Faculty and Staff News — School of Data Science

Jundong Li Receives NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor of Data Science Jundong Li is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award.

After 12 Years at Google, Eric Tassone Joins School of Data Science

Tassone will help lead the new Collaboratory for Applied Data Science in Business, a partnership between the School and Darden.

A Deep Dive into Neuroscience

New research published in April shows how autism spectrum disorders manifest differently in boys and girls. Combining genetic research with brain imaging, researchers including UVA’s Kevin Pelphrey and John D. Van Horn identified differences in genes and the “genetic burden” of the condition in boys and girls, and ways the brains of girls with autism spectrum disorders respond differently to social cues than girls without autism.

Autism Research

Hyperspectral Imaging: Q&A with Bill Basener

The Muon g-2 ring, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., operates at minus 450 degrees Fahrenheit and studies the wobble of muons as they travel through the magnetic field.Credit...Reidar Hahn/Fermilab, via U.S. Department of Energy

A Tiny Particle’s Wobble Could Upend the Known Laws of Physics

Pete Alonzi, Lead of Research Computing at the School of Data Science, is part of a team of physicists researching the power of a tiny subatomic particle.

Five Reasons Why Organic Data Is Healthy For A Data Science Model

Caitlin Wylie's Open-Access Book Examines the Intersection of Fossil Preparation and Data Collection

Have you ever thought about dinosaur fossils as data? Caitlin Wylie, Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Science and who holds a courtesy appointment with SDS, approached the study of dinosaur fossils with data in mind, as outlined in her book Preparing Dinosaurs. She found data collection varied widely depending on the person, country, and custom.