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UD Professor Kyle Davis has studied crops, crop rotation and national farming policies as the world struggles to feed its burgeoning population and use resources smartly amid climate change. Photo courtesy of Kyle Davis.

Firearm Storage Realities

DSI affiliated faculty member Tarang Parekh, assistant professor of epidemiology, examined links between social determinants of health (SDOH) and firearm ownership and storage practices in a recently published analysis in JAMA Network Open.

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DSI Experts on Tap for Global Science Event

UD is hosting a public watch party (6.23.25) to get a first look at images of the universe taken by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which has the planet’s largest digital camera.  DSI resident faculty member Federica Bianco, Rubin Deputy Project Scientist and Interim Head of Science, will participate from the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., where she will serve on a media panel.  DSI fellows Siddharth (Sid) Chaini and Easton Honaker will serve as the event hosts and introduce the program.  A panel of UD experts also will present, moderated by DSI faculty council member Tom Powers, director of the Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy. Participants will include DSI Associate Director John Gizis from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and DSI resident faculty member David Hong from the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, as well as UD students who have contributed to the realization of the project including DSI fellows Shar Daniels, Riley Clarke, and Willow Fox Fortino.

Saleem Ali, the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at UD and chair of the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, is the lead author of a new study that suggests the need for an international minerals agreement to ensure countries can produce the green technologies necessary to battle climate change. In this photo, Ali is pictured in the Bayan Obo mining region within the Inner Mongolia region of China in 2017 in front of a massive ore nugget of rare earth minerals which is being celebrated here with the following words: "Welcome to the Rare Earths Community.” Photo courtesy of Saleem Ali

For the Record

DSI faculty council member Allison Karpyn, professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and co-director of its Center for Research in Education and Social Policy, has been appointed to Delaware’s Food is Medicine Committee.

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Creating a Global Minerals Trust

Demand for critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements continues to increase worldwide. To ensure that these critical elements are shared by all for the good of humanity, DSI faculty council member Saleem Ali has proposed the creation of a global minerals trust that would include independent audit mechanisms — like those used by the International Atomic Energy Agency — to ensure environmental and social safeguards.

UD Professor Kyle Davis has studied crops, crop rotation and national farming policies as the world struggles to feed its burgeoning population and use resources smartly amid climate change. Photo courtesy of Kyle Davis.

For the Record

DSI affiliated faculty member Anjana Bhat, professor of physical therapy in the College of Health Sciences, has been named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

UD Professor Kyle Davis has studied crops, crop rotation and national farming policies as the world struggles to feed its burgeoning population and use resources smartly amid climate change. Photo courtesy of Kyle Davis.

For the Record

DSI faculty council member Jennifer Horney, director of UD’s public health program, edited a new book published by Johns Hopkins Press. The Conversation on Extreme Weather focuses on the impacts of climate change on the environment, health, housing and employment.

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Carbon Credit Quality

In a new review, DSI faculty council member Rodrigo Vargas is among a group of leading forest scientists around the U.S. arguing that forest carbon market protocols are flawed and don’t ensure that issued carbon credits accurately account for reduced and removed carbon dioxide emissions.

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Providing Closure

DSI affiliated faculty member Mark Moline (left) was the co-lead of a mission to Papua New Guinea in 2017 that located Heaven Can Wait, a B-24D Liberator plane from the United States Army Air Forces that was shot down over Hansa Bay in Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944.

 
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Serving as a nucleating effort to catalyze and coordinate data science initiatives at UD

  • Coalesce researchers around Data Science research themes
  • Develop competitive Data Science research programs
  • Support Data Science and Computing Core Facility
  • Engage students in Data Science research
  • Collaborate with government and industry partners

Institutional Strengths

As the vast resource of new and diverse datasets are rapidly becoming available in nearly every aspect of life, data science has the potential to advance human understanding in all branches of science and humanities, and, address grand challenges facing society. The Institute plans to combine disparate, dynamic, and distributed datasets and enable everything from predicting the future behavior of complex systems to precise medical treatments, smart energy usage, and focused educational curricula.

Activities

Resources and Funding Support

  • Seed funding to support team-based research center grants, infrastructure grants and training grants
  • Support researchers to identify cross-disciplinary collaborators and access to Data Science & Computing Core Facility
  • Provide an inventory of data resources, computational tools, and data science-related courses/degree programs

Team Building and Networking

  • Networking Events: Connecting faculty, students, industry
  • Annual Research Symposium
  • Seminars / Distinguished Lecture Series
  • Research Workshops
  • Short Courses and Training: Collaborating with academic programs
  • Industry Engagement: Collaborating with OEIP and Horn Program

Data Science in the News

Data Analytics Programs Take Off

Colleges are working to meet demand for big data analysis with burgeoning degree and non-degree programs.  To keep up with the explosion of big data across all industries, college and universities have debuted dozens of data analytics programs during the past few...

Prepare Undergrads for Data-Driven Workplace

Academic Institutions Should Prepare Undergraduates for a Data-Driven Workplace, New Report Recommends WASHINGTON – All U.S. undergraduate students should develop a basic understanding of data science to prepare them adequately for the workforce, says a...

Our Mission

The Institute aims to accelerate research in data science, serving as a nucleating effort to catalyze interdisciplinary research collaborations across fields impacting our society.