The Academy of Data Science was launched in 2020 to serve as the interdisciplinary hub for data science collaboration and research at Virginia Tech.

Blacksburg, VA
Joined October 2019
Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
🗓️🤩 Save the date! #VTGivingDay is less than one month away! Join us Feb. 18-19 for Giving Day, a 24-hour giving event that brings together Hokies from all around the world to support the things they love about Virginia Tech. 🔗: givingday.vt.edu
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What do you love most about #VirginiaTech? 🧡 On Feb. 19-20, you'll have a chance to make a difference for the areas of the university you love most. Are you ready for #VTGivingDay? 💪 ➡️ give.vt.edu/vtgivingday2025
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Jennifer Van Mullekom, director of SAIG at Virginia Tech, has been awarded the 2024 ASA Section on Statistical Consulting Outstanding Mentor Award! This award recognizes her exceptional support and career development of junior colleagues. 🌟 news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07…
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Today, we’re honoring the lives of the 32 Hokies who were tragically taken from their loved ones and the Virginia Tech community on April 16, 2007. On the 2024 Day of Remembrance, we reflect on the tremendous promise each of them embodied for our world. #VTWeRemember 🧡
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Big data problems require big data solutions. That’s where #VirginiaTech comes in. 👋 Associate Director for the Sanghani Center & Computer Science professor Chris North is leading a class in the data visualization lab to prepare @VTEngineering #Hokies for jobs using big data.
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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
The Pi Day 5k group run. Departed Burruss at precisely 3:14 p.m. #whatsyourscience #virginiatech
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If in Blacksburg, meet our Dean👇outside of Burruss at 3 p.m. today for a group run at 3:14 p.m.
Today is the day. Pi Day 5k, 3/14 starting at 3:14. ⁦@VT_Science⁩
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Across disciplines. Across colleges. Across Hokie Nation. 🦃 #VTGivingDay is a chance for Hokies to come together to see the impact we can make in just 24 hours. Noon-noon. Feb. 21-22. givingday.vt.edu 💪
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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
Two weeks until Giving Day. Why wait? Support today's students, show your Science Hokie pride, and get some swag when you become an ambassador and compete in our "you plus two" campaign: give.vt.edu/supportcos
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Registration is open for our 4th Pi Day 5k!! Join from anywhere March 1-14, 2024. Check out the new swag and register: science.vt.edu/piday 👀
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From April 5-7, we’re hosting our first ever #HokieAndProud Weekend and registration is now open! Together we’ll celebrate pride and progress of the LGBTQIA+ community at @virginia_tech. alumni.vt.edu/events/2024/04…
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We have a #postdoc opportunity in the Center for Ecosystem Forecasting @VT_Biology @VT_Science. Work with water quality and forest productivity forecasting projects. Up to 2 years of funding. Apply by Feb 15th! Excellent benefits & training environment. careers.pageuppeople.com/968…
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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
Want to help @Ismini_L's team of 5 Ph.D. students @VT_CS @SanghaniCtrVT improve their PlanBot for the Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2? It's easy. Next time you try a new task, just say, "Alexa, let's work together."
University teams are competing to shape the future of conversational AI in the Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2—and they need your help. Trying a new task? Ask Alexa how to do it. Your interaction will help students improve their bots. Just say, “Alexa, let's work together.”

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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
The Carey Lab @virginia_tech is recruiting 2 PhD students in freshwater ecology (phytoplankton, biogeochemistry & more!) to start in Jan or Aug 2024- come join us! Learn more about the positions here: carey.biol.vt.edu/?page_id=9… & please RT! @GLEONetwork @eco4cast @aslo_opps
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The Ecological Forecasting Project is hiring a full-time Program Coordinator to oversee and support our research, training, and outreach initiatives! To learn more about the position & apply, visit: ecoforecastprojectvt.org/opp… @aslo_opps @eco4cast @GLEONetwork @ESA_EarlyCareer (1/2)
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It's the moment we've all been waiting for...the start of @VT_CMDA Spring Capstone presentations! @VT_Science
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Congrats @rquinnthomas & the rest of the @NEON_sci @eco4cast team for getting the NEON Forecast Challenge description paper out in @ESAFrontiers! As of today, 9560 forecasts have already been submitted to the Challenge by the ecological community: join us! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
This Principles of Community Week, we’re celebrating the principles that reinforce our aspirations for an inclusive campus, where we can freely express & explore ideas in an atmosphere of empathy, civility, & mutual respect. 🧡🦃 Learn more ➡️ inclusive.vt.edu/about/vtpoc…
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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
Packed house this morning for ⁦@cboettig⁩’s workshop on open reproducible workflows in R, sponsored by ⁦@VT_Science⁩ ⁦@VT_DataScience⁩ ⁦@EcoForecastVT⁩
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Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science retweeted
Did you know our Daily Doodler is hosting a sketch crawl this #VTGivingDay? More details⤵️
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