UC Berkeley’s burgeoning data science curriculum was one of the topics discussed at this year’s Microsoft Faculty Summit, held July 13-15 in Redmond, Washington. The event included more than 500 top academic and research scientists, with prominent speakers such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. “Meeting the challenge of educating data scientists” was the focus of a panel that featured Berkeley...
About the Short Course The UC Berkeley Data Science Initiative plans to offer a week-long short course designed to familiarize UCB instructors with the approach, pedagogy, and contents of CS/INFO/STAT C8 - Foundations of Data Science ( http://data8.org) and support them in developing courses that connect with or build upon that foundation. The Foundations course is already serving 1,000 students per year and is augmented...
[[{"fid":"177","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"data science connector fall 2016","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"data science connector fall 2016"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"data science connector fall 2016","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"data science connector fall 2016"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"data science connector fall 2016","title":"data science connector fall 2016","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]] The Data Science Planning Initiative is soliciting interest in developing and offering Data Science “connector courses” in the coming year. You may convey your interest by filling out the simple form at http://tinyurl.com/berkeley-ds-connector. The Data Science Education Program launched...
The following email message was sent to campus faculty on Nov. 11, 2015 by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele. Dear Colleagues, Berkeley is developing an ecosystem of data science education and research that reflects the intellectual richness of the entire campus. Building upon our outstanding research and graduate programs in this area, we are announcing the formation of a...
