Rafael Irizarry recently answered questions for the June edition of Amstat News profiling universities’ new master’s programs in data science and analytics. In describing the motivation for the Department’s new SM in Health Data Science, … Continue reading “Amstat News Profiles Data Science Program”
An Introduction to Causal Inference:Â This 5-day course introduces concepts and methods for causal inference from observational data. Upon completion of the course, participants will be prepared to further explore the … Continue reading “Causal Inference Short Course: Register Now!”
ASA Short Course: Introduction to Statistics for Spatio-Temporal Data Instructor: Professor Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri Date: April 8, 2017 Time: 9:30 to 4:00 PM Location: Harvard University, Science Center, … Continue reading “ASA Short Course W. Chris Wikle 4/8”
Enroll now for new spring semester course with Scott Carter!  Sign up here to address course concerns and questions: https://bst283.slack.com/signup
The Department was busy this past year concentrating on the development of several educational initiatives. We launched a new Masters program in Health Data Science, with the first cohort scheduled … Continue reading “2016 Holiday Message from Brent Coull”
The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core had another productive year under the leadership of Shannan Ho Sui. We were excited to recruit Dr. Victor Barrera from Madrid with his expertise in epigenetics and pipeline … Continue reading “Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core – 2016 Summary”
Assistant Professor JP Onnela has just launched his new HarvardX online course, Using Python for Research. This course will bridge the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python by … Continue reading “New Online Course – Using Python for Research”
On December 1st & 2nd, HBS Research Computing Services, in collaboration with the national organization Data Carpentry and the Data Science Services group at Harvard’s IQSS, is hosting a pilot … Continue reading “Data Analysis in R for Social Sciences Workshop”
As part of a mandate to monitor the quality of teaching at the School, the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) reviews student course evaluations and compiles a list of instructors … Continue reading “Summer Course Evaluations”
