Jan Blustein is a Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, and an Affiliated faculty member at the Center for Data Science. Her work takes a data-driven approach to studying the intersection of social science & policy with early childhood development. What did you study in school? How did … Continue reading CDS Faculty Profile: Jan Blustein
Earlier this month, the Center for Data Science welcomed Ebay to come and talk with our students about some real world applications for a Master of Data Science curriculum. As one of the world’s largest customer to customer and business to customer e-commerce websites, Ebay uses a recommendation system that pulls from all of their … Continue reading Ebay comes to CDS
One of the most compelling reasons to enter into a Master of Data Science program is the breadth of networking opportunities that help students begin their professional or academic careers after graduation. Here at the Center for Data Science, we continually cultivate professional relationships with human resource representatives from companies looking to hire the next … Continue reading Roundtable 2 Recap
One of the most compelling reasons to enter into a Master of Data Science program is the breadth of networking opportunities that help students begin their professional or academic careers after graduation. Here at the Center for Data Science, we continually cultivate professional relationships with human resource representatives from companies looking to hire the next … Continue reading Roundtable 1 Recap
Do you ever wonder why there are particular lifestyle choices common to people with similar political beliefs? Last Fall, Professor Michael W. Macy from Cornell University presented his work on the correlation between lifestyle and political choices, in a meetup talk titled, “Why do Liberals Drink Lattes?” There is an underlying assumption that a person’s … Continue reading Meetup talk: Why do Liberals Drink Lattes?
Last fall, the Center for Data Science was thrilled to welcome BetterWorks for one of our career information sessions. BetterWorks is a startup trying to improve the work management and performance evaluation processes in corporate offices. If you are a working professional, chances are you might have used one of their performance evaluation tools, which … Continue reading BetterWorks Comes to CDS
The Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment Summit is an annual meeting between the data science centers at New York University, the University of California at Berkley and the University of Washington. We spoke with Daniela Huppenkothen, a Data Science Fellow at NYU’s Center for Data Science about her experience at the 2015 summit. Can you tell … Continue reading CDS Fellow Interview: Daniela Huppenkothen
