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Capstone\/Practicum Projects<\/h2>","subtitle":"","description":"Capstone and practicum course students have successfully completed a rigorous set of upper-level undergraduate or graduate level coursework in computational statistics, data mining, machine learning and computational tools in data science. Since the program was launched in 2016, over 75 projects from 45 companies have been offered to students, spanning a broad range of industry segments including:\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"search-location\"] Marketing\/Customer Analytics<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"heartbeat\"] Healthcare<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"university\"] Government\/Public Agencies<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"tractor\"] Agriculture<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"funnel-dollar\"] Financial services<\/strong>\r\n\r\nExamples of past projects that were completed with our partner organizations can be found on the Data Science Capstone Website<\/a>.","call_to_action":"","image":1746,"video":"","layout":"layout_right","background_color":"#f4f4f4"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

Want to Participate? Submit A Proposal:<\/h1>","content":"In order to be considered for this program, companies and organizations should fill out the Capstone Proposal Form<\/a>.\r\n\r\nQuestions? Contact:\r\nNick Koziol, Manager of Business Engagement and Communications of the New York State Center of Excellence in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.\r\nn.koziol@rochester.edu<\/a>","background_color":"#00205b","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"media_text","anchor":"","css_class":"","leadin":"","title":"

What to Expect:<\/h2>","subtitle":"","description":"As a partnering organization, you supply the data with which students engage in semester-long, team-based analytics projects. Students gain valuable experience working on real life problems while partnering organizations benefit from in-depth analysis conducted by students trained in contemporary data science techniques, equipped with state-of-the-art computational technology, and supported by faculty. Students tackle a wide range of research topics including, but not limited to:\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"analytics\"] Consumption Trends and Change Factors<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"users\"] Customer Analysis<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"chart-pie\"] Causality Analysis<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"comment-dollar\"] Pricing\/Demand Analysis<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"tools\"] Preventative Maintenance<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"hashtag\"] Text Mining in Social Media<\/strong>","call_to_action":"","image":1756,"video":"","layout":"layout_right","background_color":"#FFFFFF"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

The Process<\/h2>","content":"Each project begins with the partnering company presentation highlighting the following:\r\n\u2022 Business needs\r\n\u2022 The goals of the data analytics effort\r\n\u2022 A description of the available data","background_color":"#00205b","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

Requirements<\/h2>","description":"There is no sponsorship fee or funding requirement to partner with us on a project.","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-large","columns":"2","cards":[{"card_title":"Data<\/strong>","card_text":"
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  • Business provides data for analysis<\/li>\r\n \t
  • No personally identifiable information in the data sets or problem descriptions<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Follows your organization\u2019s 3rd<\/sup> party data transfer rules<\/li>\r\n \t
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      Schedule<\/h2>","content":"The capstone project course is typically held in the fall semester, while the practicum course is held in spring. Accordingly, the following deadlines are set for the respective courses:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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