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Ron Fricker elected to Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine , articleFricker is one of only five VASEM inductees for 2022 and the only new member from Virginia Tech.
Date: Oct 31, 2022 -
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In its sixth year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports wide array of research , articleThis year’s grants exceed $160,000 for projects focused on cancer research, battery materials, inflammatory bowel disease, age-related distractibility, the development of antibiotics, and more.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Academy of Data Science Discovery Fund awards support interdisciplinary research , articleThe projects supported in this year’s awards focus on the use of data science methods in the fields of geophysics, medicine, and systems biology.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Amazon Fellows and faculty-led projects advance innovations in machine learning and artificial intelligence , articleThe Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning has announced support for two Amazon Fellows and four innovative research projects led by Virginia Tech faculty that further the program’s mission of advancing new directions in machine learning.
Date: Oct 11, 2022 -
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Virtual event addresses the importance of women working in data science , article“Inspiring Diversity in Data Science: A Worldwide Movement” is the next event in the Northern Virginia Technology Council Data Science Speaker Series . Held in partnership with Virginia Tech, the talk is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. Registration is required.
Date: Sep 26, 2022 -
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Christine M. Anderson-Cook to speak in inaugural Douglas C. Montgomery Distinguished Lecture , articleAnderson-Cook will discuss the relevance of designed data collection in the era of big data when she speaks at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the Fralin Hall Auditorium and virtually via Zoom.
Date: Sep 15, 2022 -
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Pilot program gives underrepresented undergraduates hands-on experience in collaborative biostatistics , articleThe eight-week training program was designed to give motivated, underrepresented minority undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in a full-time collaborative data science experience.
Date: Sep 14, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech team captures first place in data competition , articleThe Defense Data Grand Prix is a competition designed to tackle some of the most difficult data science issues faced within our government today.
Date: Aug 22, 2022 -
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College of Science launches Data Science Camp for high school students , articleDuring the three-day July camp, Virginia Tech experts presented students with hands-on experiences collecting, analyzing, and presenting data across different disciplines with topics covering the spectrum from psychology and statistics to geoscience and game theory.
Date: Aug 19, 2022 -
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Statistics expert says consider the odds ahead of Friday’s Mega Millions lottery , articleVirginia Tech statistics expert J.P. Morgan offers a few comparisons to keep in mind given the astronomical chance of winning the jackpot stands at about 1 in 303 million.
Date: Jul 28, 2022 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Science? - Alex Moore , video
Alex shares how he went from English major to data analytics, to become a two-time Hokie.
Date: Jun 14, 2022 -
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Laura Freeman named deputy director of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute , articleAs deputy director, Freeman assists Eric Paterson, the executive director, in continuing the institute’s trajectory for growth and maximizing its impact on the university and the country.
Date: Jun 10, 2022 -
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Scientists partner on multi-university grant to establish a field of ‘imageomics’ , articleThe new institute will create a new frontier of biological information using vast stores of existing image data to characterize and discover patterns or biological traits of organisms and gain insights into how function follows form in all areas of biology.
Date: Mar 08, 2022 -
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Analytics in sports: There’s a stat for that , articlePaul Sabin – an ESPN sports data scientist who received his Ph.D. in statistics from Virginia Tech in 2019 – will be sharing his analytical insights at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 as the keynote speaker in “Nerds and Jocks Unite – What's Next in the Sports Analytics Revolution?” part of the Northern Virginia Technology Council Data Science Speaker Series in partnership with Virginia Tech.
Date: Feb 11, 2022 -
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John Robertson named senior member of the National Academy of Inventors , articleAs part of the Cancer Engineering Team, Robertson and colleagues have developed the use of energy-based therapies for treating previously untreatable cancers, such as brain and liver tumors.
Date: Feb 11, 2022 -
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Career change turns up aces for Virginia Tech alumnus , articleTired of working an 8-to-5 job and feeling an itch to pursue his passion, Adam Hendrix gave up a job working for a government contractor to become a professional poker player. For this 2015 Virginia Tech alumnus with a degree in economics from the College of Science, the gamble continues to pay off.
Date: Feb 10, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech receives $2.8 million grant from the Department of Defense; Stephanie Travis named director of Senior Military College Cyber Institute , articleThe grant will be allocated toward supporting scholarships for students interested in careers focused on cybersecurity and critical foreign languages, and supporting experiential learning opportunities.
Date: Jan 20, 2022 -
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Joining forces with Deloitte to tackle wicked problems , articleAt the semiannual Deloitte Problem Day, faculty from a broad range of disciplines collaborated with researchers from Deloitte in addressing the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence.
Date: Dec 06, 2021 -
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Statistics' Xinwei Deng named Data Science Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2011, Deng is a data science researcher working with both design of experiments and machine learning for large scale analysis, learning, and decision-making processes.
Date: Dec 01, 2021 -
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Biomedical engineering researchers to study knee re-injury risk using wearable sensors , articleSupported by a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and led by Robin Queen, the Kevin P. Granata Faculty Fellow and professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia will assess second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries — a tear of the same ACL or of the ACL in the other knee — using wearable sensors.
Date: Oct 15, 2021
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