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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...

The College of Letters & Science, College of Natural Resources, and College of Chemistry have approved the new data science minor, a program designed to serve students from a range of majors. Approval processes across the campus continue, with the hope of making the minor available to as many Berkeley students as possible this academic year.

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[[{"fid":"1247","view_mode":"width_300","fields":{"format":"width_300","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"DS Ots","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"DS Ots"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"width_300","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"DS Ots","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"DS Ots"}},"attributes":{"alt":"DS Ots","title":"DS Ots","style":"float: left;","class":"media-element file-width-300","data-delta":"1"}}]]Master’s of Information and Data Science (MIDS) student Daniel Santamaria Ots has received the Jack Larson Data for Good Fellowship for his research in Puerto Rico aimed at empowering disadvantaged communities and fostering further government transparency and accountability. Ots shifted his approach to research and data mining after witnessing the poor emergency response to hurricanes Irma and...

Jennifer Tour Chayes, Microsoft technical fellow and managing director for Microsoft Research in New England, New York, and Montreal, will become the university’s new Associate Provost for the Division of Data Science and Information and Dean of the School of Information. [[{"fid":"1197","view_mode":"width_400","fields":{"format":"width_400","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Jennifer Tour Chayes","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Jennifer Tour Chayes"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"width_400","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Jennifer Tour Chayes","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Jennifer Tour Chayes"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Jennifer Tour Chayes","title":"Jennifer Tour Chayes","style":"float: left;","class":"media-element file-width-400","data-delta":"2"}}]]She will be the first permanent leader of the Division...

[[{"fid":"1194","view_mode":"width_300","fields":{"format":"width_300","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"cloud","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"cloud"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"width_300","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"cloud","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"cloud"}},"attributes":{"alt":"cloud","title":"cloud","style":"float: right;","class":"media-element file-width-300","data-delta":"1"}}]]Berkeley, UC San Diego, and the University of Washington have been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop CloudBank, a suite of managed services to remove barriers to public cloud access for data science and computer science research and education. The initiative will help meet growing demand for cloud resources in academic settings by addressing cost...

Dean of Undergraduate Studies Bob Jacobsen has agreed to succeed David Culler as the Interim Dean of the existing division effective immediately.

The second annual National Workshop on Data Science Education drew more than 60 educators from a variety of institutions across the US, as well as Argentina, Brazil, Australia, the United Kingdom, and China. The workshop, developed around Berkeley's innovative undergraduate “Foundations of Data Science” curriculum and accompanying offerings, was held at Chou Hall from June 24-27.