Examples of MSDS Student Projects
Robustifying Scholia
The School of Data Science at the University of Virginia (UVA) is developing Scholia, a tool based on the Wikipedia platform that aims to make academic research more accessible to scientists, organizations, and the general public.
The Creation of Muharjirat in America
With a grant from the National Institute of Justice, a research team is using machine learning to investigate how women are radicalized online.
Using AI to diagnose disease
Researchers Aman Shrivastava, Saurav Sengupta, Karan Kant and Luke Kang undertook a capstone project as part of the Master of Science in Data Science program to investigate methods with applicability to automated diagnosis of images obtained from gastrointestinal biopsies.
Connecting citizens with public data to drive policy change
Master of Science in Data Science researchers Lucas Beane and Elena Gillis undertook a capstone project to investigate possible reasons for the stagnation of the Cville Open Data Portal.
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The School of Data Science is committed to open data, open resources, and open analytics. Our mission is to apply what we learn to real-world issues and share our learnings with a wider community.