Author: Ashley McDonald

When graduate students of NYU’s Center for Data Science begin their courses this fall, they will be working on a 100-node computer cluster donated by Yahoo! Labs. In fact, the computer cluster is already being used this semester in NYU’s CILVR Lab (Computational Intelligence, Learning, Vision and Robotics) course “Big Data, Large Scale Machine Learning,” … Continue reading Yahoo! Labs A Founding Sponsor of NYU Initiative Data Science And Statistics and Center for Data Science

Information technology specialist Roy Lowrance has been named Managing Director of New York University’s new Center for Data Science, part of the university-wide Initiative in Data Science and Statistics. He will assist Yann LeCun, Director of the Center for Data Science, in overseeing the overall administration of the Center. In addition to his Managing Director … Continue reading Roy E. Lowrance Named Managing Director of NYU Center for Data Science

New York University officially announced the launch of its Initiative in Data Science and Statistics. The university-wide effort includes the creation of the Center for Data Science, the first such program in the United States. Taught by faculty from across the university, the Center for Data Science two-year master’s graduate degree program will begin accepting … Continue reading NYU Launches Initiative in Data Science and Statistics and Center for Data Science

New York University has appointed Yann LeCun, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Silver Professor of Computer Science, Neural Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, as the inaugural Director of the Center for Data Science. Established to develop the skills and expertise necessary for students to derive valuable knowledge from massive amounts of data, the Center for Data Science … Continue reading Yann LeCun Appointed Director of NYU Center for Data Science

What are the odds that of the twelve mathematicians who have been awarded the highly prestigious Abel Prize, three of them (25%) would hail from NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences? The probability is small, perhaps, but the accomplishment is enormous. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, along with King Harald and Queen Sonja … Continue reading Three Courant Institute Abel Prize Winners To Speak At NYU Conference