{"id":92192,"date":"2015-03-02T16:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=92192"},"modified":"2015-03-02T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:28:36","slug":"national-tech-leaders-to-advise-universitys-new-institute-for-data-science-92192","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/national-tech-leaders-to-advise-universitys-new-institute-for-data-science-92192\/","title":{"rendered":"National tech leaders to advise University’s new Institute for Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Institute for Data Science (conceptual rendering courtesy of Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Ltd.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The newly appointed\u00a0External Advisory Committee\u00a0for the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s Institute for Data Science will convene this week in Rochester for its first meeting. The team of experts in computer, information and data science will participate in discussions and attend a series of presentations updating them on the Institute\u2019s research and education goals and plans. The committee consists of 10 members from leading high-technology companies, industry and academia.<\/p>\n

“The External Advisory Committee connects us to the world’s leading industrial research and development laboratories in computer science, medicine, and communications, as well as other top universities doing work in data science,\u201d said Henry Kautz, director of the Institute. \u201cWe look forward to the insights they will offer, which will help us ensure the Institute and Rochester become a reference point for data science worldwide.”<\/p>\n

The University’s Institute for Data Science<\/a> was created to bring together interdisciplinary research in this field and also offers bachelor\u2019s and masters\u2019 programs in data science and related subjects. This week, the Institute was informed that the new Master of Science in Data Science was approved by the New York State Education Department. This is one of the education programs that the committee will offer guidance on.<\/p>\n

Dr. Eric Horvitz, director of Microsoft Research and a member of the External Advisory Committee, will also give a public talk during his visit<\/a>. He will show how breakthroughs in the new field of data science are solving previously intractable problems in clinical medicine, public health, transportation, disaster recovery, and many other areas.<\/p>\n

The External Advisory Committee<\/a> consists of the following members:<\/p>\n