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The University has made a $100 million commitment to data science, which it has identified as its top research priority.
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Henry Kautz, the current Robin and Tim Wentworth Director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science, is stepping down after leading the institute since its founding in 2014. Ehsan Hoque, the Asaro-Biggar ’92 Family Fellow in Data Science and assistant professor of computer science, will serve as interim director while the search is conducted.
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- Obtained National Science Foundation funding for a summer research experience for undergraduates (REU) program, and a research traineeship (NRT) program that provides cross-training for PhD students in computer science, brain and cognitive science, and data science.
- Hired four faculty through interdisciplinary searches.
- Developed of a number of research initiatives focused on data science in health care and human and machine intelligence.
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The search will be conducted by Park Square, an executive search firm located in Boston, Massachusetts and in Menlo Park, California. Park Square is also conducting the search for a new dean of the faculty at the University.
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Culver and Heinzelman anticipate the search will take about a year.
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He is also streamlining communications that notify faculty of opportunities to tap into the expertise of Institute students and staff to help with computational challenges.
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