Science and Data

Fall Capstone 2022 offered something for everyone

(Above photo: student Sarah Bush) What do Whittle Sweets, Conscious Diapers, and the Boone County Democratic Party, have in common? All of these and more were featured the Luddy Indianapolis fall 2022 Capstone senior showcase and N420 projects. And the subject matter and media applications were as varied as the industry sponsors the students partnered […]

Parlez-vous AI? Luddy IUPUI faculty to present at World AI Cannes Festival

(above photo used with permission) IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at IUPUI lecturer and Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree program director Fawzi BenMessaoud is no stranger to France or the city of Cannes, having lived there before. Now he has been invited to share his expertise in educational AI with a global audience […]

Student data privacy starts with a cooperative spirit, says SoIC professor

What level of privacy should students expect? And are college and universities prepared to deliver? IU’s Kyle Jones, Ph.D., researches student privacy issues. He and his team have interviewed students and examined how their data is collected and used in higher education. Going forward, it’s crucial to involve students in the data collection process, says […]

ADS alum Nikhil Morar turns data into revenue generation for LA Lakers

After earning his undergraduate degree in Business Analytics, Nikhil  Morar knew he wanted to work in sports. He chose Indianapolis and IUPUI because of the M.S. in Applied Data Science with a specialization in Sports Analytics program, and the professional sports teams, state of the art facilities, and sports business headquarters located in the city. […]

Data science faculty receives $216K NSF grant to address wildlife trafficking

Sunandan Chakraborty, assistant professor, Data Science in the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI has been awarded a $216,590 National Science Foundation grant for his project “An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Discovery, Analysis, and Disruption of Wildlife Trafficking Networks.” Chakraborty is Principal Investigator on The Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks (D-ISN) […]

Health informatics intern facilitates data-driven policy for the State of Indiana

As Palak Rajauria completes her final semester of the master’s program in Health Informatics and preparing to graduate in December 2022, she is reflecting on her internship at the Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH), where she is a Data Science Intern. MPH is a State of Indiana agency that provides analytics solutions tailored to address […]

Sports Analytics student scores big with Pacer’s Sports Marketing Workshop

(photo courtesy of Kshaunish Kapoor) Applied Data Science-Sports Analytics student Kshaunish Kapoor recently met participants from Indiana and elsewhere for the Marcus Graham Project’s Sports Marketing Workshop with the Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PSE) group at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Indiana Pacers and Fever teams. The Marcus Graham Project (MGP) connects people from diverse […]

From automotives to investments: an Applied Data Science alumna’s career journey

Swarnamouli Majumdar has followed a somewhat unique career trajectory that has taken her from the midwest to the northeast United States and from automobile engines to autonomous vehicles to the stock exchange, demonstrating the flexibility and range of applied data science careers across industry verticals. “I have been working in the IT industry across consulting, […]

Applied Data Science alumna making it rain for Milwaukee Bucks

When the Milwaukee Bucks finished their 2020 season as NBA champs, School of Informatics and Computing graduate Gabriel Wachowski was there courtside to celebrate. Although her “assists” are more behind the scenes—doing data modeling, for example—she is a valuable member of the Bucks organization and contributor to their success. Wachowski is a Research and Innovation […]

Sports Analytics grad student calls stats for March Madness

Demi Johnson played basketball as an undergraduate and now studies sports analytics at the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI as a graduate student. Recently she had a unique opportunity to put all her knowledge to work as a live stats caller at the mens’ NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis. Johnson was at the […]

Applied Data Science student wins ESPN sports hackathon at MIT conference

IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI graduate student Nikhil Morar  (pictured above, second from left) showcased his talents on the biggest stage in early March by winning the sixth annual Hackathon presented by ESPN at the 2020 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. “Winning the hackathon means everything,” Morar said. “It really […]

Sports Analytics grad student, DJ McCall, excels on court and off

IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI student Desmond (DJ) McCall was selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court as a student-athlete for 2016–17. The NABC recognizes men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excel in academics, acknowledging the talents and gifts they possess off the court and in the classroom. McCall, a […]

HCC grad student participating in Google Summer of Code

Venkata Chandra Sekhar Sastry Chilkuri, a graduate student at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, was recently selected from over 5,500 applicants for the competitive 2017 Google Summer of Code program. Chilkuri is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Data Analytics through the Department of Human-Centered Computing (HCC) and works as a […]