Berkeley Unboxing Data Science (BUDS): Engaging High Schoolers in Data Science Research
Berkeley Unboxing Data Science (BUDS) is a new Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) summer program that immerses high school students in the world of data science and research.
CDSS Plays Key Roles in National Data Science Conversation
When the Data Science Leadership Summit and the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) convene their annual me
Project Spotlight: Ancient World Computational Analysis
The goal of the research project is to build a citation network from any collection of PDFs.
UC Berkeley Data Science Professors Adapt Instruction to Support Students
Foundations of Data Science (Data 8) typically starts the new semester in Zellerbach Hall to accommodate the class, which draws more than 1,000 students.
Q&A with Jennifer Chayes
Jennifer Chayes started her new position as head of CDSS just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the campus to close and everyone to adjust to distance learning and working. In this Q&A, she talks about her first months on the job, how CDSS is growing and her vision for the organization.
NSF-funded CloudBank will broaden access to Berkeley’s data science educational infrastructure
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego and its partners at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington, and Strategic Blue have entered production operations of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded CloudBank program, which aims to simplify the use of public clouds across computer science research and education.
UC Berkeley and MIT awarded $12.5 million to study critical issues in data science
Berkeley, Calif.--The National Science Foundation has awarded $12.5 million to establish a multidisciplinary institute—a collaboration between UC Berkeley and MIT—to improve our understanding of critical issues in data science, including modeling, statistical inference, computational efficiency, and societal impacts.
UC Berkeley to lead $10M NSF/Simons Foundation program to investigate theoretical underpinnings of deep learning
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Simons Foundation awarded $10 million to a UC Berkeley-led program to gain a theoretical understanding of deep learning. Berkeley staff are also involved in a second project funded at $10 million.
New Introductory Data Science Course Launched this Summer to Increase Access to Data Science
The Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) introduced a new course this summer to its offerings, Data 6. Berkeley undergraduate student Ian Castro (Media Studies and Microbial Biology, class of 2021) will be teaching the course offered to incoming Berkeley SEED Scholars students.
MIT and Berkeley Perspectives on the Future of AI Research and Education
Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes and Dean Dan Huttenlocher (MIT), in discussion with Professor Jitendra Malik and Professor Michael I. Jordan (both of UC Berkeley), are featured as part of BAIR's Distinguished Lecture in Place Series: MIT and Berkeley Perspectives on the Future of AI Research and Education.