{"id":141,"date":"2023-10-12T20:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T00:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2023-10-12T20:57:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T00:57:17","slug":"october-2023-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/newsletters\/october-2023-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2023 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Welcome to the fourth issue of the Data Science & Society (DSS) newsletter, and the first of the 2023\u20132024 academic year!  <\/strong>We hope you are all doing well.  Since our last newsletter in May, the DSS Steering Committee has been charting an inclusive path forward for data science at Vassar by forming working groups to accomplish concrete tasks based on the feedback we’ve received from the campus community and peer institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colloquium Series.<\/strong>  We have held two colloquia thus far this fall \u2013 one on September 20 by Mine Dogucu (UC Irvine) on \u201cThe Place of Accessibility in (Data) Science\u201d and another on October 6 by Jenna Lemonias (The Atlantic<\/em>, VC \u201908) on \u201cOur personalized web: The role \u2013 and consequences \u2013 of recommendation algorithms for news.\u201d There will be one more colloquium this fall, on November 10 by Rob Williams (Data Scientist Remote Sensing at Bayer Crop Science)<\/em>.  We are also in the process of planning colloquia for the Spring 2024 semester. Please let us know if there is someone you would like to bring to Vassar, and we can make it happen! You can view the developing schedule and add it to your calendar here: https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/colloquium-series-schedule\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working Groups. <\/strong>In order to continue more effectively the work of the Steering Committee, we are forming working groups with discrete responsibilities.  Please see below for a summary of the five current working groups and their membership.  If you are interested in being involved in any of the working groups, please reach out to any member of a working group or email the Steering Committee at DSSCommittee@vassar.edu<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum and Staffing Working Group.<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong> This group aims to develop courses and a curricular program or programs that will meet the demand for education in data science and society at Vassar College while maintaining the college\u2019s liberal arts mission. While these courses and programs will necessarily change over time, the working group will develop the first set of such offerings. Curricular programs may include correlate sequences, majors, or pathways within existing programs, as determined by the working group. All offerings developed will be presented to the full DSS steering committee and the appropriate faculty committees, departments and programs, and faculty as a whole for approval. In addition, the working group\u2014in consultation with relevant departments and programs\u2014will identify staffing plans that meet these curricular needs, for both the short and long terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n