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UC Berkeley undergraduate students are now able to declare a Minor in Data Science! The minor is a unique opportunity for Berkeley students across a variety of majors to engage with data science and gain practical knowledge of the methods, techniques, and applications as well as the ability to think critically about the construction and implications of data science. "The Data Science advising team is...

We’re excited to introduce our official name: the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society. UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos and Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes announced the name today after considering input and nominations from stakeholders across campus. UC Berkeley leaders first announced the Division under a provisional name in November 2018. Associate Provost Chayes said the name Computing, Data Science...

Our Fall Data Science Showcase featured more than 30 student posters and project presentations on everything from understanding achievement gaps in public schools to improving water quality. The Showcase on December 5 at Sutardja Dai Hall offered a window into the amazing ways that students are using data science to advance discovery and impact across campus and beyond, including: Hands-on student Discovery research projects leveraging...

Whether confronting a category-five hurricane in the Bahamas or an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, response workers rarely have time to meticulously collect and tag data. But properly-coded data can provide valuable insight into the crises that humanitarian workers face. So last spring, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and Microsoft AI partnered with UC Berkeley...

Amal Bhatnagar, a double major in data science and economics, reflects on his experiences working for the Data Science Education Program's External Pedagogy team, including presenting at the SciPy conference.

Don’t miss the showcase at Sutardja Dai Hall highlighting the amazing ways that students are using data science to advance discovery and impact across campus and beyond!

I School MIDS student Ben Arnoldy has been awarded the Fall 2019 Jack Larson Data Science for Good Fellowship for his work involving the use of data science to educate the public on climate change and pollution.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UC Berkeley a $3 million grant to evaluate and expand its data science curriculum to ensure it is accessible to a broad range of students. David Harding, Faculty Director of the Social Sciences D-Lab, will oversee the Improving Undergraduate Stem Education (IUSE) project, titled “Undergraduate Data Science at Scale.” The grant will be used to implement, scale, and...

In recent years, many developments in the increasingly critical and complex field of data systems have been industry-driven, and as a result have focused more on industry concerns, like advertising and ride share routes. But UC Berkeley’s investment in a robust complement of faculty with data systems expertise positions the University to address broader issues, such as protecting privacy and enabling non-programmers to more easily...