Student Groups


Below is a list of current student groups at CDS.

CDS Student Council

The CDS Student Council represent their programs and student population. The representatives work closely with the CDS administration and leadership as thought partners, and as such, are tasked to provide constructive feedback in various areas across the Center (student affairs, academics, operations, diversity). The student representatives may also serve as advocates for their respective student population and as communication liaisons between the student population and the CDS administration/leadership. To reach out to the CDS Student Council, please email cdsstudentcouncil@nyu.edu.


2022-2023 Members

  • Pallabi Chandra (MS)
  • Janice Zhou (MS)
  • Hannah Phung (Undergraduate)
  • Eunice Pak (Undergraduate)

2021-2022 Members

Chris Ick (PhD)
Aram-Alexandre Pooladian (PhD)
Amelia Chu (MS)
Bruno Stefoni (MS)
Sabina Prochowski (Undergraduate)
Yuting Fan (Undergraduate)



CDS Diversity Affinity Group

The NYU Center for Data Science continues to strive to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. It is an integral part of our success as a research entity and an academic program. This effort has resulted in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative where we outline our 3 main goals; fostering an ongoing dialogue, building a diverse community, and building an inclusive community. We are putting action behind these goals and one of those action items is to build a student affinity group. The goal of the group is to create an environment where students from underrepresented backgrounds (whichever background that may be) can come together and express themselves freely and safely. 

Join the CDS Diversity Affinity Group Slack workspace to get involved and follow the CDS Diversity Affinity Group on Instagram to stay up-to-date!


2022-2023 Members

  • Vanessa Xu (Co-President)
  • Shriya Kalakata (Co-President)
  • Bleu Xu (Co-Director of Events)
  • Patricia Guirao (Co-Director of Events)
  • Elaine Yang (Co-Director of Community Outreach)
  • Palak Bansal (Co-Director of Community Outreach)
  • Justin Chui (Director of Marketing & Engagement)

2021-2022 Members

  • Vanessa Xu (President)
  • Bleu Xu (Director of Events)
  • Jamie Lee (Director of Marketing)
  • Max Wang (Director of Community Outreach)
  • Claire Saint-Donat (Director of Operations)



CDS Graduate Student Community-Building Group 

The CDS Graduate Student Community-Building Group works on improving the sense of community for CDS graduate students through events and initiatives. If you have any suggestions for the group or want to get involved, please email cdsgraduatecommunity@nyu.edu. 


2022-2023 Members

  • Sarvesh Patki (President)
  • Khevna Parikh (Fall 2022 Vice President)
  • Pooja Aryamane  (Co-Director of Events)
  • Aryan Jain (Co-Director of Events)
  • Abhilash Anand (Co-Director of Events)
  • Komal Sharma (Co-Director of Marketing & Engagement)
  • Ridhika Agrawal (Co-Director of Marketing & Engagement)
  • Shaojun Jiang (Fall 2022)
  • Adeet Patel
  • Nikki Gharachorloo (Fall 2022)
  • Chen Chen (Spring 2023)
  • Aradhita Bhandari (Spring 2023)

2021-2022 Members

  • Yi Wen (Fall 2021 President) 
  • Sarvesh Patki (Spring 2022 President) 
  • Soomin (Clara) Kim
  • Saumya Didwania
  • Dhruv Saxena
  • Rohith Bollineni
  • Bruno Stefoni
  • Harshanand B A 
  • Shaojun Jiang
  • John Fitzpatrick
  • Luoyao Chen
  • Tharangini Sankarnarayanan
  • Adeet Patel
  • Ke Xuan (Evelyn) Wang
  • Khevna Parikh
  • Nikki Gharachorloo


Data Science Club

The Data Science Club at NYU is a brand new venture to foster a tight-knit community of young data scientists at NYU, aimed especially at undergraduate DS Majors, Joint-Majors and Minors. They host events, invite established speakers from inside & outside the NYU circle and organize teams for hackathon/datathons/Kaggle Competitions – all to maximize learning opportunities in the sphere of Data Science. If you have any suggestions for the DSC or want to get involved, please email cds-dsc@nyu.edu. 

Join the Data Science Club General Slack workspace to get involved! Also, check out the Data Science Club blog on Medium where data science students share ideas, projects, code, and more.


