Data+ (2019)

Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience for undergraduates and master’s students interested in exploring new data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary challenges. Students work in small teams and learn how to marshal, analyze and visualize data, while gaining broad exposure to the field of data science. Through collaboration, teams use data analysis to solve a wide variety of real-world challenges using health data, text, voting records, wireless mapping data, economic and financial analytics and more.

2019 Projects

Data+ and Code+ participants.

Team Leaders

  • Wilkins Aquino, Pratt School of Engineering-Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Emily Bernhardt, Arts & Sciences-Biology
  • Jesse Bowling, Office of Information Technology
  • Kyle Bradbury, Pratt School of Engineering-Electrical & Computer Engineering|Energy Initiative
  • William Brockelsby, Office of Information Technology
  • Sarah Deutsch, Arts & Sciences-History
  • Michele Easter, School of Medicine-Psychiatry: Social and Community Psychiatry
  • Nita Farahany, Duke Law|Arts & Sciences-Philosophy
  • Amy Finnegan, IntraHealth International
  • Astrid Giugni, Arts & Sciences-English
  • James Heffernan, Nicholas School of the Environment-Environmental Sciences and Policy
  • Katherine Heller, Arts & Sciences-Statistical Science
  • Ricardo Henao, Pratt School of Engineering-Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Azalea Kim, School of Medicine-Medicine: General Internal Medicine
  • Jeffrey Kosokoff, Duke Libraries
  • Robyn Meeks, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • James Moody, Arts & Sciences-Sociology
  • William Pizer, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Lee Reiners, Duke Law-Global Financial Markets Center
  • Jonathan Routh, School of Medicine-Surgery: Urology
  • Shelley Rusincovitch, School of Medicine-Duke Forge
  • Kateri Salk-Gundersen, Nicholas School of the Environment-Environmental Sciences and Policy
  • Nicole Schramm-Sapyta, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
  • Tim Sell, School of Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Timothy Stallmann, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Charlotte Sussman, Arts & Sciences-English
  • Vahid Tarokh, Pratt School of Engineering-Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Jennifer Vizas, Office of Information Technology
  • Alexander Volfovsky, Arts & Sciences-Statistical Science
  • Justin Wright, Arts & Sciences-Biology
  • Angela Zoss, Duke Libraries

/graduate Team Members

  • Brinnae Bent, Biomedical Engineering-MS
  • Kimberly Bourne, Civil & Environmental Engg-MS, Civil & Environmental Engg-PHD
  • Nicholas Bruns, Ecology-PHD
  • Fan Bu, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Shixing Cao, Electrical/Computer Engg-MS
  • Zekun Cao, Mech Engg/Materials Sci-MS
  • Alice Carter, Ecology-PHD
  • Bernard Coles IV, Sociology-PHD, Sociology-AM
  • Kathryn Coulter, Interdisciplinary Data Science - Masters
  • Emma Davenport, English-PHD, English-AM
  • Connor Davis, Biomedical Engineering-MS
  • Enmao Diao, Electrical/Computer Engg-PHD
  • Evan Donahue, Cmp Media, Arts & Cultures-PhD
  • Jiacheng Fan, Economics-AM
  • Siqi Fu, Statistical Science - MS
  • Rijish Ganguly, Electrical/Computer Engg-MS
  • Avani Gupta, Interdisciplinary Data Science - Masters
  • Shengxi Hao, Economics-AM
  • Fanjie Kong, Electrical/Computer Engg-MS
  • Heather Mathews, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Joaquin Menendez, Interdisciplinary Data Science - Masters
  • Nora Nunn, English-AM, English-PHD
  • Harsh Parikh, Economics and Computation-MS, Computer Science-PHD
  • Vivek Sahukar, Interdisciplinary Data Science - Masters
  • Austin Talbot, Statistical Science - MS, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Emily Ury, Ecology-PHD
  • Ruth Wygle, Sociology-PHD, Sociology-AM
  • Wenge Xie, Electrical/Computer Engg-MS
  • Xiaoqiao Xing, Economics and Computation-MS
  • Mengjie Xu, Biostatistics - Master
  • Hyun Yoon, Mgt Science and Technology Mgt
  • Chudi Zhong, Computer Science-PHD, Statistical Science - MS
  • Ziwei Zhu, Statistical Science - MS

