Political psychologists, true to their name, explore the intersection between psychology and political science. That’s precisely what John Jost, a Professor of Psychology and Politics, Co-Director of NYU’s Center for Social and Political Behavior, and affiliated faculty member at CDS investigates in his work. Earlier this year, Jost, along with Joanna Sterling, Chadly Stern, and … Continue reading The Psychology of Conservatism and Liberalism
As part of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment’s ongoing attempt to foster interdisciplinary research, they recently announced the NYU Data Science Seed Grant. The grant is open to NYU faculty researchers, and will fund 6-8 proposals of either up to $25,000, or up to $6,000, in addition to providing software engineering assistance from the data science incubator. Neal Beck, an Affiliated Faculty … Continue reading Data Science Grant Opportunity
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?
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
Nathaniel Beck is a Professor at New York University’s Wilf Family Department of Politics, and an Affiliated Faculty member at the Center for Data Science. What did you study in school? How did you get to what you study now? I went to the University of Rochester almost half a century ago. I started off … Continue reading Faculty Profiles: Nathaniel Beck
Last Friday, NYU’s Center for Data Science welcomed two companies, TEK systems, and Medidata Solutions to the first weekly set of career information sessions. These sessions give students networking opportunities to find how their Data Science coursework and internships are applicable in various careers. Tek Systems kicked off our first information session of the semester … Continue reading TEK Systems Comes to CDS
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released data on the $103 billion in prescription drugs that providers prescribed in 2013 as part of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program. The dataset, containing drug cost information for 36 million patients and 1 million prescribers, will allow consumers, providers, researchers, and other stakeholders to … Continue reading Medicare Releases Detailed Data on Prescription Drug Spending
Google has launched its Government Innovation Labs which will bring together private and public sector leaders to improve how governments approach hard problems. The program will challenge teams to use innovative thinking and tools, such as data visualization and open data solutions, to identify how they can get a better return on investment for new … Continue reading Making Government More Data Savvy
Microsoft has published a new site called “How Old Do I Look” to demonstrate the potential for its machine learning service Azure to spot trends and make predictions. Users can upload a photo to the site and Microsoft’s algorithms will identify the face in the image and estimate the age of the person pictured. Microsoft … Continue reading Machine Learning Can Guess Your Age
New York University’s (NYU) Center for Data Science (CDS) is joining forces with Nvidia in an effort to improve deep learning applications and algorithms for large-scale GPU-accelerated systems. For full article, please see here: NYU & Nvidia. Continue reading NYU & Nvidia Team Up for Multi-GPU Cluster-led Deep Learning Research
