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[[{"fid":"865","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"6":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"6"}}]] The Division of Data Sciences, in partnership with the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and West Big Data Innovation Hub, hosted the 2018 California Water Data Hackathon from September 14-15 to advance the movement towards safe drinking water. Attendees had the opportunity to leverage core data science, programming, and analytic skills and tools to build a project in support of the California Safe...

Highlighted student research projects.

Pioneering efforts to incorporate data analysis and computation into physics coursework.

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A new tool on the block is rapidly shifting the future of how computing is taught in institutions, and UC Berkeley developers and professors are pioneering its integration into an increasing number of campus classrooms. Since first entering a single Berkeley classroom in 2015, the JupyterHub platform for UC Berkeley, called DataHub, is now being used by over 20 classes offered on campus. Thanks to...

Dear campus community, We are writing with updates on Berkeley’s active engagement with the burgeoning and exciting field of data science, which has the potential to shape numerous fields of study and practice. Our undergraduates will have many options for studying data science in depth. Of note is a recently approved Data Science major in the College of Letters and Science, effective in Fall 2018...

Looking for an on ramp to get started with data science which, according to LinkedIn, is one of the fastest growing job areas in the country? It's not too late to join Data 8x, the online version of one of UC Berkeley's fastest growing undergradate class, Foundations of Data Science. To help you get started and provide a little support and comraderie, D-Lab is starting...

The Library is provide leadership and peer support in the data sciences to undergraduates conducting research in an area such as data visualization, machine learning, text analysis, regression modeling, or other data science methods. Below are all the three data science related fellowship opportunties: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Library Fellow Applications The Library is pleased to announce eight Library Undergraduate Fellowship opportunities for 2018-2019. These fellowships seek...

Learn about exciting opportunities over summer with the Division of Data Sciences: 1) Data Science Pedagogy and Practice: A Short Summer Workshop 2) Graduate Student Introduction to Data Science Pedagogy 3) Human Contexts and Ethics (HCE) Workshop 4) Request Development Support for Data Science Modules 5) Proposals for Data Science Connector Courses (Fall or Spring)

Foundations of Data Science (STAT C8) will be available during the summer session! Foundations of Data Science, or Data 8, is Berkeley's innovative introduction to core concepts of programming and statistics. Get hands-on experience working with data while exploring real-world issues ranging from racial profiling to social networks to California water usage. The course satisfies the L&S Quantitative Reasoning requirement and the statistics requirement in...