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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

Team Leaders

  • Wilkins Aquino, Pratt School of Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Emily Bernhardt, Arts & Sciences: Biology
  • Jesse Bowling, Office of Information Technology
  • Kyle Bradbury, Energy Initiative, Pratt School of Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • 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
  • 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: 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-PHD
  • Kim Bourne, 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-PHD
  • Alice Carter, Ecology-PHD
  • Tracey Chen, Master of Engineering Mgmt-MEG
  • Bernard Coles, Sociology-PHD
  • Kate Coulter, Data Science - MS
  • Emma Davenport, English-PHD
  • 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, Data Science - MS
  • Shengxi Hao, Economics-AM
  • Fanjie Kong, Electrical/Computer Engg-PHD
  • Heather Mathews, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Joaquin Menendez, Data Science - MS
  • Nora Nunn, English-PHD
  • Harsh Parikh, Computer Science-PHD
  • Vivek Sahukar, Data Science - MS
  • Austin Talbot, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Emily Ury, Ecology-PHD
  • Ruth Wygle, Sociology-PHD
  • Nick Xie, Electrical/Computer Engg-MS
  • Xiaoqiao Xing, Economics and Computation-MS
  • Mengjie Xu, Biostatistics - Master
  • Sean Yoon, Business Administration-MBA
  • Chudi Zhong, Computer Science-PHD
  • Sophia Zhu, Statistical Science - MS

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Mashal Ali, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Rodrigo Araujo, Computer Science (BS)
  • Alec Ashforth, Economics (BS); Mathematics (AB2)
  • Alexander Bendeck, Computer Science (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • Meredith Brown, Statistical Science (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Aaron Chai, Economics (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Katelyn Chang, Computer Science (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • Jin Cho, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Computer Science (BSE2)
  • Nathan Choe, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Joe Choo, Statistical Science (BS); Economics (BS2)
  • Katherine Cottrell, Computer Science (BS)
  • Ryan Culhane, Computer Science (BS)
  • Ethan Czerniecki, GCT in Literature Program (AB); Philosophy (AB2)
  • Chris Esposito, Economics (BS)
  • Aidan Fitzsimons, Mathematics (BS); Public Policy (AB2)
  • Marco Gonzalez Blancas, Civil Engineering (BSE)
  • Dennis Harrsch, Computer Science (BS); Global Health (AB2)
  • Maria Henriquez, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Jett Hollister, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Jackson Hubbard, Computer Science (BS)
  • Lingrong Jin, Statistical Science (BS); Biology (AB2)
  • Mikaela Johnson, English (AB)
  • Yoav Kargon, Mechanical Engineering (BSE); Computer Science (AB2)
  • Nikhil Kaul, Computer Science (BS); Philosophy (AB2)
  • Parvathi Kumar, Economics (BS)
  • Cathy Lee, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Steven Li, Computer Science (BS); Mathematics (BS2)
  • Jack Lichtenstein, IDM: CS-Stats Data Science
  • Tommy Lin, Chemistry (BS); Computer Science (AB2)
  • Elizabeth Loschiavo, Visual and Media Studies (AB)
  • Haynes Lynch, Public Policy (AB)
  • Yuval Medina, Computer Science (BS)
  • Bernice Meja, Physics (BS); Philosophy (AB2)
  • Samantha Miezio, Program II (AB)
  • Varun Nair, Physics (BS); Economics (BS2)
  • Niyaz Nurbhasha, Computer Science (BS)
  • Jessie Ou, Statistical Science (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Lexx Pino, Mathematics (AB)
  • Cam Polo, Economics (BS)
  • Will Rawlings, Mechanical Engineering (BSE); Earth & Ocean Sciences (AB2)
  • Paul Rhee, Computer Science (BS)
  • Danny Rosen, Statistical Science (BS); Political Science (AB2)
  • Brooke Scheinberg, Mathematics (AB)
  • Will Schmidt, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Sibora Seranaj, Statistical Science (BS); German (AB2)
  • Anshul Shah, Computer Science (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • Jiwoo Song, Mechanical Engineering (BSE); Chemistry (AB2)
  • Micalyn Struble, Public Policy (AB)
  • Jake Sumner, Biology (BS)
  • Jeevan Tewari, Biology (BS)
  • Lukengu Tshiteya, Public Policy (AB)
  • Cass Turk, Economics (BS); German (AB2)
  • Andre Wang, Interdepartmental; Mathematics (BS2)
  • Vincent Wang, Mechanical Engineering (BSE); Biomedical Engineering (BSE2)
  • Mary Wang, Computer Science (BS)
  • Victoria Worsham, Economics (BS)
  • David Wu, Computer Science (BS)
  • Elise Xia, Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Michael Xue, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Computer Science (BSE2)
  • Jessica Yang, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Computer Science (BSE2)
  • Andy Yang, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Computer Science (BSE2)
  • Yuncong Zuo, Computer Science (BS); Mathematics (BS2)

Community Team Members

  • Ellis Ackerman, Undergraduate Student, NCSU
  • Jie Ding, University of Minnesota
  • John Gardner, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Grant Glass, PhD Student, UNC-Chapel Hill (English & Comparative Literature)
  • 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