Students

Shilpa Narayan Applies Data Science to UVA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Current Online M.S. in Data Science student Shilpa Narayan was recently appointed UVA's new Assistant Director for Assessment and Data Analytics in the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her goal is to combine policy and data to make positive social impacts.

Class of 2021: From Math to Music, Jon Gómez Pays Attention to Patterns

Jon Gómez, a graduate student in data science, first started programming in elementary school.

Class of 2021: This Data Scientist Artfully Builds Models to Power the Business World

Oretha Domfeh earned a Master of Science in Data Science in May of 2021, one year after earning her undergraduate degree at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerc

M.S. in Data Science Class of 2021 Graduation

Deloitte AI Institute for Government and Oracle for Research Sponsor UVA HBCU Bridge to Data Science Summer Research Program

The School of Data Science is pleased to announce that Deloitte AI Institute for Government and Oracle for Research will sponsor the 2021 UVA-HBCU Summer Research Bridge to Data Science Program.

School of Data Science Awards First Inclusive Excellence Graduate Fellowship

Angela Boakye Danquah is the recipient of the first-ever, merit-based M.S. in Data Science Graduate Fellowship for Inclusive Excellence. She looks forward to learning how to apply data science to public policy.

MSDS Student Finds Home Amongst Machine Learning Engineers at Apple

Arshiya Ansari (MSDS ‘21) just landed a job as a Machine Learning Engineer at Apple in Cupertino, California.

Python and Passing Yards

For MSDS students Matthew Edwards, Joseph Wysocki, and Alex Stern, watching a UVA football game is more than just cheering on the hoos. It involves analyzing what the opponent is doing, what UVA is doing, and how to help the coaches make the next best decision.

Incoming MSDS Students Add Summer Internships to Their Syllabus

Oretha Domfeh, Chirag Kulkarni, Ronak Rijhwani, Arshiya Ansari, and Surbhi Singh, all students in the incoming 2021 MSDS cohort, landed incredible, competitive internships this summer. With the first ever pilot program, they are all able to work these internships and begin the MSDS program.

Online Student Bios

Meet some of our online MSDS students. These are professionals in the workplace, who are simultaneously getting their Masters of Science in Data Science.

Dr. Sana Syed, Using her data science degree to explore the gut

Dr. Sana Syed, Pediatrician Gastroenterologist at UVA Hospital, is currently an MSDS student, and co-leads the Gut Intelligence Lab, where she uses data science to study gut structure and function and ultimately better her patients' lives.

Accelerating education: UVA students earn Bachelors and Masters in four years with 3+1 program

The professional Master of Science in Data Science degree allows a UVA undergraduate to dramatically change the trajectory of their career path by providing a highly technical skill set, and it only takes 11 months to complete.