 Master of Science in Data Science dual degree students—who also earned their MBA from the Darden School of Business as part of that program—in 2019, as part of the university’s final exercises May 19.

New research by a trio of UVA Ph.D. students — two from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and one from the School of Engineering and Applied Science — is using new data science tools to answer questions related to what makes a job interview successful for both the candidate and the recruiter.

More than 200 people attended the 2019 Women in Data Science Charlottesville Conference, hosted by the UVA Data Science Institute.

To glean insight into historical biographies, and the lives of the women they featured, Prof Alison Booth (English) is working with the Data Science Institute (DSI) and IATH (Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities) on the Collective Biographies of Women Project.

With a grant from the Jefferson Trust, the University of Virginia Data Science Institute is launching a project to strengthen data science literacy and capacity in our community by aiding mission-driven organizations in answering questions about managing, analyzing and visualizing their data.

“You get involved in the numbers, the analytics, in solving a problem, and you lose sight of the effects of your work on actual people. One of the most important concepts a data scientist has to grasp is an understanding of your impact on the world around you – an algorithm can’t do that.”       

The MSDS 2019 Student Council, an organization inaugurated in 2018, seeks to bridge the gap between MSDS students and DSI faculty and staff, and to provide opportunities for students to connect outside of the classroom.

The DSI formed an integral part of the team that brought the initiative to Grounds. 

The University of Virginia Data Science Institute is launching an online Master of Science in Data Science, with the inaugural cohort set to start in summer 2019.