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May 30, 2024

Prince Afriyie Discusses Generative AI in Education on CBS19 ‘Inside The Numbers’

Prince Afriyie talks about the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom and how he thinks it’s an opportunity to help students learn.

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May 22, 2024

Data Science Professor Receives NSF Grant to Explore How Generative AI Can Generate K-12 Test Questions

The research team is led by Sheng Li, a Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor of Data Science.

Artificial Intelligence Research
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May 14, 2024

MSDS Student Experience: 2024 INFORMS Analytics Conference

MSDS students Tatev Gomtsyan and Ethan Assefa attended the 2024 INFORMS Analytics Conference with speaker sessions, workshops, poster presentation, and an award gala.

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May 13, 2024

Data Art Competition Draws More Than 130 Submissions

The School of Data Science hosted an art competition commemorating its new building and invited participants to tell the story of transforming data into art.

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May 6, 2024

‘A Big Moment’: Online Data Science Master’s Students Present Capstone Projects

During a virtual gathering, students in UVA's online data science master’s program shared the findings of their capstone projects with faculty and classmates.

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May 6, 2024

Paper from School of Data Science Researchers Accepted by Prestigious Machine Learning Conference

The International Conference on Machine Learning is one of the most prestigious annual artificial intelligence and machine learning gatherings.

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May 6, 2024

Data Science Master’s Students Tackle Diverse, Real-World Challenges in Capstone Projects

Fifteen student groups recently presented the findings of their capstone projects before a sizable crowd of faculty, staff, and fellow students.

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April 15, 2024

Doctoral Student Applies Digital Skills to Study Russian Language, Culture

For Slavic studies doctoral student Aaron Thompson, digital methods are a way to expand the horizon of what is possible in humanities research.

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March 26, 2024

Professor Promotes Data Literacy With New Book

Adam Tashman of the School of Data Science hopes his new book will promote data literacy and highlight opportunities in the emerging field.

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March 21, 2024

My MSDS Capstone Project: Predicting California’s Hydroclimate

MSDS Residential Student '24 and Student Ambassador Michael Vaden reflects on his capstone project, learning beyond the classroom and solving real-world problems.

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March 18, 2024

Doctoral Candidate Kevin Lin Receives International Recognition at ICMVA 2024 Conference

Doctoral candidate Kevin Lin received the Best Presentation Award at the 7th International Conference on Machine Vision and Applications in Singapore.

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March 18, 2024

How Data Science Could Reshape What We Know About the Law

A doctoral student in data science, as well as researchers at the UVA's Law School, are exploring how applying data science to the law can yield new insights.

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