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October 13, 20254+1 Program: Graduate Courses for Senior Year Students

Students enrolled in one of the DMC 4+1 programs (MSDS, MSCS, or MSAM) should plan to take three graduate courses during their senior year. These courses are taken exclusively in your final or second-to-last semester as an undergraduate and count toward both your Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Registration Information Registration opens October 27, 2025 Important: You must email Prof. Scott Frees at sfrees@ramapo.edu for an override prior to registering for any graduate courses. MS in Data Science (MSDS) Senior year students will take the following three graduate courses: DATA 620 - Ethics in Data & Computing (Spring 2026) DATA 601 ... Read More

October 1, 2025Spring 2026 MS Course - DATA STORYTELLING

With registration approaching, check out this new course we are offering in the Spring. It's online, and doesn't have prerequisites! This course, DATA 690 TOPICS: DATA STORYTELLING, equips students with the essential skills to effectively communicate insights from data. Building upon the principles of data visualization, the curriculum integrates techniques from writing, public speaking, and strategic communication. Students will learn to craft compelling narratives using data, employing frameworks such as the STAR method to structure their stories for maximum impact. The course focuses on transforming complex data analysis into clear, persuasive, and memorable presentations for diverse audiences. MSDS Technical Elective ... Read More

September 23, 2025Ramapo College Partners with Center for Food Action to Combat Hunger Through Data Science Innovation

Ramapo College’s Center for Data, Mathematical, and Computational Sciences (DMC) has partnered with Center for Food Action (CFA) to use data science in the fight against food insecurity across Bergen and Passaic Counties. Thanks to generous support from the Daffron Family Foundation, this collaboration will provide paid internships for Ramapo students to solve real-world challenges facing our region’s most vulnerable residents. The partnership centers on four projects supporting CFA’s mission and resource optimization. Students will develop tools to forecast demand and identify funding gaps using real-time food pricing, create systems that consolidate data into standardized reports, build a mobile app ... Read More

September 22, 2025DMC Student Publishes Cybersecurity Research at IEEE International Conference

Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) student Chris Hainzl and his faculty advisor Dr. Sourav Dutta have published their research at the 12th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (IEEE CSCloud 2025). Their paper, titled “Dynamic Feature Clustering for Anomaly Detection in Streaming Cybersecurity Data,” addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern cybersecurity: detecting anomalous behavior in real time from continuous data streams such as firewall logs, intrusion detection systems, and network monitors. The research introduces Adaptive Feature Clustering for Streaming Data (AFCSD), a novel clustering approach that incrementally updates feature groupings by tracking ... Read More

September 11, 2025Save the date: Pivoting C.S. Degree into a Career into Forensics and Cyber Security

Join us for the second DMC Lecture Series of Fall 2025 - and the second by a Ramapo CS Alum! Pivoting a C.S. Degree into a Career in Forensics and Cyber Security November 12th, 5:30pm ASB 524 A degree in Computer Science provides the foundation for solving real-world problems in cybersecurity and digital forensics. In this presentation, I will share how core programming and problem-solving skills translated into developing custom forensic scripts, building in-house automation tools, and streamlining complex data processes. I will also highlight how computer science fundamentals extend into my everyday work dealing with developers to senior leadership. ... Read More

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