/undergraduate Team Members

  • Mashal Ali, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Rodrigo Araujo, Computer Science (BS)
  • Alec Ashforth, Economics (BS)
  • Alexander Bendeck, Computer Science (BS)
  • Meredith Brown, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Aaron Chai, Economics (BS)
  • Katelyn Chang, Computer Science (BS)
  • Tracey Chen, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Jin Cho, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Nathaniel Choe, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Joseph Choo, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Katherine Cottrell, Computer Science (BS)
  • Ryan Culhane, Computer Science (BS)
  • Ethan Czerniecki, GCS in Literature Program (AB)
  • Christopher Esposito, Economics (BS)
  • Aidan Fitzsimons, Mathematics (BS)
  • Marco Gonzalez Blancas, Civil Engineering (BSE)
  • Dennis Harrsch Jr., Computer Science (BS)
  • Maria Henriquez, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Jett Hollister, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Jackson Hubbard, Computer Science (BS)
  • Lingrong Jin, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Mikaela Johnson, English (AB), Religion (AB2)
  • Yoav Kargon, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Nikhil Kaul, Computer Science (BS)
  • Parvathi Kumar, Economics (BS)
  • Pin-Chian Lee, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Steven Li, Computer Science (BS)
  • Jack Lichtenstein, IDM Data Science
  • Kailai Lin, Chemistry (BS)
  • Elizabeth Loschiavo, Visual and Media Studies (AB)
  • Haynes Lynch, Public Policy Studies (AB)
  • Yuval Medina, Computer Science (BS)
  • Bernice Meja, Physics (BS)
  • Samantha Miezio, Program II (AB)
  • Varun Nair, Physics (BS)
  • Niyaz Nurbhasha, Computer Science (BS)
  • Yanchen Ou, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Lexx Pino, Mathematics (AB)
  • Cameron Polo, Economics (BS)
  • William Rawlings, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Paul Rhee, Computer Science (BS)
  • Daniel Rosen, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Brooke Scheinberg, Mathematics (AB)
  • William Schmidt, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Sibora Seranaj, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Anshul Shah, Computer Science (BS)
  • Jiwoo Song, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Micalyn Struble, Public Policy Studies (AB)
  • Jacob Sumner, Biology (BS)
  • Jeevan Tewari, Biology (BS)
  • Lukengu Tshiteya, Public Policy Studies (AB)
  • Cassandra Turk, Economics (BS)
  • Vincent Wang, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Zhixue Wang, Computer Science (BS)
  • Jianyou Wang, Interdepartmental Major
  • Victoria Worsham, Economics (BS)
  • Ruoyu Wu, Computer Science (BS)
  • Elise Xia, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Michael Xue, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Jichen Yang, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE), Computer Science (BSE2)
  • Jessica Yang, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Yuncong Zuo, Computer Science (BS)

/yfaculty/staff Team Members

  • Grant Glass, PhD Student, UNC-Chapel Hill (English & Comparative Literature)

/zcommunity Team Members

  • Ellis Ackerman, Undergraduate Student, NCSU
  • Jie Ding, University of Minnesota
  • John Gardner, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • John Killeen, Durham Neighborhood Compass
  • Yueru Li, Undergraduate Student, Haverford College
  • Tim Stallmann, Counter Cartographies/SAVAS
  • Xiaoou (Daisy) Zhan, Undergraduate Student, Haverford College
  • Eric Zhang, Undergraduate Student, Cornell
  • Yiyang Zheng, Undergraduate Student, Emory University