Save the Date for Data Adventure Day – 11/8

The Harvard Department of Statistics, Department of Biostatistics, and the Harvard Data Science Initiative are sponsoring Data Adventure Day held at the Harvard University Science Center on Friday, November 8th … Continue reading “Save the Date for Data Adventure Day – 11/8”

Save the Dates! Career Development Series Upcoming Events with Matt Wand – 5/6-17

Professor Matt Wand, Distinguished Professor of Statistics in the Statistics and Data Science Group at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, will be visiting the Department of Biostatistics from May … Continue reading “Save the Dates! Career Development Series Upcoming Events with Matt Wand – 5/6-17”

HDSI Causal Seminar: Mike Baiocchi, Stanford University – 11/2

HDSI Causal SeminarThursday, Nov 2 | 4:00-5:30pmRegister hereMike BaiocchiAssociate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population HealthStanford UniversityHow to tell the difference between machine learning and (bio)statistics This talk will discuss a … Continue reading “HDSI Causal Seminar: Mike Baiocchi, Stanford University – 11/2”

Meet Our New PhD Students!

We’ll be featuring mini-profiles of our new PhD students over the next few weeks. We look forward to welcoming them into our community! Christian TestaMy academic interests center on the intersections of causal inference, social and spatial … Continue reading “Meet Our New PhD Students!”

HDSI 2023-2024 Causal Seminar Series – 9/7

HDSI 2023-2024 Causal Seminar SeriesThursday, September 7, 2023 | 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM ESTLocation:  Hawes Hall, Classroom 203, Harvard Business SchoolRegister hereCovariate Adjustment in Randomized Experiments with Missing Data Abstract: Covariate adjustment … Continue reading “HDSI 2023-2024 Causal Seminar Series – 9/7”

HDSI Funding Opportunities

Faculty Competitive Research FundThe 2023 HDSI Faculty Competitive Research Fund is designed to coalesce and accelerate methodologically-focused research across disciplines. For the first time this year, the Fund also will … Continue reading “HDSI Funding Opportunities”

HDSI & Amazon Web Services New Collaboration

The Harvard University Data Science Initiative (HDSI)  announced the AWS Impact Computing Project, a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at reimagining data science to identify potential solutions for … Continue reading “HDSI & Amazon Web Services New Collaboration”

HDSI Annual Conference – 11/15 – 11/16

The Harvard Data Science Initiative will be hosting its two-day, in-person Annual Conference on Tuesday, November 15 and Wednesday, November 16. The Conference will showcase data science in research and education through panels, keynotes, workshops, … Continue reading “HDSI Annual Conference – 11/15 – 11/16”

Spinning Up a Data Science Initiative at Harvard A Reflection on the HDSI ‘s 5th Anniversary

On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the Harvard Data Science Initiative leadership – Francesca Dominici, Elizabeth Langdon-Gray, and David C. Parkes– look back to embrace and celebrate their foundational principles, touch on particular … Continue reading “Spinning Up a Data Science Initiative at Harvard A Reflection on the HDSI ‘s 5th Anniversary”