{"id":70342,"date":"2017-10-31T16:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T02:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70342"},"modified":"2019-03-13T13:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T23:15:59","slug":"uh-hilo-data-science-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/31\/uh-hilo-data-science-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo program aims to create a generation of big data scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_45680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45680\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/system-water-research-grant-f.jpg\" alt=\"water falling over a dam\" width=\"630\" height=\"353\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/system-water-research-grant-f.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/system-water-research-grant-f-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <span aria-label=\"Ike\">&#699;Ike<\/span> Wai Project was established as a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Systemwide water sustainability research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The funds will support the development of a data science program at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo is in the process of creating a brand new data science program. Data science is a branch of science that deals with studying and analyzing sets of data through statistical measures and applying the process into a variety of fields of study. It is a versatile field because almost every branch of science collects loads of data&#8212;big data&#8212;and has processes for analyzing all of this information.<\/p>\n<p>The program, which will start as a certificate program, is expected to commence in the fall semester of 2018, with hopes of eventually forming into a baccalaureate degree program. The data science certificate would be open to all students, regardless of major or background.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related chancellor\u2019s message: <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2017\/05\/23\/researcher-returning-to-hilo-to-launch-new-uh-hilo-data-science-program\/\"><em>New program will help produce a generation of big data scientists<\/em><\/a>, July 5, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_70395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70395\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hilo-mandel-t.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hilo-mandel-t.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hilo-mandel-t-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travis Mandel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_60610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60610\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hilo-weyenberg-g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hilo-weyenberg-g.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hilo-weyenberg-g-203x260.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grady Weyenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>This summer, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo kicked off the program by hiring two new professors. <a href=\"http:\/\/cse.uhh.hawaii.edu\/people\/travis_mandel.php\"><strong>Travis Mandel<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of computer science and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.hawaii.edu\/~gradysw\/\"><strong>Grady Weyenberg<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of mathematics, are collaborating with existing faculty to design new classes for the program. They will be joined in the near future by the others\u2014experts in mathematics and the natural and social sciences.  <\/p>\n<p>When the certificate is established, there will be a total of six courses required. Students will take four new data science classes listed under computer science and mathematics and two additional courses will come from a list of applicable classes in the students\u2019 current majors.<\/p>\n<p>This program is funded through the National Science Foundation, as a part of the <span aria-label=\"Ike\">&#699;Ike<\/span> Wai Project. <span aria-label=\"Ike\">&#699;Ike<\/span> Wai was established as a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Systemwide water sustainability research project. The funds allocated to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo are being used to form the data science program with the hope that data analysis will prove successful to better understand the groundwater systems in place on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Right now there are huge amounts of information being collected but not studied. There are not enough people with the right background in data science so there is an infinite need for trained scientists in this field.<br \/>\n&#8212;Grady Weyenberg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Data science is a new buzzword within the past few years that has come about with the explosion of the internet and social media,&rdquo; says Weyenberg. &ldquo;Right now there are huge amounts of information being collected but not studied. There are not enough people with the right background in data science so there is an infinite need for trained scientists in this field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Weyenberg recommends this program to any science majors planning on going to graduate school.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The processes learned in these classes will be skills that are used very often in most graduate programs,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Students that go through this certificate program will have a leg up and experience that will benefit them in their future schooling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the data science program, <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2017\/10\/31\/uh-hilo-developing-new-data-science-program\/\">go to <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;A <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em> article written by Jamie Josephson, a public information intern in the Office of the Chancellor<\/p>\n<p><strong>This article is part of a series on curriculum and projects at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo focusing on sustainability. Read the previous stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/17\/designing-sustainable-wastewater-systems-for-local-industries\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo researchers designing sustainable wastewater systems for local industries<\/em><\/a>, October 17, 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/10\/students-drive-sustainable-practices\/\"><em>Students drive sustainable practices on <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo campus<\/em><\/a>, October 10, 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/03\/energy-savings-a-top-priority-at-uh-hilo\/\"><em>Energy savings a top priority at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/em><\/a>, October 3, 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/11\/climate-change-course-challenges-uh-hilo-students-to-find-solutions\/\"><em>Climate change course challenges <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo students to find solutions<\/em><\/a>, September 11, 2017<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/18\/uh-hilo-learning-gardens\/\">Sustainable agriculture practiced at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo learning gardens<\/a><\/em>, September 18, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data science is a versatile field because almost every branch of science collects loads of data&#8212;big data&#8212;and has processes for analyzing all of this information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1176,73,14,907],"class_list":["post-70342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-data-science","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70342"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92579,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70342\/revisions\/92579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}