Monthly Archives: December 2012
Columbia University Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering Graduate Programs
The Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering is in the process of developing interdisciplinary graduate certification programs, certificates and Master’s degrees to support IDSE’s educational mission. Part-time, full-time and online study opportunities will be available beginning Fall 2013. Information about these programs and application procedures for inaugural classes will be posted as it becomes available. […]
Data Science Classes Forming Across the Country
Last night the students gave their guest lecture. It was awesome! We’ll have a more detailed report tomorrow, but this image was already posted on twitter, so I thought I’d get it up here as a sneak preview for the rest of the lecture. Part of the students’ design concept was constellations and stars, so they have another nice visualization of “data science profiles” as stars. It will make more sense when you see it. Kaz Sakamoto, Eurry Kim and Vaibhav Bhandari created this as part of a larger class collaboration.
Tonight’s “Guest” Lecturers: The Wonderful Students
Tonight is the last class of the first iteration of Introduction to Data Science. I’m excited for the first half of tonight when the students will take over and deliver their lecture. They’ve sat through the entire semester, now it’s their turn. What do they have to say about Data Science? I’m looking forward to […]
Weekly Data Viz #12
Each Tuesday, Eurry Kim, a student in our class, picks one example of data visualization to share with us. This is the last one. Thanks for taking on this challenge this semester, Eurry. You did an awesome job! Eurry writes: With all this talk about big data, big potential, and big problems, I was feeling […]
In Defense Of Statistics Or, Why Data Scientists Should Make Understanding Statistics a Priority
This is a guest post from our course’s teaching assistant, Ben Reddy. Ben is a second year PhD student in the statistics department. He’s had the chance to view the class from a unique angle, so I wanted for us to get his perspective. Also, thank you Ben for your support this semester! We’re nearing […]
Ongoing Struggles with Data Science
Dear Students, Yesterday Gil Press featured our class in his Forbes column, Big Data News of the Week. I’d like to take the opportunity to briefly discuss the ideas discussed in his article, as well my broader struggles with the celebrification of data scientists. Our class in the press I call this to your attention […]