2022-2023 Executive Board 

  • Keerthana Manivasakan (President)  
  • Mindy Wu (Senior Advisor)
  • Erin Choi (Director of Marketing) 
  • Olivia Wang (Co-Director of Events)
  • Frank Liu (Co-Director of Events)
  • Meghana Kakubal (Director of Publication)
  • Jason Yoon (Director of Outreach)

2021-2022 Executive Board 

  • Keerthana Manivasakan (President) 
  • Mindy Wu (Co-Director of Outreach) 
  • Suvir Wadhwa (Co-Director of Outreach) 
  • Olivia Wang (Co-Director of Events) 
  • Milo Marcus (Co-Director of Events) 
  • Amy Zhu (Director of Operations) 
  • Meghana Kakubal (Director of Blog/Editor-in-Chief of Random Forest) 
  • Erin Choi (Director of Marketing) 

2020-2021 Executive Board

  • Aditya Singhal (President) 
  • Olivia Wang (Vice President)
  • Reema Amhaz (Co-Director of Operations)
  • Ethan Assouline (Co-Director of Operations)
  • Kenan Anderson (Director of Events) 
  • Mindy Wu (Director of Outreach) 
  • Keerthana Manivasakan (Data Science Minors Representative)




CDS WiDS

Women in Data Science (WiDS)

Women in Data Science is a student group that is committed to fostering an environment at the Center for Data Science that is inclusive and diverse. Its mission is to empower, inspire, and connect women in data science and to create and curate a community for women in technology, particularly for CDS students at NYU. For more information or to get involved in the group, please email cdswidseboard@nyu.edu. 

2022-2023 Executive Board

  • Cecilia Wu (Co-President)
  • Vicky Lin (Co-President) 
  • Esther Wu (Director of Marketing & Networking)
  • Tharangini Sankarnarayanan (Co-Director of Events)
  • Ivy (Muqian) Cui (Co-Director of Events)
  • Annabelle Huether (Co-Director of Engagement & Outreach)
  • Kristen Chan (Co-Director of Engagement & Outreach)

Events Committee

  • Hannah Phung
  • Annie Ma
  • Jody Liu
  • Mallory Sico
  • Kathleena Inchoco
  • Shulin Ji

2021-2022 Executive Board

  • Cecilia Wu (Co-President)
  • Vicky Lin (Co-President)
  • Esther Wu (Director of Marketing)
  • Manognya Ravi (Director of Outreach) 
  • Tharangini Sankarnarayanan (Director of Events)
  • Cora Mao (Director of Events)

2020-2021 Executive Board

  • Angela (Amber) Teng (Co-President)
  • Lauren D’arinzo (Co-President)
  • Elizabeth Combs
  • Charlotte Ji  
  • Samantha Lee
  • Lakshmi Menon  
  • Dhara Mungra  
  • Nan Wu

2019-2020 Executive Board

  • Angela (Amber) Teng (Co-President)
  • Lauren D’arinzo (Co-President)
  • Elizabeth Combs
  • Kelsey Markey
  • Lakshmi Menon
  • Samantha Lee
  • Ilana Weinstein
  • Calliea Pan




Summer 2020 Data Science Incubator Project

The Summer 2020 Data Science Incubator supports students who are seeking meaningful summer experiences despite the sudden cancellation of many internships and other summer programs. Students are matched together in small groups to work together remotely and create end-to-end data science projects related to their interests. Each student group will also have a mentor (alumni, faculty, fellows) who provides guidance and support. This is a productive alternative for students who may have had their internship or other summer plans derailed due to the pandemic. 

Summer Data Science Incubator

Collaborate with other CDS students to put together an end-to-end data science project over the summer

Submit your own project idea or work on other projects part-time from June 1 – August 21

Questions? cdswiseboard@nyu.edu


Past Events

Virtual Recruiting Webinar

CDS Women in Data Science Presents – Remote Control: A Guide to Virtual Recruiting Networking, all Collaborating

Featuring:

Jeremie Harris, Founder.SharpestMinds

Thursday, April 16th

5:30pm-6:30pm EDT
Zoom Webinar

Social Good in the Tech Sphere Panel

Women in Data Science: Social Good in the Tech Sphere

Thurs, April 2, 2020

5:20pm-6:45pm EST via Zoom

Hear from ImpactsLabs and AiForAnyone to learn more about what they are doing to better the world with technology 

WiDS Community Launch Event

Women in Data Science Launch Lunch

Friday, March 6, 2020

12pm-2pm

CDS Open Space (7th Floor)

Come learn about CDS’ newest club supporting the diversity and inclusion of women in the field.

Lunch will be served

After the event, feel free to join us as we head over to Columbia’s WiDs panel as a group.