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Insider Insights: Meet Statistics & Data Science Major Parul Gupta

From organizing hackathons to tackling big data sets, one student finds inspiration in the college’s newest major.

SDS major Parul Gupta smiles at a recent hackathon.

Computer and Data Science Online

Five Years Strong, UT’s Online Master’s Programs Shape the Next Generation in Computer and Data Science

Across three degrees, the online computing master's offerings now serve about a third of UT's graduate students.

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Features

Preparing for Future Outbreaks, Experts Use Disease Simulation Exercise

Public health officials and researchers gathered this month for a gamified version of an outbreak investigation.

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UT Bridging Barriers

Shaping AI for Social Good with Arya Farahi

The assistant professor and director for the D3 (Data, Discovery, Decision) Lab spoke about ethical innovation with Good Systems, alongside other researchers and partners.

Arya Farahi Google Award 2021

Features

What Will Extreme Weather Events Mean for Texas’s Favorite Bugs?

The answer matters for people, too, given how insects affect whole ecosystems.

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