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

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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.

UC Berkeley Powers Up to Lead in Data Systems

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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 and effectively use data.

New Course Takes Data Science to the Next Level

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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.

Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award for Anthony Suen

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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 St

Data Science Minor Cleared for Launch!

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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.

This is Data Science: Using Machine Learning to Broaden Pathways from Community College

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Democratizing Data Science: Parameswaran Receives the 2019 VLDB Award

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Hany Farid Authors New Book ‘Fake Photos’

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“Data for Good” Fellowship Awardee Aims to Empower Puerto Rican Citizens

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UC Berkeley taps Microsoft Research Fellow Jennifer Tour Chayes to lead new data science division

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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 Informati