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CS&E Students Win Novice Division at 2023 MinneMUDAC Challenge
Posted May 18, 2023
CS&E students Charlie Hart, Jack Rogers, Kennedy Johnson, and Tom Bareket won the top prize in the novice division of the 2023 MinneMUDAC Challenge competition.

University of Minnesota Data Science M.S. Program Ranked Third in Nation
Posted August 26, 2022
Fortune Magazine recently ranked the University of Minnesota's M.S. Data Science the third best program in the nation. Read more about the value of a data science master's degree.

CS&E Data Scientists Create First-of-its-kind Lakes and Reservoirs Dataset
Posted July 19, 2022
CS&E data scientists led an interdisciplinary research team to publish a comprehensive global dataset of lakes and reservoirs, tracking changes over the last 30+ years.

How to become a data scientist at a Big Tech company
Posted June 14, 2022
Specific technical knowledge is needed to become a data scientist, and a master’s degree in a quantitative field—while not always required—is a good way to upgrade your skills.

Bob Sturm was awarded the "People's Choice Award" at the Spring 2022 Data Science Poster Fair
Posted May 21, 2022
Data Science master's student Bob Sturm was awarded the "People's Choice Award" at the Spring 2022 Data Science Poster Fair for his project, "Towards Efficient IACT Calibration with Deep learning-based Muon Identification".

CS&E makes big showing at IEEE BigData 2021
Posted December 17, 2021
Seven papers from faculty, students, and alumni were accepted to the top tier research conference in Big Data.

Analyzing big data to understand the developing brain
Posted November 3, 2021
Data science graduate faculty Mark Fiecas co-leads the analytics core at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB).

Kumar's climate work featured on Minnesota Public Radio
Posted October 11, 2021
MPR interviewed Vipin Kumar about how the new NSF-funded climate modeling center will help improve future models.

Vipin Kumar appointed first director of Data Science Initiative
Posted October 7, 2021
He will lead the effort to enhance the quality and visibility of data science research at the University of Minnesota.

Miguel Miguélez Díaz: The universal versatility of data science
Posted September 17, 2021
This international student discovered that Minnesota was the perfect spot to pursue a stronger foundation in data science.