Author: Nick Duffield

VIVID Lab members Jeeeun Kim and Courtney Starrett are hosting a 4D printing workshop for middle school students. The participants will learn about 3D and 4D printing through a hands-on activity of designing and creating their own artifact. The data from this workshop will be collected and used for a study on determining the potential… Read more

This week, the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) welcomed its first cohort of students into the Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) program. We look forward to having this exceptional group of students studying at Texas A&M University! Read more

Texas A&M University has created an Undergraduate Certificate in Data Analytics for the Petroleum Industry (CERT-DAPI), supported by a $1 million gift from ConocoPhillips. The five-year gift is part of ConocoPhillips’ commitment to help meet the growing demand for data science coursework in universities. The program resulted from a collaboration between Texas A&M’s colleges of… Read more

Funded by Microsoft, the grant will support high performance computing through $150,000 in Azure computing credits. The collaboration between the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) and the College of Architecture will use AI to leverage social media big data, such as text, images, and videos to enable rapid damage assessment for disasters. Read more

TAMIDS announces the establishment of two new Labs through its competitive Thematic Data Science Labs program: the Data Justice Lab, and the VIVID Lab for Visceral Inter­sensory Visualization & Information Design. The Thematic Labs program aims to develop ecosystems encompassing research, education, and community building in emerging areas of Data Science that will strengthen TAMU’s prominence… Read more

TAMIDS has named Dr. Simon Foucart, Professor of Mathematics and Presidential Impact Fellow, as its Associate Director for External Academic Engagement. In this role, Foucart will lead TAMIDS activities to promote the growth of external research engagements in Data Science at Texas A&M University. Read more

Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) has announced eight awardees under its Career Initiation Fellow Program. The program was designed to provide early career support to faculty working in any area involving Data Science and to encourage them to propose engagements with TAMIDS activities, programs, or broader mission, to be undertaken during the year… Read more