Data Science and Analytics News and Useful Links
Find out what's happening at the M.S. in Data Science and Analytics Program at Georgetown University
Program News
Georgetown Co-Hosts Successful Hackathon
Thanks to all the students who came out for our first hackathon, co-hosted by Georgetown Analytics, GWU Data Science, QED Group, and the Center for Global Data Visualization on April 12, 2019.
Georgetown Analytics to Co-Host Data Visualization Challenge
Georgetown University’s MS Analytics Program and George Washington University’s Data Science Program in Collaboration with The Center for Global Data Visualization invite you to participate in a Data Visualization Challenge on April 12, 2019.
Georgetown Analytics Hosts Deloitte Core Consulting Series
The MS Analytics program is partnering with the Deloitte Foundation to bring an exciting opportunity to Georgetown’s campus on March 22 & 29, 2019. The Deloitte Foundation Core Consulting Series program seeks to develop the skills of graduate students to better prepare them for the technical demands of many jobs today.
Analytics Students Showcase New Knowledge
On Thursday, December 6, 2018, MS Analytics students showcased what they learned this semester by applying contemporary deep learning techniques to a variety of exciting topics and problems. Project topics included natural language generation, image classification and object detection, identification of toxic speech in social media, language morphology modeling, and more…
Analytics Students Selected as Finalists in Adobe Analytics Challenge
Three first-year MS Analytics students have been selected as finalists for the 2018 Adobe Analytics Challenge. Shengye Hang, Ju Huang, and Tianyi Yang, also known as Team Don’t Stop Bayesian, are one of six teams that will be participating in the competition at the Adobe Utah campus on November 2, 2018.
Analytics Student Yanchen Wang Programmer on Winning VHacks Team
Analytics student Yanchen Wang (MS ’19) was a programmer for the winning team of five Georgetown students sent to participate in VHacks, a hackathon at the Vatican.
Analytics Student Yanchen Wang Selected for Vatican Hackathon
Analytics student Yanchen Wang (MS ’19) was selected to participate in VHacks, a hackathon at the Vatican.
Analytics and Public Policy Students Win 2017 Deloitte Foundation Fellowship
Analytics students have teamed up with McCourt School of Public Policy students to win the 2017 Deloitte Foundation Data Analytics Fellowship. Tiankai Guo, Ruhan Wang (both MS Analytics), Andre Lee (Master in International Development Policy), and Tommie Thompson (Master in Public Policy) met while participating in the Deloitte Core Consulting Series……..
Links of Interest
- Center for Applied Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (new window)
- Institute for Scientific Computing Research at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (new window)
- Big Data Salaries: An Inside Look (new window)
- Data Science DC (new window)
- Data.gov (new window) – The home of the U.S. government’s Open Data
- Search for data scientists jobs in the Washington, DC area (new window)
- The Massive Data Institute (new window) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy
- Georgetown University’s Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (new window)