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.

In the last several years, a number of University of Virginia graduates have joined the ranks of sports analytics professionals, crunching numbers for Major League Baseball teams.

Prof. Eric Field (Architecture) held the 2018 Data Viz Presentation Day at the Data Science Institute earlier this month.

UVA undergraduate Soukarya Ghosh on participating in the statewide NVTC University Challenge, a hackathon competition addressing veteran suicide.

The DSI's Practice of Data Science seminar-style course features a variety of guest speakers discussing how data science can be applied in the field and focuses on preparing students for professional work in data science.