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    Improving access to open science

    MSDS '18 students Jack Prominski and Pragati Shah, led by faculty advisor and DSI professor Rafael Alvarado, undertook a capstone project to improve an automated system that matches PLOS article manuscripts with appropriate editors.
    2018
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    Project

    Detecting a disturbance in the Force

    A person walking quietly through a park might never be heard by others, but if a flock of birds flies away as the person passes it is revealed that someone is there. Technology capable of discovering quiet agents in real-time, using machines to analyze environments, could prove immensely useful.
    2018
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    Preventing fatal motor vehicle accidents

    MSDS students Boh Young Suh, JB Park and James Xie worked with Prof. Quanquan Gu to develop a spatial model to find the intersections across Virginia with the most deadly crashes.
    2018
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    Project

    We know what you want. But what do you need?

    Presidential Fellows in Data Science Mark Rucker and Derek Lam, sponsored by the Data Science Institute and the Office of Postdoctoral and Graduate Affairs, are designing an algorithm that acts paternalistically to help people make decisions that are not just reflective of their immediate desires, but are also based on what they value as good.
    2018
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    Reconstructing the gut microbiome

    Soda, salty snacks, and processed foods are among the top groceries purchased by Americans – a diet far removed from the one consumed for most of human history. Now researchers, health professionals, and the public want to know: how has this change in diet affected us and what, if anything, should we do about it?
    2018
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    Seeing the forest and the trees

    Presidential Fellows in Data Science Laura Barry, Tingyang Meng and Jessica Munyan are investigating ozone emissions and photosynthesis rates by measuring gases using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone.
    Ongoing
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    'Fake News' is nothing new

    Presidential Fellows Sarah McEleney and Alex Maxwell are using data science to detect fake news in the modern U.S. and Soviet-era USSR.
    2018
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    Analyzing social media to assess extremist group threats

    MSDS 2018 Cohort students Kia Duan, Nitesh Prakash, Duncan Rule and Ni Zhuang worked to create a program that could more accurately assess threat levels from rallies and protests led by extremist groups.
    2018
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    The Art of War gets a boost from tech

    Using machine learning to understand the adversary in credit card fraud
    2018
  • brain synapse
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    Connecting the mind and body

    MSDS students Morgan Wall, Ali Zaidi and Dreisbach are exploring how immune system cells can be used to address neurological injuries and disorders.
    2018
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