From the fall, Virginia Tech will offer a Master of Science in Data Science. The Council of State for Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) granted approval in early January for the new diploma.
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved interdisciplinary control, hosted in the Academy of Data Sciencein April 2024. The basic program will be provided by both Science College And Engineering collegeWhile the College of Natural Resources and Environment, the College of Agriculture and Life Science, and other colleges should contribute to the program.
“I am very happy to announce that our proposal for a Data Diploma of MS data was approved by SCHEV on January 8,” said Tom Woteki, founding director of the Academy of Data Sciences. “I am sincerely grateful for all hard work and perseverance – in particular our team of proposals, which includes Lizette Zietsman, Jennifer Van Mullekom and Brian Mayer – who began to conclude this diploma.
“It was an excellent team effort to design a program that will educate the scientific data of the future.”
The new program will help meet industry demand for professionals who can extract significant information from large amounts of data. The American Labor Statistics Bureau provides that by 2033, employment for data scientists is should increase by 36%A much faster rate than the average for all professions.
Thanks to the study program, students will learn to design, organize and execute data science projects to answer data -based questions. The study program, which requires a Capstone project, will offer courses in the foundations of data science, communication in team data science, machine learning and statistics and programming models for Megadata.
With the preparation provided by this new diploma, graduates will have the advanced knowledge of statistics, computer science, mathematics and computer modeling which enables them to respond to the demand of scientists of data in private and public organizations through Virginia.
In 2019, Virginia Tech officially committed to the Tech Talent Investment program, which was designed to help the Commonwealth to double its workforce in the technological sector by 2039. As part of this commitment, the College of Engineering offers Master’s degrees in the two engineering and computer and applications computers.
“This program will complete the continuous efforts of Virginia Tech to train more students in IT, data, artificial intelligence and related areas,” said Julie Ross, Dean of Paul and Dorothea engineering . “The expertise of the whole campus will meet to engage students in an exciting and very relevant program.”
Meanwhile, control in data science will help Virginia Tech to take another step forward to educate a workforce in fields with high demand such as calculation, data and artificial intelligence.
“It is a question of building a suitable program to meet the critical needs of the workforce here in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” said Kevin Pitts, dean of the College of Science.
The Academy of Data Sciences, within the College of Science, coordinates the undergraduate of Tech in computer modeling and data analysis as well as the undergraduate minor in data and decisions. The Academy also supports university research across the University thanks to initiatives such as the Academy’s Sciences Discovery Fund and the Faculty of Data Sciences’ Faculty.
Applications to join the data science control program will open in the coming weeks. For any questions regarding the diploma, please send a message to vtdatascience@vt.edu.