Data+ (2021)

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.

2021 Projects

Team Leaders

  • Lawrence Appelbaum, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Edward Balleisen, Arts & Sciences: History, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Douglas Boyer, Arts & Sciences: Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Kyle Bradbury, Energy Initiative, Pratt School of Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Martin Brooke, Pratt School of Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Robert Calderbank, Arts & Sciences: Computer Science
  • Jessilyn Dunn, Pratt School of Engineering: Biomedical Engineering
  • Astrid Giugni, Arts & Sciences: English
  • Alec Greenwald, Arts & Sciences: Program in Education
  • Gregory Herschlag, Arts & Sciences: Mathematics
  • Jessica Hines, Birmingham-Southern College
  • Eric Hope, Office of Information Technology
  • Zackary Johnson, Nicholas School of the Environment: Marine Science and Conservation
  • Meghan Lyon, Duke Libraries
  • Jonathan Mattingly, Arts & Sciences: Mathematics
  • Suhail Mithani, School of Medicine: Surgery: Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
  • Francisco Ramos, Graduate School
  • Lee Reiners, Duke Law: Global Financial Markets Center
  • Marc Richard, School of Medicine: Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Amy Schmid, Arts & Sciences: Biology
  • Nicole Schramm-Sapyta, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
  • Leigh Ann Simmons, Department of Human Ecology, UC Davis
  • Vahid Tarokh, Pratt School of Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Jovetta Whitfield, Durham County Department of Social Services
  • Jiaming Xu, Fuqua School of Business

Graduate Team Members

  • David Buch, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Andrew Carr, Sociology-PHD
  • Peter Cho, Biomedical Engineering-PHD
  • Bernard Coles, Sociology-PHD
  • Emma Davenport, English-PHD
  • Aiman Haider, Data Science - MS
  • Anna Holleman, Divinity-MDV; Sociology-PHD
  • Ryan Huang, Ecology-PHD
  • Phuc Nguyen, Statistical Science - PHD
  • Tejasvi Patil, Master of Engineering Mgmt-MEG
  • Nicolas Restrepo Ochoa, Sociology-PHD
  • Nicholas Smolenski, Music-PHD
  • Willis Wong, Business Administration-MBA; Biomedical Sciences; Medical Student
  • Suya Wu, Electrical/Computer Engg-PHD
  • Ruth Wygle, Sociology-PHD
  • Sophie Yu, Business Administration-PHD
  • Fan Zhu, Statistical Science - MS
  • Zoe Zhu, Data Science - MS

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Allyson Ashekun, Interdepartmental
  • Simi Bleznak, Mathematics (BS)
  • Molly Borowiak, Computer Science (BS)
  • Max Brown, Economics (BS)
  • Brianna Cellini, Neuroscience (AB); French Studies (AB2)
  • Chavez Cheong, Computer Science (BS)
  • Julia Choi, Biology (BS)
  • Keith Cressman, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Evan Dragich, Psychology (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • William Feng, Philosophy (AB); Political Science (AB2)
  • Sean Fiscus, Mathematics (BS)
  • Biniam Garomsa, Interdisciplinary Studies (BS)
  • Alexa Goble, Interdisciplinary Progrm (BSE)
  • Drew Greene, Public Policy (AB)
  • Jayesh Gupta, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Kassie Hamilton, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Trevon Helm, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Shannon Houser, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Louis Hu, Computer Science (BS); Mathematics (BS2)
  • Zineb Jadi, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Priya Juarez, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Biomedical Engineering (BSE2)
  • Alex Kumar, Computer Science (BS)
  • Yvonne Kuo, Computer Science (BS)
  • Alexandra Lawrence, Statistical Science (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Xixi Lei, Computer Science (BS)
  • Kieran Lele, Interdepartmental
  • Eli Levine, Economics (BS)
  • John Liakos, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Audrey Liu, Economics (BS)
  • Yamil Lopez-Ruiz, Biomedical Engineering (BSE); Electrical & Cmputr Egr (BSE2)
  • Isa Lu, Economics (BS)
  • Leona Lu, Statistical Science (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Ivan-Aleksandar Mavrov, Interdepartmental; Mathematics (BS2)
  • Mitchelle Mojekwu, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Manny Mokel, Mathematics (AB)
  • Divya Nataraj, Computer Science (BS)
  • Fayfay Ning, Mathematics (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Maya Pandey, Public Policy (AB)
  • Jonathan Piland, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE); Biomedical Engineering (BSE2)
  • Morgan Pruchniewski, Statistical Science (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Raffay Rana, Computer Science (BS)
  • Alyssa Shi, Statistical Science (AB)
  • Gaurav Sirdeshmukh, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Heidi Smith, Computer Science (BS); English (AB2)
  • Sophia Stameson, Computer Science (BS)
  • Katie Tan, Economics (BS)
  • Caroline Tang, Mathematics (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • Rhea Tejwani, Computer Science (BS)
  • Joshua Tennyson, Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
  • Matthew Traum, Computer Science (BS)
  • Dani Trejo, IDM: CS-Stats Data Science
  • Erika Wang, Computer Science (AB)
  • James Wang, Computer Science (BS)
  • Aimi Wen, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Frankie Willard, Computer Science (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • Liuren Yin, Computer Science (BS); Visual and Media Studies (AB2)
  • Grayson York, Mathematics (BS); Computer Science (BS2)
  • Larry Zheng, Biology (BS)

Community Team Members

  • Abhishek K. Devarajan, University of California, Undergraduate Student
  • Patience Jones, NCCU, Undergraduate Student

Team Contributors

  • Wayne Hu, Energy Initiative
  • Julie Winchester, Arts & Sciences: Evolutionary Anthropology

Themes