NYU Center for Data Science
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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
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
MS Admissions Ambassador Vidhi Manek on what drew her to CDS:
✅ Pioneering history in data science education
✅ Faculty with strong industry connections
✅ Interdisciplinary collaboration
✅ The freedom to specialize through electives after completing foundational courses
✅ Pioneering history in data science education
✅ Faculty with strong industry connections
✅ Interdisciplinary collaboration
✅ The freedom to specialize through electives after completing foundational courses
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
MS Admissions Ambassador Vidhi Manek on what drew her to CDS:
✅ Pioneering history in data science education
✅ Faculty with strong industry connections
✅ Interdisciplinary collaboration
✅ The freedom to specialize through electives after completing foundational courses
✅ Pioneering history in data science education
✅ Faculty with strong industry connections
✅ Interdisciplinary collaboration
✅ The freedom to specialize through electives after completing foundational courses
Thinking about applying to the CDS MS program?
CDS Assoc. Prof Carlos Fernandez-Granda shares advice for prospective students:
💡Build a foundation for CDS courses
💡Check prerequisites
💡Work on programming skills
💡Know calculus and linear algebra for probability/statistics
CDS Assoc. Prof Carlos Fernandez-Granda shares advice for prospective students:
💡Build a foundation for CDS courses
💡Check prerequisites
💡Work on programming skills
💡Know calculus and linear algebra for probability/statistics
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thinking about applying to the CDS MS program?
CDS Assoc. Prof Carlos Fernandez-Granda shares advice for prospective students:
💡Build a foundation for CDS courses
💡Check prerequisites
💡Work on programming skills
💡Know calculus and linear algebra for probability/statistics
CDS Assoc. Prof Carlos Fernandez-Granda shares advice for prospective students:
💡Build a foundation for CDS courses
💡Check prerequisites
💡Work on programming skills
💡Know calculus and linear algebra for probability/statistics
CDS PhD alum Will Merrill (@lambdaviking.bsky.social) has been hired as tenure-track faculty at @tticconnect.bsky.social starting Fall 2026.
Now at AI2, he is exploring how theoretical work from his NYU dissertation might improve open-source language modeling efforts.
ttic.edu/news/#0625-1
Now at AI2, he is exploring how theoretical work from his NYU dissertation might improve open-source language modeling efforts.
ttic.edu/news/#0625-1
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
CDS PhD alum Will Merrill (@lambdaviking.bsky.social) has been hired as tenure-track faculty at @tticconnect.bsky.social starting Fall 2026.
Now at AI2, he is exploring how theoretical work from his NYU dissertation might improve open-source language modeling efforts.
ttic.edu/news/#0625-1
Now at AI2, he is exploring how theoretical work from his NYU dissertation might improve open-source language modeling efforts.
ttic.edu/news/#0625-1
CDS PhD students gathered for the Fall 2025 Welcome Reception, which offered a chance to connect and build community over food and drinks.
New and returning students mingled, kicking off the academic year in a relaxed setting just steps from Washington Square Park.
New and returning students mingled, kicking off the academic year in a relaxed setting just steps from Washington Square Park.
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CDS PhD students gathered for the Fall 2025 Welcome Reception, which offered a chance to connect and build community over food and drinks.
New and returning students mingled, kicking off the academic year in a relaxed setting just steps from Washington Square Park.
New and returning students mingled, kicking off the academic year in a relaxed setting just steps from Washington Square Park.
Considering the CDS PhD program?
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Neural Science and Data Science Cristina Savin
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Pratyusha Sharma (@pratyusha_PS)
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Juan Carlos Perdomo Silva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDk9...
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Neural Science and Data Science Cristina Savin
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Pratyusha Sharma (@pratyusha_PS)
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Juan Carlos Perdomo Silva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDk9...
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Considering the CDS PhD program?
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Neural Science and Data Science Cristina Savin
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Pratyusha Sharma (@pratyusha_PS)
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Juan Carlos Perdomo Silva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDk9...
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Neural Science and Data Science Cristina Savin
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Pratyusha Sharma (@pratyusha_PS)
⚡️Incoming Asst. Prof. Juan Carlos Perdomo Silva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDk9...
Considering the CDS MS program?
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Music Technology and Data Science Brian McFee
⚡️CDS Assistant Director of Career Development & Industry Relations Zoë Levin
⚡️Current MS students
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vRu...
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Music Technology and Data Science Brian McFee
⚡️CDS Assistant Director of Career Development & Industry Relations Zoë Levin
⚡️Current MS students
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vRu...
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Considering the CDS MS program?
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Music Technology and Data Science Brian McFee
⚡️CDS Assistant Director of Career Development & Industry Relations Zoë Levin
⚡️Current MS students
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vRu...
Watch our info session, featuring:
⚡️CDS Assoc. Prof. of Music Technology and Data Science Brian McFee
⚡️CDS Assistant Director of Career Development & Industry Relations Zoë Levin
⚡️Current MS students
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vRu...
