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UVA Data Science MSDS residential cohort 2025 standing together posing for a pic after kickball game
October 9, 2024

My Top 5 Favorite Things About the MSDS Residential Program

From professional development and career support to the approachable, dedicated faculty, MSDS student Courtney Hodge shares her top 5 favorite thins about the program.

Admissions Machine Learning MSDS Research Student Spotlight
Jess Reia
October 8, 2024

Data Science Faculty Helps Shape New Policy Benchmarks to Guide Digitization in Cities

Assistant professor Jess Reia helped craft a new approach that cities can use to address issues that are arising from society’s ongoing digital transformation.

Artificial Intelligence Research
A protein structure
October 7, 2024

New Study from UVA Researchers Challenges Traditional Views on Protein Structure

The new study employs an AI-driven approach to explore structural similarities and relationships across the protein universe.

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Mar Hicks and Jess Reia
October 1, 2024

NSF Funds Project to Examine Social, Environmental Impacts of AI

Associate professor Mar Hicks and assistant professor Jess Reia of the School of Data Science are partnering with the Data and Society Research Institute.

Artificial Intelligence Research
Wajih Ul Hassan
October 1, 2024

Data Science Faculty Receives Prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Wajih Ul Hassan has received a CAREER Award from NSF to support his cybersecurity research.

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Aaron Martin is an assistant professor of data science and media studies at UVA.
September 30, 2024

Q&A: Aaron Martin on the Risks International Organizations Face With AI and Data Protection

Martin, an assistant professor of data science, recently took part in a panel discussion at the International Organisations Workshop on Data Protection.

Artificial Intelligence Research
Conceptual illustration of artificial intelligence with avatar head and data points
September 27, 2024

What Large Language Models Know

Generative applications built on large language models perform well at high-level question-answering, dialogue, and reasoning tasks, suggesting the possession of general intelligence. However, they frequently produce formally correct but factually or logically wrong statements.

Admissions Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Machine Learning Neural Networks Research
UVA Data Science MSDS Alumni Levi Davis posing with CavMan Cavalier mascot
September 23, 2024

MSDS Alumni Profile: Levi Davis

Alumnus Levi Davis talks about influential classes in the MSDS program, his current career and his 5-10 year goals (neurotechnology research and possibly a PhD).

Admissions Alumni MSDS Research
A smiling person in a dark blue shirt and striped tie sits outdoors against a modern building backdrop, surrounded by greenery.
September 23, 2024

UVA Data Science Ph.D. Recipient Honored at International Conference

For Kevin Lin, who received a Ph.D. from the School of Data Science in May, this is his third award from an international conference in the past year.

Academics Admissions Alumni Research
Postdocs at the School of Data Science
September 18, 2024

School of Data Science Celebrates 'Vital' Role of Postdocs

This year, the University of Virginia designated the entire month of September as National Postdoc Appreciation Month.

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UVA Data Science MSDS residential student Christine George in a yellow shirt posing under the Oak Ridge National Labratory sign
September 9, 2024

From Policy to Prediction: A Shift to Data Science

Data science is interdisciplinary and inclusive of all backgrounds, including non-STEM fields. Learn how Christine's journey took her on an unexpected path.

Admissions Data Ethics MSDS Government and Democracy Research Student Spotlight
UVA Data Science MSDS student Riya Pulla in lavender dress with VCU graduation stoll
September 6, 2024

MSDS Residential Student Profile: Riya Pulla

Pickleball, Python and a new species of Siphoviridae bacteriophage named "CheetoDust" are just a few of the things Riya Pulla shares with us about her path to data science and grad life at UVA.

Admissions Research Student Spotlight