Upcoming events
Spring 2024 Data Science Poster Fair
Friday, April 19, 2024, 10 a.m. through Friday, April 19, 2024, Noon
ABC room at the Campus Club in Coffman Memorial Union
We invite you to attend the Spring 2024 Data Science Poster Fair! This year's event will be held on April 19th from 10 am -12 pm in the ABC room at the Campus Club in Coffman Memorial Union.
Every year, data science M.S. students present their capstone projects during this event as a part of their degree requirements.
The poster fair is open to the public and all interested undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, staff, faculty, and industry professionals are encouraged to attend.
See below for this semester's presenters and capstone project topics.
Spring 2024 Posters
Jashwin Acharya Advisor: Wei Pan, School of Public Health "Use of a large language model for few-shot learning to predict dementia" | Aviral Bhatnagar Advisor: Jaideep Srivastava, Department of Computer Science and Engineering "Genome Sequencing" | Jiahao He Advisor: Erich Kummerfeld, Institute for Health Informatics "Identifying Health Condition Factors that Impact K-12 Education Outcomes" |
Jooyong Lee Advisor: Erich Kummerfeld, Institute for Health Informatics "Exploring Health-Related Determinants of Student's Academic Performance: A Causal Inference Approach Using the DoWhy Python Library" | Hahnemann Ortiz Advisor: Daniel Boley, Department of Computer Science and Engineering "Convergence of AI and DLT" | Jong Inn Park Advisor: Dongyeop Kang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering "Graphical Text Summarization Using Generative AI" |
Hari Veeramallu Advisor: Junaed Sattar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering "Study the feasibility of generating a top-down view of an Underwater Robot given an input stream from n RGB camera sensors." | Tianhong Zhang Advisor: Tianxi Li, School of Statistics "Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Stacking Methods for Link Prediction in Network Data" | Shifa Siddiqui Advisor: Rui Zhang, Department of Surgery "Leveraging Natural Language Processing to Analyze Healthcare Data" |
Venkata Sai Krishna Abbaraju Advisor: Jaideep Srivastava, Department of Computer Science and Engineering "Reviving lost data: Applying ML to impute missing data in factory datasets" | Dinesh Reddy Challa Advisor: William Northrop, Department of Mechanical Engineering "Influence of Snowfall on the Fuel Consumption of Winter Maintenance Vehicles" | Amrutha Shetty Jayaram Shetty Advisor: Dongyeop Kang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering "Bridging AI Dimensions: Small Model Precision Meets Large Model Depth in Therapy" |
Rahul Mehta Advisor: Erich Kummerfeld, Institute for Health Informatics "Transdiagnostic causal models of relationships among manic and depressive symptoms in mania, depression, mixed state, and euthymia" | Sam Penders Advisor: Vuk Mandic, School of Physics and Astronomy "LIGO All-Sky Long-Duration Transient Search Using Deep Learning" | Eric Trempe Advisor: Tianxi Li, School of Statistics "Predicting Patient Cancer Types Through Medical Measures" |
Keith Willard Advisor: Xiaotong Shen, School of Statistics "Using BART generative synthetic data to improve BERT parsing of patient prescription instructions." | Linjun Xia Advisor: Erich Kummerfeld, Institute for Health Informatics "A Correlation and Causality Study of Student Behavioral Conditions with Health and Achievement in Hopkins public schools" | SriHarshitha Anuganti Advisor: Rui Zhang, Department of Surgery "Development of dementia in patients who underwent bariatric surgery" |
2024 CS&E Graduate Student Graduation Event
Friday, April 26, 2024, 9 a.m. through Friday, April 26, 2024, 11 a.m.
University Recreation and Wellness Center - Beacon Room
123 SE Harvard St
Minneapolis, MN 55455
RSVP Link
Friday, April 26, 9 - 11 a.m.
University Recreation and Wellness Center - Beacon Room
All graduating students from the Computer Science, Data Science, and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate programs, as well as their families and friends are invited to join the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in celebrating their accomplishments. This is a casual event to mingle with other graduates, take photos, and listen to speakers. There will be light snacks and beverages at the event. This does not include a ceremony where names will be read and a stage crossing takes place.
Caps and gowns are optional. We recommend dressing nicely if you plan on attending without a cap and gown.
Parking options - UMN Parking website
- Washington Avenue Parking Ramp
- University Avenue Parking Ramp
- Oak Street Ramp
- Maroon lot in the TCF Bank Stadium
College/University Commencement
Master's and Doctoral Degree Student Commencement
Friday, April 26, 2024 - 2 p.m.
3M Arena at Mariucci
Questions: asecommencement@umn.edu
Event website
The Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Graduate Commencement is hosted by the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and the College of Science and Engineering (CSE).
CLA and CSE master’s, doctoral, and postbaccalaureate certificate students are invited to attend the spring 2024 commencement. Eligible students will receive an email in early February with instructions regarding how to register and participate in the ceremony.
2024 CS&E Undergraduate Student Graduation Event
Thursday, May 9, 2024, 9 a.m. through Thursday, May 9, 2024, 11 a.m.
University Recreation and Wellness Center - Beacon Room
123 SE Harvard St
Minneapolis, MN 55455
RSVP Link
Thursday, May 9th, 9 - 11 a.m.
University Recreation and Wellness Center - Beacon Room
Graduating undergraduate students and some of their families and friends are invited to join the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in celebrating their accomplishments. This is a casual event to mingle with other graduates, take photos, and listen to speakers. There will be light snacks and beverages at the event. This does not include a ceremony where names will be read and a stage crossing takes place.
Caps and gowns are optional. We recommend dressing nicely if you plan on attending without a cap and gown.
Parking options - UMN Parking website
- Washington Avenue Parking Ramp
- University Avenue Parking Ramp
- Oak Street Ramp
- Maroon lot in the TCF Bank Stadium
College/University Commencement
2024 College of Science & Engineering Undergraduate Commencement
Thursday, May 9, 2024
3M Arena at Mariucci
Noon - Doors open to graduates and guests
1 p.m. - Ceremony begins
Ceremony will also be streamed live.
Formal Invitation (pdf)
Questions: csecommencement@umn.edu
Event website
Graduate Programs Online Information Session
Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10 a.m. through Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 11 a.m.
Virtual meeting - RSVP online
During each session, the graduate staff will review:
- Requirements (general)
- Applying
- Prerequisite requirements
- What makes a strong applicant
- Funding
- Resources
- Common questions
- Questions from attendees
Students considering the following programs should attend:
The University of Minnesota and the greater Twin Cities area hosts many activities related to data science in a wide variety of specializations. Visit the following sites for more information on these activities.