{"id":86632,"date":"2018-11-19T08:18:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T18:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86632"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:26:01","slug":"data-science-at-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/19\/data-science-at-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Data science at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo expands to meet high demand"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_50251\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HDhbOSxptL4?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Data science at Â鶹´«Ã½Hilo expands to meet high demand\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hilo-data-science.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hilo-data-science-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Student at a computer, click for larger image\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-86662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hilo-data-science-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hilo-data-science-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hilo-data-science.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A birdsong trills, the audio bar spikes on the computer\u2019s monitor and a real-life data science lesson is taught at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo. Students in the computer lab are applying data science to recordings of an endangered Hawaiian bird and hope to create tools for conservation and other purposes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The data science program here at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo is project-based learning,&rdquo; says <strong>Madori Rumpungworn<\/strong>, a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo physics student. &ldquo;Not only are you learning a project on the spot, but you\u02bbre learning this new concept, you\u2019re applying it right away and you\u2019re helping, solving real-life problems that pertain to home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo launched its data science program by offering a certificate in the fast growing field in fall 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are filling a need that the state has,&rdquo; says <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Data Science Program Director <strong>Roberto Pelayo<\/strong>. &ldquo;There\u2019s a lot of data out there. There\u2019s a lot of complicated data, and there aren\u2019t a lot of trained people currently that are able to analyze the data and make conclusions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Data science is a versatile field because almost every branch of science collects massive amounts of data, also known as &ldquo;big data,&rdquo; and has processes for analyzing all of this information.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Data science is what you get when you bring together the power of stats and also all the algorithmic thinking from computer science. When you bring them together, a synergy is created that really allows you to solve extremely complicated problems,&rdquo; Pelayo explains.<\/p>\n<p>The data science certificate is open to all students, regardless of major or background.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo marine science student <strong>Spencer Frawley<\/strong> said, &ldquo;I think the potential [for data science] is huge and I think that we can actually tap into that potential and it can be something wonderful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cissy Monroe<\/strong>, a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo environmental science student, added, &ldquo;I think that\u2019s something really powerful and something we need to get better at, like using data to drive our decision-making processes in pretty much every field is something that is really important.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo plans to seek approval for a bachelor\u2019s degree in data science in 2020, when <abbr>IBM<\/abbr> predicts there will be more than 2.7 million job openings in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data science is a versatile field because almost every branch of science collects massive amounts of data and has processes for analyzing all of this information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[1176,14,56],"class_list":["post-86632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-data-science","tag-uh-hilo","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86632","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=86632"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124642,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86632\/revisions\/124642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}