Plimpton Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Economics Rachel Meltzer‘s (Graduate School of Design and HDSI Faculty Affiliate) project investigates the economic effects of wildfires on commercial property valuation in California, a relatively unexplored area compared to the impact of other disasters like floods and hurricanes on residential markets. By integrating spatial data on wildfire…
Tackling Agriculture and Food Security – Celebrating Solutions from the HDSI Agri Datathon
On the weekend of October 4-6, 2024, the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) hosted its first-ever datathon in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS). Through the weekend, 20 teams of undergraduate and graduate students from around the Greater Boston Area tackled pressing data science challenges at the intersection…
Announcing Four Faculty Special Projects Fund Awards
The Harvard Data Science Initiative has recently granted four new Faculty Special Projects Fund awards to Harvard University faculty: Sensing the LandscapeCraig Douglas (Harvard Graduate School of Design) This project explores the use of sensor networks to monitor and visualize atmospheric conditions at Harvard’s House Zero, creating innovative data-visualizations for public exhibition. A Large-Scale Analysis of P-HackingSharad…
Announcing Four New AWS Impact Computing Projects
HDSI is excited to announce the launch of four new research projects supported by the AWS Impact Computing Project at the HDSI. These projects span all three subject areas prioritized by the AWS collaboration, namely climate change/mitigation, food security, and social determinants of health. The project titles and principal investigators can be viewed here. These new awards bring…
Stratos Idreos Appointed Faculty Co-Director of Harvard Data Science Initiative
The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to welcome Stratos Idreos as HDSI Faculty Co-Director. Stratos, a former HDSI Faculty Affiliate, was appointed to the HDSI leadership team this month to support the Initiative’s efforts in leveraging data science for social impact. Stratos is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John…
Meet Ying Jin, 2024 Wojcicki Troper HDSI Postdoctoral Fellow
The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to introduce Ying Jin, a 2024 HDSI Wojcicki Troper HDSI Postdoctoral Fellow. The HDSI Postdoctoral Fellows Program provides data science researchers with the opportunity to pursue their research goals in an intellectually diverse and vibrant community with ample mentorship. These independent researchers engage in collaborations with fellows…
Meet Bailey Flanigan, 2024 Wojcicki Troper HDSI Postdoctoral Fellow
The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to introduce Bailey Flanigan, a 2024 Wojcicki Troper HDSI Postdoctoral Fellow. The HDSI Postdoctoral Fellows Program provides data science researchers with the opportunity to pursue their research goals in an intellectually diverse and vibrant community with ample mentorship. These independent researchers engage in collaborations with fellows and…
Dominici named to TIME100 Health list
Data scientist recognized for her contributions to improving air quality TIME has named Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Faculty Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative, to the inaugural 2024 TIME100 Health list in recognition for her groundbreaking contributions to global…
Ashley Villar’s Proposal on Time-domain Astrophysics Anomaly Detection Secures Funding from the Harvard Data Science Initiative
Ashley Villar, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University Faculty of Arts & Sciences, was recently awarded funding through the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) Faculty Special Projects Fund for her pioneering proposal focusing on anomaly detection in time-domain astrophysics. Starting in 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will lead a ten-year campaign to image…
Meet the 2023 HDSI Postdoctoral Fellows
We are delighted to introduce this year’s Harvard Data Science Initiative Postdoctoral Fellows! Our fellows support postdoctoral scholars with interests in advancing the field of data science. Fellows are independent investigators who pursue their own research in collaboration with Harvard faculty. Read more about the HDSI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Melody Y. Huang “I am currently…
Parkes named dean of Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
HDSI Faculty Co-Director David C. Parkes, George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science at Harvard SEASA appointed deanship effective October 15, 2023….
Q&A with Liz Grennan + Alex Singla
Reflecting on the Spring 2023 Data Leadership Special Series with McKinsey & Company experts Today’s data-built world requires upfront commitments from organizations to be responsible stewards of the data they collect and use. As we stretch the boundaries of what we can achieve through data, we cannot overlook the related ethical implications. Data breaches, privacy…