Harvard launches data science initiative

March 28, 2017
Photo of Francesca Dominici and David Parkes DSI co-directors
The new Harvard Data Science Initiative, led by co-directors David C. Parkes (left), George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science, and Francesca Dominici, senior associate dean for research at the Harvard Chan School, will unite efforts across the University to enable the development of cross-disciplinary methodologies and discovery of new applications. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

A statistician and a computer scientist have been named co-leaders of Harvard’s new Data Science Initiative, the Harvard University Office of the Vice Provost for Research announced today. Alyssa Goodman is on the Data Science Steering Committee.

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See also: Data Science, 2017