Center for Data, Mathematical, and Computational Sciences

November 7, 2023Balancing business goals with ethical considerations

Monday 11/20 at 6:30pm – Room ASB 136

Please join us for a fireside chat between Prof Jane Riff and Larry Shapiro – Global Engagement Product Director (Oracle) at PwC. The talk will cover balancing business goals with ethical considerations:

Discuss the challenges of balancing business goals with ethical considerations; explain how you learn to navigate challenges and make decisions that align with both business goals and personal ethical principles.
The importance of communication skills – the ability to explain a complex technology to non-technical stakeholders and conveying the appropriate ethical considerations to decision-makers.
How is PwC positioning itself for trends in AI and how will these trends impact your decisions and the ethical considerations that may arise.

All are welcome! Note this is part of DATA 225: Ethics in Technology curriculum.

Categories: Lecture Series

November 6, 2023DMC Thesis Information Session

The Fall 2023 Thesis Information session was held November 6th, if you missed it – here’s the link to the slides from the presentation. Reach out to Dr. Frees or Dr. Beecher for more information!

For graduate students looking to complete their Thesis in Spring 2024, you should be getting started with your thesis proposal – or at least starting to bounce ideas off potential thesis advisors!

For more information, take a look at the Thesis Handbook and Thesis Archive page as well.

Categories: MSCS, MSDS

October 26, 2023Science in Business: Challenges and Opportunities

Thursday, November 9, 2023, 11:15am – 12pm – Virtual (WebEx)

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Seyma Guven, Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon!

Dr Guven will share her personal journey to realizing how science works in a business setting. The talk will cover perspectives on the challenges and how students can be
better prepared to meet those challenges. This will be an open ended discussion – so bring your questions!

Dr. Guven have a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Georgia Tech, specializing in optimization in supply chain & logistics applications. She has been working for Amazon for 4+ years, in Supply Chain and Optimization Technologies (SCOT) department. She develops mathematical models and methodologies to solve inventory and transportation problems with high uncertainty using operations research and statistics techniques.

WebEx link provided to registrants prior to event

Categories: Data Science, Lecture Series, Uncategorized

October 24, 2023DMC Students meet with Mike Marusic, President and CEO of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Students from the Computer Science and Data Science clubs met with Mike Marusic, the CEO of Sharp, following his Presidential Speaker Series talk. This provided Ramapo students with the unique experience of engaging in a small group discussion with the chief executive of a major corporation. Mr. Marusic emphasized the importance of having a strong work ethic and investing time in building a professional network. “I learned that networking on LinkedIn is very important as a student,” said Computer Science Club president Daniel Rajakumar ’26. Students were given the opportunity to ask Mr. Marusic anything, such as what it’s like to work as a CEO, career advice, predictions of future trends in the job market, and more. Data Science Club faculty advisor Dr. Debbie Yuster adds, “Our students had great questions, and Mr. Marusic’s answers were very enlightening. One of the secrets to his success has been taking risks, such as moving between roles in completely new areas of the company. It was amazing for our students to have the opportunity to chat with and learn from such an important leader in business.”

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May 2, 2023Congratulations to the Data Science Club - New Club of the Year!

The Ramapo College SGA recognized the Data Science Club with its 2023 “New Club of the Year” award! The club had a great first year, discussing topics such as web scraping, natural language processing, agile software development, and more. They also held social activities, a scavenger hunt, and a “Bad Graph of the Week” series on data visualization.

Congratulations to the Data Science Club membership and a big thank you to the executive board: Founding President Thomas Ortega, Vice President Zainab Makhdum, Secretary Ankit Kafle, and Treasurer Merit Kayastha. Thanks also to the club’s faculty advisor, Prof. Debbie Yuster.

Interested in joining one of the DMC Student clubs? Take a look at the membership and get in touch with one of the club officers or the club’s faculty advisor today!

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March 29, 2023Bytes & Bites: Dinner and Data with Industry Professionals

Thursday, April 20, 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Alumni Lounges)

Please join us for sessions with Jane Riff, Product Manager, Business Intelligence & Advanced Analytics at KPMG and Peter Podolski, Senior Data Scientist at UPS

These sessions will focus on discussing the Capabilities of a Data Science Center of Excellence and on Theory, Practice and Pragmatism in Enterprise Data and Computer Science. This is a 3 part event, with a dinner for attendees served in between the 2 lectures for an opportunity for students to mingle with presenters and to informally discuss topics relating to the presentations.

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Event Schedule:

- 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Presentation on Capabilities of a Data Science Center of Excellence by Jane Riff, KPMG
- 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Dinner and mingle with DMC students
- 5:30 – 6:30 PM: Presentation on Theory, Practice, and Pragmatism in Enterprise Data and Computer Science by Peter Podolski, UPS

Categories: Data Science, Lecture Series

March 29, 2023Data in the Music Industry

Tuesday, April 4, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM – SC-158 (Alumni Lounges)

Please join us for a talk by MSDS Alum Keith Osani, VP of Global Technology Data & Analytics at Sony Music!

