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Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Data Science Program
- Office: 428 Shaw Ln., Room 1501B;
- Phone: (517) 884-8947
- Interim Chairperson: Ed Brown
Potential Career Opportunities:
- Data Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Computer Vision Engineer
- Research Scientist
- Data Driven Scientist
- Data Analyst
- Data Consultant
- Systems Analyst
- Python Developer
- Data Statistician
Typical Tasks
- Drive scientific discovery through analysis of data
- Develop machine learning and AI solutions for real world problems
- Communicate ideas through visualization of data
- Interpret data for commercial, non-profit, consumer, and/or government stakeholders
Example Data Science Problems:
- In your job at NASA, you have been given the task of identifying a short list of solar systems with a high probability of habitable planets from a repository of millions of archived satellite images.
- While working for the City of Chicago, you have been tasked with creating a computational model to predict homeless shelter needs to ensure emergency shelter capacity throughout the winter
- Develop a model to predict the number and optimal locations for electric car charging stations in the state of Michigan
Resources for further exploration:
- https://cmse.msu.edu/academics/undergraduate-program/
- https://towardsdatascience.com/is-data-science-still-a-rising-career-in-2021-722281f7074c
- https://www.datanami.com/2020/11/16/why-data-science-is-still-a-top-job/
- Association For Women in Science - https://www.awis.org
- Pathways to Science, Increasing Diversity in STEM - https://www.pathwaystoscience.or