Harvard Data Science Industry Seminar – 9/24

Industry Seminar Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg Monday, September 24, 2018 5:00pm to 7:00pm – Room Location TBA Register Here The Harvard Data Science Initiative is excited to announce a … Continue reading “Harvard Data Science Industry Seminar – 9/24”

Changing the World with Data Science

“Today’s complex social problems require large-scale, partnered interventions,” says the Co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard Chan School. As the … Continue reading “Changing the World with Data Science”

CMSA Big Data Conference: August 23-24

Harvard Data Science Initiative Co-Director and Professor of Biostatistics, Francesca Dominici will give talk on “Data Science to Save the Environment” on August 23rd at the 2018 Harvard Center of Mathematic Sciences … Continue reading “CMSA Big Data Conference: August 23-24”

HDSI Research Fund – Call for Projects

Harvard Data Science Initiative Competitive Research Fund Deadline: March 6, 2018 by 5:00PM Award Amount: Up to $100,000 Eligible Applicants: Individuals who hold a faculty appointment at a Harvard school … Continue reading “HDSI Research Fund – Call for Projects”

HDSI Hosts Multidisciplinary Roundtables

On November 6, members from the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI), Elsevier, and LexisNexis sat down to participate in three 90-minute multidisciplinary roundtables to identify problems of societal importance that … Continue reading “HDSI Hosts Multidisciplinary Roundtables”

HDSI 45/45 Talk Featuring Cory Zigler

Wednesday, December 13th 4:00 PM with a reception to follow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Pratt Conference Room 60 Garden Street, Cambridge Alyssa Goodman is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied … Continue reading “HDSI 45/45 Talk Featuring Cory Zigler”

HDSI/Elsevier Community Networking Event

November 6th 4:00-5:30 PM The Cabot Science Library, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce a networking reception with data scientists from Elsevier on November 6, 2017 … Continue reading “HDSI/Elsevier Community Networking Event”

Siyuan Ma & Boyu Ren Win Boston Datathon!

We are thrilled to announce that PhD student Siyuan Ma and Postdoc Boyu Ren were part of the winning team at the Boston Datathon! Along with Harvard Statistics PhD student Ryan Lee, and Eric Alt, … Continue reading “Siyuan Ma & Boyu Ren Win Boston Datathon!”

Harvard Data Science Initiative Launch Event

Professor of Biostatistics and co-director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative Francesca Dominici helped launch the initiative last week with the first of a planned series of seminars focusing on … Continue reading “Harvard Data Science Initiative Launch Event”