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Official account of the NYU Center for Data Science, the home of the Undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph.D. programs in data science. cds.nyu.edu
⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED: PhD in Data Science applications for Fall 2026 are now due Thursday Dec 11 at 5:00pm EST‼️
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED: PhD in Data Science applications for Fall 2026 are now due Thursday Dec 11 at 5:00pm EST‼️
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
Models that think longer often perform worse.
CDS PhD student @yunzhen.bsky.social & CDS Silver Professor
@kempelab.bsky.social identify three key factors: shorter reasoning, fewer reviews, and less exploration all predict better performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/when-more-th...
CDS PhD student @yunzhen.bsky.social & CDS Silver Professor
@kempelab.bsky.social identify three key factors: shorter reasoning, fewer reviews, and less exploration all predict better performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/when-more-th...
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Models that think longer often perform worse.
CDS PhD student @yunzhen.bsky.social & CDS Silver Professor
@kempelab.bsky.social identify three key factors: shorter reasoning, fewer reviews, and less exploration all predict better performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/when-more-th...
CDS PhD student @yunzhen.bsky.social & CDS Silver Professor
@kempelab.bsky.social identify three key factors: shorter reasoning, fewer reviews, and less exploration all predict better performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/when-more-th...
Alumni Advice: Data Scientist Jenny Le graduated in May 2024 with a CS/DS joint major and now works at Rockstar Games.
Her advice? Don't force yourself into one path. Take classes and do projects that interest you—showing personality in interviews matters as much as technical skills.
Her advice? Don't force yourself into one path. Take classes and do projects that interest you—showing personality in interviews matters as much as technical skills.
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Alumni Advice: Data Scientist Jenny Le graduated in May 2024 with a CS/DS joint major and now works at Rockstar Games.
Her advice? Don't force yourself into one path. Take classes and do projects that interest you—showing personality in interviews matters as much as technical skills.
Her advice? Don't force yourself into one path. Take classes and do projects that interest you—showing personality in interviews matters as much as technical skills.
⏰ Fall 2026 applications for the CDS PhD Program are due TODAY, Dec 4 at 5:00pm EST‼️
📚 Program areas of study include machine learning and perception, science and applications, our medical school track, and more!
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
📚 Program areas of study include machine learning and perception, science and applications, our medical school track, and more!
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
⏰ Fall 2026 applications for the CDS PhD Program are due TODAY, Dec 4 at 5:00pm EST‼️
📚 Program areas of study include machine learning and perception, science and applications, our medical school track, and more!
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
📚 Program areas of study include machine learning and perception, science and applications, our medical school track, and more!
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
Asst Prof Yandi Shen from Carnegie Mellon recently visited CDS for a MaD Seminar on gradient descent in non-convex optimization.
He presented work on single index models, showing how spectral initialization plus gradient descent behaves through dynamical mean field equations.
He presented work on single index models, showing how spectral initialization plus gradient descent behaves through dynamical mean field equations.
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Asst Prof Yandi Shen from Carnegie Mellon recently visited CDS for a MaD Seminar on gradient descent in non-convex optimization.
He presented work on single index models, showing how spectral initialization plus gradient descent behaves through dynamical mean field equations.
He presented work on single index models, showing how spectral initialization plus gradient descent behaves through dynamical mean field equations.
Don’t miss the last CDS #research feature of the year! Emily Black, Tal Linzen, & Qihan Wang improve #LLM generation diversity, Florentin Guth & Zahra Kadkhodaie teach #AI better image probability, and more on December’s feature! t.e2ma.net/webview/pett...
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Don’t miss the last CDS #research feature of the year! Emily Black, Tal Linzen, & Qihan Wang improve #LLM generation diversity, Florentin Guth & Zahra Kadkhodaie teach #AI better image probability, and more on December’s feature! t.e2ma.net/webview/pett...
Huge congrats to CDS Faculty Fellow Erin Grant (@[email protected]), who has been selected as one of The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025.
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Huge congrats to CDS Faculty Fellow Erin Grant (@[email protected]), who has been selected as one of The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025.
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
⏰ Fall 2026 applications for the CDS PhD Program are due THIS THURSDAY, Dec 4 by 5:00pm EST‼️
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
#DataScience #GradSchool #MachineLearning #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PhD #NYU #Applications
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
#DataScience #GradSchool #MachineLearning #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PhD #NYU #Applications
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
⏰ Fall 2026 applications for the CDS PhD Program are due THIS THURSDAY, Dec 4 by 5:00pm EST‼️
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
#DataScience #GradSchool #MachineLearning #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PhD #NYU #Applications
✏️ Apply now! cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
#DataScience #GradSchool #MachineLearning #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PhD #NYU #Applications
Alumni Advice: Software Engineer Yihao Zhong graduated in May 2024 with a CS/DS joint major and now works at NVIDIA.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Alumni Advice: Software Engineer Yihao Zhong graduated in May 2024 with a CS/DS joint major and now works at NVIDIA.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
Big news! CDS is joining forces with @nyucourant.bsky.social to become the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science.
