MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bridging the Data Science Talent Gap

Speaking today at a summit on “Bridging the Data Science Talent Gap” held at MIT, the Institute’s director Dr. Michael Rappa shared his views on how universities can best respond to industry needs and address the acute shortage of data scientists. “Analytics is a team sport,” said Rappa. “We’ve focused our energy on creating a scalable learning model for producing high performing teams of professionals, who can blend Continue reading “Bridging the Data Science Talent Gap”

Shaina Race

Race Joins Faculty

The Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Shaina Race to the position of assistant professor. Protégé of esteemed mathematician Professor Carl Meyer, Dr. Race earned her Ph.D. in Operations Research from NC State in May. Her doctoral dissertation, Iterative Consensus Clustering, involves mathematical models for high-dimensional data analytics. Dr. Race has instructional experience in several areas of mathematics and won the Department of Mathematics Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Continue reading “Race Joins Faculty”

FCC – Federal Communications Commission

Students Influence Broadband Debate

The results of work performed by a student practicum team in the Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) Class of 2013 has made its way into the latest report on consumer broadband wireline services published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Measuring Broadband in America 2014. The team—led by Neha Rawal and including Suman Basu, Robert Moreira and Attila Veres—developed a novel method Continue reading “Students Influence Broadband Debate”