CDS hosted a SQL for Interviewing Workshop for undergrad students.
Alex Ranieri, Senior Data Scientist at Spotify and CDS MS alum, shared examples and frameworks for tackling SQL interview questions.
Alex Ranieri, Senior Data Scientist at Spotify and CDS MS alum, shared examples and frameworks for tackling SQL interview questions.
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
CDS hosted a SQL for Interviewing Workshop for undergrad students.
Alex Ranieri, Senior Data Scientist at Spotify and CDS MS alum, shared examples and frameworks for tackling SQL interview questions.
Alex Ranieri, Senior Data Scientist at Spotify and CDS MS alum, shared examples and frameworks for tackling SQL interview questions.
CDS students met with Marie Bragg from NYU's Dept of Population Health to discuss research opportunities.
Her lab studies food marketing on social media, dangerous viral challenges, visual attention to food ads and adolescent calorie consumption, and food company donations.
Her lab studies food marketing on social media, dangerous viral challenges, visual attention to food ads and adolescent calorie consumption, and food company donations.
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
CDS students met with Marie Bragg from NYU's Dept of Population Health to discuss research opportunities.
Her lab studies food marketing on social media, dangerous viral challenges, visual attention to food ads and adolescent calorie consumption, and food company donations.
Her lab studies food marketing on social media, dangerous viral challenges, visual attention to food ads and adolescent calorie consumption, and food company donations.
EY representatives visited CDS for a company information session on internships and full-time roles.
CDS Computer and Data Science alumni Natalia Fernelius, Patricia Guirao & Alexandra Przysucha, and current MS Student Rebecca Rinehart discussed openings at the company.
CDS Computer and Data Science alumni Natalia Fernelius, Patricia Guirao & Alexandra Przysucha, and current MS Student Rebecca Rinehart discussed openings at the company.
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
EY representatives visited CDS for a company information session on internships and full-time roles.
CDS Computer and Data Science alumni Natalia Fernelius, Patricia Guirao & Alexandra Przysucha, and current MS Student Rebecca Rinehart discussed openings at the company.
CDS Computer and Data Science alumni Natalia Fernelius, Patricia Guirao & Alexandra Przysucha, and current MS Student Rebecca Rinehart discussed openings at the company.
CDS alumni Jenny Le (Rockstar Games), Yihao Larry Zhong (Nvidia), and Daniel Drafta (biomedical informatics) shared career stories at a recent undergrad panel.
Key advice:
⭐️embrace imposter syndrome
⭐️leverage NYC connections
⭐️focus on realistic skill matches in job searches
Key advice:
⭐️embrace imposter syndrome
⭐️leverage NYC connections
⭐️focus on realistic skill matches in job searches
October 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
CDS alumni Jenny Le (Rockstar Games), Yihao Larry Zhong (Nvidia), and Daniel Drafta (biomedical informatics) shared career stories at a recent undergrad panel.
Key advice:
⭐️embrace imposter syndrome
⭐️leverage NYC connections
⭐️focus on realistic skill matches in job searches
Key advice:
⭐️embrace imposter syndrome
⭐️leverage NYC connections
⭐️focus on realistic skill matches in job searches
CDS Assistant Professor of Psychology and Data Science Grace Lindsay (@neurograce.bsky.social) shares advice for prospective applicants:
- Strengthen your application
- Demonstrate your interest through extracurriculars
- Gain relevant experience
- Articulate your reasons for pursuing data science
- Strengthen your application
- Demonstrate your interest through extracurriculars
- Gain relevant experience
- Articulate your reasons for pursuing data science
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
CDS Assistant Professor of Psychology and Data Science Grace Lindsay (@neurograce.bsky.social) shares advice for prospective applicants:
- Strengthen your application
- Demonstrate your interest through extracurriculars
- Gain relevant experience
- Articulate your reasons for pursuing data science
- Strengthen your application
- Demonstrate your interest through extracurriculars
- Gain relevant experience
- Articulate your reasons for pursuing data science
CDS recently hosted our Fall 2025 Graduate Career Fair on Sept. 25, connecting students with representatives from House IQ, DoorDash, Arcsine Analytics, S&P Global, MTA, BNP Paribas, StackAI, and JPMorgan.
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
CDS recently hosted our Fall 2025 Graduate Career Fair on Sept. 25, connecting students with representatives from House IQ, DoorDash, Arcsine Analytics, S&P Global, MTA, BNP Paribas, StackAI, and JPMorgan.
CDS Faculty Fellow @florentinguth.bsky.social talks about his latest work, discussed in the blog post below.
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
CDS Faculty Fellow @florentinguth.bsky.social talks about his latest work, discussed in the blog post below.
CDS Founding Director and Prof. Yann LeCun (@yann-lecun.bsky.social) presented "JEPA, World Models, Planning, and the Future of AI" at a recent talk hosted at CDS.
