It’s Official: We’re the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society

We’re excited to introduce our official name: the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society. UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos and Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes announced the name today after considering input and nominations from stakeholders across campus. UC Berkeley leaders first announced the Division under a provisional name in November 2018. Associate Provost Chayes said the name Computing, Data Science...

Fall 2019 Showcase Highlights!

Our Fall Data Science Showcase featured more than 30 student posters and project presentations on everything from understanding achievement gaps in public schools to improving water quality. The Showcase on December 5 at Sutardja Dai Hall offered a window into the amazing ways that students are using data science to advance discovery and impact across campus and beyond, including: Hands-on student Discovery research projects leveraging...

Using Machine Learning to Advance Humanitarian Efforts

Whether confronting a category-five hurricane in the Bahamas or an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, response workers rarely have time to meticulously collect and tag data. But properly-coded data can provide valuable insight into the crises that humanitarian workers face. So last spring, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and Microsoft AI partnered with UC Berkeley...

Building Data Science Education Worldwide

Amal Bhatnagar, a double major in data science and economics, reflects on his experiences working for the Data Science Education Program's External Pedagogy team, including presenting at the SciPy conference.

Join us on Thursday, December 5 for the Fall Data Science Showcase!

Don’t miss the showcase at Sutardja Dai Hall highlighting the amazing ways that students are using data science to advance discovery and impact across campus and beyond!

“Data for Good” Fellowship Awardee Fights Climate Change with Data Science Communications

I School MIDS student Ben Arnoldy has been awarded the Fall 2019 Jack Larson Data Science for Good Fellowship for his work involving the use of data science to educate the public on climate change and pollution.

D-Lab Receives NSF Grant to Support Evaluation and Expansion of Berkeley’s Data Science Education Model

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UC Berkeley a $3 million grant to evaluate and expand its data science curriculum to ensure it is accessible to a broad range of students. David Harding, Faculty Director of the Social Sciences D-Lab, will oversee the Improving Undergraduate Stem Education (IUSE) project, titled “Undergraduate Data Science at Scale.” The grant will be used to implement, scale, and...

UC Berkeley Powers Up to Lead in Data Systems

In recent years, many developments in the increasingly critical and complex field of data systems have been industry-driven, and as a result have focused more on industry concerns, like advertising and ride share routes. But UC Berkeley’s investment in a robust complement of faculty with data systems expertise positions the University to address broader issues, such as protecting privacy and enabling non-programmers to more easily...

New Course Takes Data Science to the Next Level

A data science course introduced this semester gives students the chance to delve into concepts and research that are rarely, if ever, offered at the undergraduate level. [[{"fid":"153","view_mode":"width_200","fields":{"format":"width_200","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Fernando Perez photo, UC Berkeley","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Fernando Perez photo, UC Berkeley"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"width_200","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Fernando Perez photo, UC Berkeley","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Fernando Perez photo, UC Berkeley"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Fernando Perez photo, UC Berkeley","title":"Fernando Perez photo, UC Berkeley","style":"float: right;","class":"media-element file-width-200","data-delta":"2"}}]] Data 102: Data, Inference, and Decisions, taught by EECS Professor Michael...

Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award for Anthony Suen

Anthony Suen, who launched and runs the popular data science Discovery Program, along with an array of other cross-campus initiatives, will be among those receiving the 2019 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award in a ceremony next month. The award comes in recognition of Anthony’s contributions empowering students, forging connections, and advancing strategic innovations across the Division of Data Science and Information, campus, and beyond. Cathryn Carson...