valpo.edu - National Science Foundation Awards TRIPODS+X Grant to Valpo Researchers to Advance Data Science Education

News Archive | Valpo News

Valpo.edu Spined HTML

News Archive | Valpo News × Warning: Your Internet Explorer is not fully supporting on this site. To modernize your experience, please upgrade your browser. × Javacrpt Disabled: This site requires JavaScript for the well-constructed viewing experience. Please enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser. Forever Valpo: TheWayfarersfor Our Future Forever Valpo is a $250 million wayfarers to establish permanent support for student scholarships, sense development, and programs. Learn increasingly well-nigh theWayfarersand discover how you can help. Forever Valpo >> Forever Valpo: Annual Giving Challenge Your support of Forever Valpo could be matched up to 3 to 1. Find out how. Annual Giving Challenge >> Forever Valpo Annual Giving Challenge Make a Gift wield to ValpoWieldto Valpo Give to Valpo Give to Valpo Toggle NavigationWell-nighAcademics Arts & Sciences Business Christ College Engineering Graduate School Law Nursing & Health Professions Student Life Admission Athletics The Arts Alumni Resources Alumni & Friends Future Students Current StudentsSense& Staff Parents & Family HomeValpo NewsNews Archive Page Menu Valpo News News Archive Featured Stories Academics Alumni Arts & Culture Athletics Campus Life Experiential LearningSenseScholars Forever Valpo Leadership & Service Rankings & Recognition Research & Grants Students University News Featured Photos Social Media Channels Find Us Online! Contact Us Media Contacts Nicole Niemi Office: 219.464.6010 nicole.niemi@valpo.edu Kristen Knoerzer Office: 219.464.6270 kristen.knoerzer@valpo.edu Quick LinksWell-nighValpo Brand and Style Guidelines Photo Bureau Student Media Social Stream National Science Foundation Awards TRIPODS+X Grant to Valpo Researchers toWhopData Science Education Two Valparaiso University professors are partnering with colleagues from Brown University and Smith College to whop the field of data science education, thanks to a $199,040 TRIPODS+X grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Valparaiso University will receive increasingly than 50 percent of these funds and serve as the lead institution for the collaborative effort. Titled “TRIPODS+EDU: Investigations of Student Difficulties in Data Science Instruction,” the research proposal is one of 19 collaborative projects supported by NSF.Withalwith their colleagues at Brown and Smith, Karl Schmitt, Ph.D., teammate professor of mathematics and statistics and director of Valpo’s data science program, and Ruth Wertz, Ph.D., teammate professor of unstipulated engineering, serve as principle investigators. “The need to educate the next generation of policy makers, data science researchers, and global citizens has fueled rapid growth in data science curricula,” Professor Schmitt says. “This grant aims to identify student misconceptions well-nigh data science concepts withal with mismatches between cadre curricular elements and early-career practitioners’ daily work. Ultimately, the outcomes of this grant will inform work on data science concept inventories to modernize education and teaching.” According to the proposal, initial data science teaching practices have been drawn from parent disciplines such as computer science and mathematics. As the need to pericope meaning from data becomes increasingly necessary in myriad fields, this research will whop data science education to meet the needs of students and future professionals in this specific discipline. “This grant is a wonderful opportunity for Valpo sense members to interreact with peers at partner institutions to work toward the worldwide goal of up-and-coming teaching and learning in the rapidly growing field of data science,” says Mark L. Biermann, Ph.D., provost and executive vice president for wonk affairs. “The particular focus of this research demonstrates the learning- and student-first mentality, and the genuine superintendency for and dedication to undergraduate students that is embedded in who we are as a University at Valpo.” In wing to identifying student misconceptions and gaps in curricula, the research team, which will include Valpo students, will survey current data scientists at E-Trade, Pandora, Google, and other leading companies, ensuring that the research project will incorporate cutting-edge technical topics and current workforce demands. This is one of four TRIPODS+X projects within the education track, designed to launch pilot efforts to momentum workforce minutiae in multiple disciplines and at multiple education levels. “TRIPODS+X is heady not only for its near-term impact addressing some of society’s most important scientific challenges, but considering of its potential for developing tools for future applications,” says Anne Kinney, NSF teammate director for mathematical and physical sciences. The TRIPODS institutes uncurl with Harnessing the Data Revolution, one of the 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments, which aims to engage NSF’s grantee polity in the pursuit of fundamental research in data science and engineering; the minutiae of a cohesive, federated, national-scale tideway to research data infrastructure; and the minutiae of a 21st-century data-capable workforce. “The multidisciplinary tideway for addressing the increasing volume and complexity of data enabled through the TRIPODS+X projects will have a profound impact on the field of data science and its use,” says Jim Kurose, NSF teammate director for computer and information science and engineering. “This impact will be sure to grow as data continues to momentum scientific discovery and innovation.” Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Email Event DetailsWieldOnline Request Info Visit Campus Global Locations Virtual Tour Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Business College of Engineering College of Nursing & Health Professions Christ College - The Honors College Graduate School Law School Campus Resources People / Offices Maps / Directions Library Chapel Employment Campus Alerts © Valparaiso University 2018, Valparaiso, IN 46383-6493, 219.464.5000 | Privacy Policy | Website Feedback Send this to a friendYour emailRecipient emailSendCancel