LeCun explored joint embedding predictive architectures and their potential to enable AI systems that can model the world and plan.
LeCun explored joint embedding predictive architectures and their potential to enable AI systems that can model the world and plan.
October 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
CDS Founding Director and Prof. Yann LeCun (@yann-lecun.bsky.social) presented "JEPA, World Models, Planning, and the Future of AI" at a recent talk hosted at CDS.
LeCun explored joint embedding predictive architectures and their potential to enable AI systems that can model the world and plan.
LeCun explored joint embedding predictive architectures and their potential to enable AI systems that can model the world and plan.
CDS students kicked off the year with a Women in Data Science launch party in the Open Space.
The afternoon featured an intro to WiDS' mission, Jeopardy competition, free food, and CDS merch prizes.
The group's events are open to all CDS students throughout the year.
The afternoon featured an intro to WiDS' mission, Jeopardy competition, free food, and CDS merch prizes.
The group's events are open to all CDS students throughout the year.
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CDS students kicked off the year with a Women in Data Science launch party in the Open Space.
The afternoon featured an intro to WiDS' mission, Jeopardy competition, free food, and CDS merch prizes.
The group's events are open to all CDS students throughout the year.
The afternoon featured an intro to WiDS' mission, Jeopardy competition, free food, and CDS merch prizes.
The group's events are open to all CDS students throughout the year.
CDS' recent Research 101 panel, moderated by Prof. Laure Zanna, brought together:
⭐️CDS Prof. Claudio Silva
⭐️CDS PhD student Claudia Skok Gibbs
⭐️CDS Faculty Fellow Yoav Wald
⭐️CDS PhD alum Meet Barot (@nowittynamesleft.bsky.social)
⭐️Undergrad Anna Ye
⭐️CDS Prof. Claudio Silva
⭐️CDS PhD student Claudia Skok Gibbs
⭐️CDS Faculty Fellow Yoav Wald
⭐️CDS PhD alum Meet Barot (@nowittynamesleft.bsky.social)
⭐️Undergrad Anna Ye
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
CDS' recent Research 101 panel, moderated by Prof. Laure Zanna, brought together:
⭐️CDS Prof. Claudio Silva
⭐️CDS PhD student Claudia Skok Gibbs
⭐️CDS Faculty Fellow Yoav Wald
⭐️CDS PhD alum Meet Barot (@nowittynamesleft.bsky.social)
⭐️Undergrad Anna Ye
⭐️CDS Prof. Claudio Silva
⭐️CDS PhD student Claudia Skok Gibbs
⭐️CDS Faculty Fellow Yoav Wald
⭐️CDS PhD alum Meet Barot (@nowittynamesleft.bsky.social)
⭐️Undergrad Anna Ye
The October Research feature has dropped. Yann LeCun thinks AI should learn to ignore things, Grace Lindsay and Tal Linzen receive funding as part of a new $20 million NSF institute, and more on this month’s feature! ✉️ t.e2ma.net/webview/1b7v...
October 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The October Research feature has dropped. Yann LeCun thinks AI should learn to ignore things, Grace Lindsay and Tal Linzen receive funding as part of a new $20 million NSF institute, and more on this month’s feature! ✉️ t.e2ma.net/webview/1b7v...
The Fall 2026 application for the PhD in Data Science is now open.
Deadline: Dec 4, 2025, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 16 @ 9:30am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Deadline: Dec 4, 2025, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 16 @ 9:30am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Fall 2026 application for the PhD in Data Science is now open.
Deadline: Dec 4, 2025, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 16 @ 9:30am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Deadline: Dec 4, 2025, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 16 @ 9:30am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Fall 2026 application for the Master's in Data Science is now open.
Deadline: Jan 22, 2026, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 20 @ 10am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Deadline: Jan 22, 2026, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 20 @ 10am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Fall 2026 application for the Master's in Data Science is now open.
Deadline: Jan 22, 2026, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 20 @ 10am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Deadline: Jan 22, 2026, 5pm EST.
Join our info session Oct 20 @ 10am EST to learn about the application process, requirements, and program.
Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Applications open for 2-year CDS Faculty Fellows starting Sept 2026.
Fellows lead independent research across computational methods & domain sciences, teach 1 course/year, and have funding for research and travel.
6 openings.
Deadline: Nov 24.
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Fellows lead independent research across computational methods & domain sciences, teach 1 course/year, and have funding for research and travel.
6 openings.
Deadline: Nov 24.
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/174686
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Applications open for 2-year CDS Faculty Fellows starting Sept 2026.
Fellows lead independent research across computational methods & domain sciences, teach 1 course/year, and have funding for research and travel.
6 openings.
Deadline: Nov 24.
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Fellows lead independent research across computational methods & domain sciences, teach 1 course/year, and have funding for research and travel.
6 openings.
Deadline: Nov 24.
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/174686