{"id":1728,"date":"2022-08-30T00:08:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T00:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2023-01-03T20:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:39:02","slug":"looking-to-hire-um-students-attend-the-data-science-internship-fair-11-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/looking-to-hire-um-students-attend-the-data-science-internship-fair-11-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking to Hire UM Students? Attend the Data Science Internship Fair 11\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) program is hosting a Data Science Internship Fair<\/strong> at the Lakeside Village Auditorium on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, from 3:00-5:00 PM.\u00a0 If you are interested in meeting students for potential internship or job opportunities, please email Dr. Maryann Tobin, Assistant Dean for Professional Education at met@miami.edu<\/a> to book a booth.<\/p>\n

Students from all tracks in the data science, computer science, security management, and international administration programs will be in attendance, as well as undergraduate students from all STEM-disciplines and UM\u2019s interdisciplinary programs in global health, development, and sustainability will come ready to network.<\/p>\n

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MSDS Program Update<\/h3>\n

\"MitsunoriApplications continue to rise for the University’s Master of Science in Data Science<\/a><\/span> (MSDS) program. Now in its second year, this graduate program is expecting 15 new students for the fall semester, according to Mitsu Ogihara, Ph.D., professor of computer science, site director of the National Science Foundation’s University of Miami CARTA<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(UM CARTA), and director of IDSC Workforce Development and Education<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

“We are committed to steadily growing the MSDS program, based on the interests of U.S. and international students<\/a><\/span>,” said Ogihara. “Next year, we might increase enrollment to 20+ students. We also celebrated the August graduation of four students from our first cohort, who all said they were very satisfied with the program.”<\/p>\n

Ogihara also thanked IDSC\u2019s industrial partners who offer MSDS students an internship<\/a><\/span> as a hands-on learning experience in the program. \u201cWe can also leverage the UM CARTA site to create additional internship opportunities for the master’s students,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

“This is a very personalized program,
\nwhere students can focus on
\ntheir areas of interest and
\nwork at their own pace.”<\/h3>\n

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The MSDS program offers 6 areas of concentration<\/a><\/span>:<\/h4>\n