Jack Vebber
Student groups from the Data Sciences Summer Institute (DSSI) presented different digital systems — created with hopes of making relevant information more accessible to people not experienced in information technology — on Friday.
[dailyillini.com] “Most of the data today is unstructured,” Dan Roth, professor in Computer Science and director of DSSI, said before the student presentations. “And the question is, ‘How can we deal with this huge amount of information as if we were organizing some database with its own schema and queries?’”
The three groups — consisting of 22 students from the University as well as other schools throughout the country — had four weeks to research and prepare for Friday’s presentations, which took place for an audience of full seats.
Partially funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the DSSI’s mission “is to develop diverse human resources to enhance the scientific research, education and government workforce in Data Science disciplines,” according to its website. (more on dailyillini.com)
