MSDS Student Discusses Using Data Science to Drive Community Change on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Data science plays an important role in our local communities through reducing food insecurity, improving public transportation, and more. Charlottesville is just one of the many cities that can benefit from decisions that are made through the powerful field of data science. 

M.S. in Data Science student at the University of Virginia's School of Data Science, Riya Pulla, discusses bioinformatics, data science's impact on local communities, and her discovery of a new species of Siphoviridae bacteriophage called "CheetoDust" on this month's "Inside the Numbers." Watch it here.