Berkeley Institute for Data Science and Accenture Applied Intelligence Collaborate on Data Science Research

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Accenture Applied Intelligence and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) are building a strategic relationship to further the field of data science.

Join Us for Cal Week!

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The Data Science Education Program is excited to host a series of online resources and virtual events to welcome our newly admitted students.

Understanding and Seeking Equity amid COVID-19

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In this video conversation, Jennifer Chayes, associate provost of the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society and dean of the School of Information, speaks with three UC Berkeley faculty about how data can be used to combat racial health disparities, rather than perpetuate them.

Coming Tuesday: Understanding and Seeking Equity amid COVID-19

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Berkeley's Computing and Data Science in Action

Join us this Tuesday, April 21 for Understanding and Seeking Equity amid COVID-19, a conversation with UC Berkeley researchers leveraging computing

Creating informed responses: Berkeley’s computing and data science in action

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From understanding the impacts of public health interventions on fighting COVID-19 to seeking out new drug targets and vaccines to studying the virus’s possible effects on the 2020 U.S.

School of Information Graduate Student Awarded Fellowship for Commitment to Data Science Equality

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Ollie Downs has been awarded the Paul Fasana LGBTQ Studies Fellowship for their strong commitment to LGBTQ equality in data science.

Upcoming Event: Creating Informed Responses to COVID-19

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Berkeley's Computing and Data Science In Action

Join us this Tuesday, April 7 for Creating Informed Responses: Berkeley's Computing and Data Science In Actiona conversation with UC Berkeley resea

COVID-19: Data Science Student Resources

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Our prime concern is for students' health and fundamental well-being and academic learning. And we want to assure our students that throughout this tumultuous time, we commit to helping you in any way that we can. Please take special care of your whole selves – get plenty of rest, follow the general guidelines for illness prevention, and check in with yourself to monitor your emotional health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff, faculty, classmates, families are all out there for you. In addition, we offer some resources to consider.

Light the Way: We’re Just Getting Started!

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Among the highlights of the launch of UC Berkeley’s $6 billion Light the Way Capital Campaign is the exciting announcement of a $252 million gift to seed construction of a new Data Hub that will serve as the future home for the Division of Computing, Data Science, & Society (CDSS). The extraordinarily generous gift—the largest in UC Berkeley’s history, made by an anonymous donor—is one indication of the CDSS’ pivotal role and ambitious goals in the Campaign, which continues through the end of 2023.