The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Big news! CDS is joining forces with @nyucourant.bsky.social to become the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science.
The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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The 2025 CDS Homecoming brought together alumni, faculty, and students for an evening of research lightning talks, dinner, and reconnection.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The 2025 CDS Homecoming brought together alumni, faculty, and students for an evening of research lightning talks, dinner, and reconnection.
Asst. Prof. Bo Dai from Georgia Tech & Google DeepMind recently gave a CILVR Seminar at CDS about representation-based reinforcement learning.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Asst. Prof. Bo Dai from Georgia Tech & Google DeepMind recently gave a CILVR Seminar at CDS about representation-based reinforcement learning.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
Women in Data Science at CDS hosted Diwalloween, bringing Diwali and Halloween traditions together.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Women in Data Science at CDS hosted Diwalloween, bringing Diwali and Halloween traditions together.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
CDS Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Eunsol Choi (@eunsol.bsky.social) shares advice for prospective MS students:
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
CDS Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Eunsol Choi (@eunsol.bsky.social) shares advice for prospective MS students:
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
CDS PhD students recently gathered for the first PhD Community Building Lunch Hour of the semester.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CDS PhD students recently gathered for the first PhD Community Building Lunch Hour of the semester.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
CDS advisor & NYU Stern Prof Vasant Dhar launches his new book "Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI" on Nov 17, in conversation with Fubon Data Analytics & AI Director Foster Provost.
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
CDS advisor & NYU Stern Prof Vasant Dhar launches his new book "Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI" on Nov 17, in conversation with Fubon Data Analytics & AI Director Foster Provost.
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
Matt Lehman from the Miami Marlins data science program recently visited CDS.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Matt Lehman from the Miami Marlins data science program recently visited CDS.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
CDS is hiring Faculty Fellows — 2-year positions where fellows lead independent research.
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
CDS is hiring Faculty Fellows — 2-year positions where fellows lead independent research.
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Congrats to CDS Sr Research Scientist Shirley Ho, selected as a 2025 AI2050 Senior Fellow by Schmidt Sciences—one of 7 senior fellows in this year's cohort of 28 researchers who will receive more than $18 million to advance beneficial AI.
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congrats to CDS Sr Research Scientist Shirley Ho, selected as a 2025 AI2050 Senior Fellow by Schmidt Sciences—one of 7 senior fellows in this year's cohort of 28 researchers who will receive more than $18 million to advance beneficial AI.
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
CDS Assoc Prof Brian McFee's advice for MS applicants:
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CDS Assoc Prof Brian McFee's advice for MS applicants:
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
CDS Sr. Research Scientist Shirley Ho and CDS Prof. @yann-lecun.bsky.social are keynoting the 2026 World Modeling Workshop (Feb 4–6 at Mila), with NYU Courant's Sherry Yang, and others.
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
CDS Sr. Research Scientist Shirley Ho and CDS Prof. @yann-lecun.bsky.social are keynoting the 2026 World Modeling Workshop (Feb 4–6 at Mila), with NYU Courant's Sherry Yang, and others.
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
MS Admissions Ambassador Peter Zhong on why he chose CDS to do an MS in data science after working in finance & consulting:
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
MS Admissions Ambassador Peter Zhong on why he chose CDS to do an MS in data science after working in finance & consulting:
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
Congrats to CDS Faculty Fellow Ilia Sucholutsky (@sucholutsky.bsky.social), who will join Purdue University's Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congrats to CDS Faculty Fellow Ilia Sucholutsky (@sucholutsky.bsky.social), who will join Purdue University's Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
CDS PhD students met with JPMorganChase's Machine Learning Center of Excellence to explore 2026 AI & ML internships.
The JPMC team shared details on their work developing solutions across NLP, computer vision, time series analysis, and recommender systems.
The JPMC team shared details on their work developing solutions across NLP, computer vision, time series analysis, and recommender systems.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
CDS PhD students met with JPMorganChase's Machine Learning Center of Excellence to explore 2026 AI & ML internships.
The JPMC team shared details on their work developing solutions across NLP, computer vision, time series analysis, and recommender systems.
The JPMC team shared details on their work developing solutions across NLP, computer vision, time series analysis, and recommender systems.
Make it a November to remember with some data science research!
Grace Lindsay launches “AI for the Planet,” Lily Zhang discovers that most chatbots miss half the world’s values, and more on this month’s CDS #research feature.
t.e2ma.net/webview/h8qd...
#DataScience
Grace Lindsay launches “AI for the Planet,” Lily Zhang discovers that most chatbots miss half the world’s values, and more on this month’s CDS #research feature.
t.e2ma.net/webview/h8qd...
#DataScience
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Make it a November to remember with some data science research!
Grace Lindsay launches “AI for the Planet,” Lily Zhang discovers that most chatbots miss half the world’s values, and more on this month’s CDS #research feature.
t.e2ma.net/webview/h8qd...
#DataScience
Grace Lindsay launches “AI for the Planet,” Lily Zhang discovers that most chatbots miss half the world’s values, and more on this month’s CDS #research feature.
t.e2ma.net/webview/h8qd...
#DataScience