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Internationally regarded as a leading researcher in the field of machine learning, Bernhard Schölkopf was the featured speaker for this year’s Courant Lectures in April, giving two talks: “Statistical and Causal Learning” and “Inference of Cause and Effect.” Currently on sabbatical from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany, where he is Director … Continue reading Bernhard Schölkopf: Bringing His Knowledge of Machine Learning and Data Sets to the Courant Institute

The Initiative in Data Science and Statistics, recently launched by New York University and spearheaded by Gérard Ben Arous, Director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, actually had its origins last year within a working group of leaders throughout the university. The group was led by Yann LeCun, Courant Institute Silver Professor of Computer Science, Neural … Continue reading Initiative In Data Science And Statistics: A Collaborative Effort With Two Distinct Components

Director of the Computational Medicine Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, and alumnus of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Studies, Computational Biologist Isidore Rigoutsos recently shared his thoughts on a current situation he finds both fascinating and confounding: the two contrasting ways of thinking concerning, on the one hand, historically-accepted bodies of knowledge, … Continue reading In The Field Of Computational Medicine, Isidore Rigoutsos Trusts The Data Rather Than The Books

Having spent most of his professional career at the Courant Institute, as well as holding leadership positions within Courant and New York University, Courant Institute Silver Professor of Mathematics Sylvain Cappell, a topologist, is uniquely qualified to offer a long view of where NYU has been, and also where it is headed. Commenting on NYU’s … Continue reading Courant Institute’s Sylvain Cappell Sees Science, Math and Data Developing at Extraordinary Speed

New York University’s newly-launched Center for Data Science is offering a two-year Master’s of Science in Data Science program (MSDS), the first of its kind in the United States. The graduate program is accepting applications now. Applications will continue to be reviewed until the program is filled, with classes commencing in the fall. “There is … Continue reading Center for Data Science Taking Applications for Masters of Science in Data Science

Currently during the Spring 2013 semester, Yann LeCun, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Silver Professor of Computer Science, Neural Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and John Langford, Doctor of Learning at Microsoft Research, are co-teaching a new course entitled “Big Data, Large Scale Machine Learning.” “It’s great to have John on board because he has considerable practical … Continue reading Yann LeCun and John Langford Co-Teaching New Course: “Large-Scale Machine Learning and Big Data”

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