Data Science

Interested in pursuing a future in Data Science? Find resources, events, opportunities, and advice to confirm your interest and kickstart your career.

Explore a career path in Data Science

Data science is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields out there today. It combines multiple fields, including statistics, scientific methods, artificial intelligence (AI), and data analysis, to extract value from data. Data science encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating, and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis. Analytic applications and data scientists can then review the results to uncover patterns and enable business leaders to draw informed insights.

Opportunities and Perils of Data Science

Thursday, November 4 at 4 p.m. in 34-401-Grier Room A

An EECS Seminar by Dr. Alfred Z. Spector, followed by a fireside chat moderated by Cadence Design Systems Professor Aleksander Madry. 

Data science has provided unprecedented opportunities to learn …

By Francis Borrego
Francis Borrego Senior Assistant Director, Employer Relations 
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Which Industries are Hiring Data Scientists in 2021?

A major lesson learned from the pandemic is that data is an integral part of business decisions and strategic operations. As COVID hit, businesses adapted to hybrid and distributed environments with data at the center of everything. With more data …

By Francis Borrego
Francis Borrego Senior Assistant Director, Employer Relations 
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Making data visualizations more accessible

In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produced a simple chart to illustrate how measures like mask wearing and social distancing could “flatten the curve” and reduce the peak of infections.

The …

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6 trends in data and artificial intelligence for 2021 and beyond

The gap is widening between data leaders and “data laggards.” These six trends in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence can help orient business leaders in a shifting landscape.

View the full article on MIT Sloan at: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/6-trends-data-and-artificial-intelligence-2021-and-beyond

By MIT News
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Behind Covid-19 vaccine development

A machine learning model developed jointly by Janssen and MIT data scientists played a key role in the clinical trial process for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.

View the full article on MIT news at: https://news.mit.edu/2021/behind-covid-19-vaccine-development-0518

By MIT News
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Featured Resources

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In addition to Handshake, you can use the websites below to find jobs and internships related to data science. CAPD …

The German start-up “ELEVEL Academy” offers a variety of interactive, free 2 hour webinars – ranging from Programming, Project-Management to …

Since the magazine was founded in 1956 New Scientist has also been helping to put brilliant scientists to work with …

Layoffs.fyi tracker

Live-tracking all tech startup layoffs since COVID-19. Data is compiled from public reports.