Have you ever wondered where TV ratings come from, or what TV ratings really are? Want to know how television networks decide when to pull the plug on a TV show, or keep it on air? Nielsen takes care of all that. Since 1923, Nielsen has provided statistical information on American radio and television programming, … Continue reading Nielsen Comes to CDS
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
Why open-source software matters Computer software can often cost more than the machine itself. Not only is there a huge economic barrier for anyone looking to explore a new tool, program, or application, but anyone interested in taking bits and pieces of a software’s offering is deterred by exorbitant price points. Furthermore, if something ever … Continue reading The Wonderful World of SciPy
Kyunghyun Cho is a newly appointed, joint assistant professor at NYU’s Center for Data Science, and the Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences. His work as a researcher focuses in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP), and he will be teaching a course in the fall on the pragmatic approaches, and philosophical foundations of using neural … Continue reading Interview with New CDS Professor Kyunghyun Cho
Chris Wiggins describes the practice of data science as the pain that you feel when you find yourself awash in data. For most of his career, Wiggins has worked in academia; he has spent the last decade studying molecular biology at Columbia University, where a data-driven approach has become integral to his research. Despite his … Continue reading The New York Times and Data Science
Recently named NYU Center for Data Science Professor of the Year, CDS Adjunct Associate Professor David Rosenberg is currently Chief Scientist of YP Mobile Labs at YP and a former Chief Scientist at Sense Networks (acquired by YP in 2014). Dr. Rosenberg specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and statistical modeling. Dr. Rosenberg … Continue reading CDS Professor of the Year and YP Mobile Labs Chief Scientist David Rosenberg Pushes the Boundaries of Machine Learning And Predictive Analytics
After an open election among members of the IEEE Visualization and Computer Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC), Professor Claudio Silva of the department of Computer Science and Engineering was elected chair of the organization. The appointment will last for two years. [Click here for full story] Continue reading Professor Claudio Silva Voted Chair in Prestigious IEEE Committee
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
Currently the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in Harvard University’s Department of Government, Arthur Spirling is a political scientist specializing in political methodology. In addition, he is affiliated with Harvard’s Institute of Quantitative Social Science and is Director of its Program on Text Research. Professor Spirling has been honored with Harvard University’s Everett … Continue reading Arthur Spirling To Join NYU This Fall As Joint Faculty in Center for Data Science and Department of Politics
