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Data science is an intellectual force multiplier. It can unlock insights on social problems, art collections, and language. It’s the glue that brings disciplines together. These are among the threads that drew three dozen Berkeley faculty and lecturers from across campus earlier this month for a three-day “boot camp” on incorporating data science into their teaching. They came from African studies, economics, law, and libraries...

Heart, grit, and bold spirit burst through the grey clouds as families, friends, faculty, Chancellor Carol Christ and more than 100 graduates came together in Wheeler Hall Auditorium to celebrate UC Berkeley’s first ever data science commencement. Welcoming the crowd, Data Science Education Program Faculty Lead Professor Cathryn Carson noted: “As a historian, it is a thrill to see all our paths converging on this...

UC Berkeley will celebrate its first class of data science majors in a commencement ceremony on May 19. One hundred students will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Data Science in the College of Letters and Science, a degree that became available last fall. “Many of our graduates have helped to envision and build this remarkable program from the ground up,” said David Culler...

The Responsible Computer Science Challenge, an ambitious $3.5 million initiative, has chosen UC Berkeley as one of its inaugural awardees. The award will support UC Berkeley faculty and students in computer science, social science, and humanities to develop and scale Berkeley’s groundbreaking ethics curriculum for data science and computer science. The curriculum equips students to recognize and grapple with the complex, high-stakes questions that arise...

Talk by Alexander Valdes, Co-Head Research Investment Engineering at Bridgewater 12:00 - 1:30, Thursday, April 25 | 306 Soda Interested in designing and building systems to tackle complex, real-world problems? Curious to know what an investment system is and how it works? This talk shares how Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund, builds an understanding of macroeconomics and turns that into highly inspectable investment systems...

[[{"fid":"991","view_mode":"width_400","fields":{"format":"width_400","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"6":{"format":"width_400","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"style":"float: left;","class":"media-element file-width-400","data-delta":"6"}}]] On Thursday, UC Berkeley Statistics Professor Ani Adhikari received The Daily Californian’s Best of Berkeley Award for Best Professor. This award honors Professor Adhikari’s widespread pedagogical achievements and dedication towards helping make data science accessible and engaging for all. In 2006, Professor Adhikari received the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award and since then has explored ways to build Berkeley's data science program...

The Division has an exciting lineup of events for CalDay, Saturday April 13. Mark your calendars for these opportunities to talk with students, faculty, and staff and learn more about data science across campus! Data Science Information Table Time: 9 AM - 4 PM Location: Information Marketplace Stop by the data science information table any time to say hello, ask questions, and meet advisors and...

In a few years, if we walk down the campus, and we ask a random student about analyzing and making inferences from data...that will be as natural as using email, Facebook, or a web browser because data science is becoming part of the educational and intellectual fabric of UC Berkeley - Fernando Pérez Presenting at the TEDxBerkeley Infle(x)ion 10th anniversary event, Fernando Pérez, UC Berkeley...

On Friday March 8, International Women’s Day , women from a range of backgrounds came together for a symposium at UC Berkeley to highlight the experience of women in tech, particularly the growing field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Women in Tech: the Future of AI symposium, hosted by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, wrapped up Data and Tech for All Week, a series of...

Data science and technology fields have long lagged in becoming more inclusive of women and underrepresented groups. The inaugural Data & Tech for All Week, which launches Monday, highlights efforts across UC Berkeley that aim to change this reality. The week of March 4-8 features a series of events from organizations across campus, bracketed by Monday’s Women in Data Science (WiDS) 2019 Berkeley Satellite Conference...