This session will discuss the type of data available to music companies from digital platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok and more. We will also explore the increasing volumes of data and the data engineering required to handle it all. Insight will also be given into the tools that data analysts are using to access the data and what types of analysis they are performing.

Categories: Data Science, Lecture Series, MSDS

March 15, 2023Decoding Data Science: A secret recipe for success

Thursday, March 30, 2023 7-8pm – ASB 323

Please join us for a DMC Lecture Series event: Decoding Data Science: A secret recipe for success, given by Dr. Kanad Basu, Data Science Leader & Applied Mathematician!

Abstract of talk:
Data Science has completely transformed all major business sectors such as IT, Banking, Healthcare, Entertainment, Sports & much more. In order to make better & smarter decisions, businesses all over the world have long gathered & analyzed data. The global data science platform market was worth US $ 3.93 billion in 2019 and US $ 4.89 billion in 2020. From 2020 to 2027, it is predicted that the Data Science market will increase at a compound annual rate of 26.9 percent. There has never been a better time to study analytics & data science and contribute to this exciting field.

In this talk Kanad will share his transition journey, lessons picked up along the way, the skills one must develop for being a successful data scientist and how to prepare & market yourself for the job market.

About the author:
Kanad Basu, an interdisciplinary scientist who has 18+ years of analytics and data science experience spanning across academia and industry. Kanad holds the prestigious “Professor of Practice” position at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University. He also led a market research data science team at Medallia that focuses on building a consumer behavioral intelligence and benchmarking platform that combines millions of consumer activities to allow businesses to understand where, how, and why consumers spend their time and money. Before Medallia, he led the computer vision data science team at Covisus where he and his team implemented state of the art computer vision algorithms to keep our nation safe by securing supply chains, protecting global compliance for pharmaceutical and medical industries and aiding brands in the prevention of product tampering.

Kanad holds a PhD in Applied & Computational Mathematics, has multiple publications, patents & book chapters around big data analytics and statistical applications in the field of Mathematical Biology & Mathematical Finance. Kanad is a frequent speaker at national & international conferences in AI & Data Science.

Categories: Data Science, Lecture Series, MSCS, MSDS

March 2, 2023Ramapo College DMC - Community College Day

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 3:00-7:00pm
505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah NJ 07430

Learn about transfer pathways to complete your BS degree at Ramapo College.
Earn your MS degree in just one additional year as part of our 4+1 programs in Data Science, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.
Come for a campus tour, meet our faculty, and stay for our evening fair, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Luke DuBois (NYU), followed by a student research poster showcase.

Click here for more!

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February 20, 2023Save the date! 2023 DMC Fair - April 18th

Center for Data, Mathematical, and Computational Sciences Fair - April 5, 2022

Joint event with the Music Program

Date/Time: Tuesday, 4/18/23, 5-7 pm

Location: Ramapo College, Trustees Pavilion

Join us for the Data, Mathematical, and Computational Sciences (DMC) Fair on April 18th, 2023. This year’s DMC Fair is a joint event with Ramapo’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Music Technology program. This event will feature keynote speaker Dr. R. Luke DuBois, Associate Professor and Director of Research, Integrated Design & Media at New York University. Here is a link to Dr. DuBois’ TED talk, which weaves information from a multitude of sources into art and music exploring the tensions between algorithms, portraiture, and temporal space.

Description of Talk: For the last twenty-five years Dr. DuBois has been making music and art that comment on the intersection of 21st century culture and our obsession with the quantification of our world. These projects sit somewhere in between portraiture and composition, in that they leverage media, information, algorithms, and emotion to invoke the big picture narratives behind this century of data.

About the Speaker: R. Luke DuBois is a composer, artist, performer, designer, and software engineer who explores the
temporal, verbal, and visual structures of cultural and personal ephemera. He holds a doctorate in music
composition from Columbia University, and is the co-author of Jitter, a software suite for the real-time
manipulation of matrix data developed by San Francisco-based software company Cycling’74; he is a
regular contributor to other toolkits for creative coding, including p5.js and RTCmix. He is the research
director of the IDM program at NYU Tandon, and was a founding co-director of the NYU Ability Project.
Luke’s research interests range from inclusive design to cyber-physical systems to telepresent
collaboration. He works across many disciplines and has collaborated with NYU faculty in departments
ranging from Computer Science to Occupational Therapy, and teaches in a triple appointment between
IDM at NYU Tandon and the programs in Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt and ITP/IMA at NYU Tisch.
He is currently a co-investigator on multiple NSF-funded projects, including SONYC, a multi-year
investigation around noise pollution in New York City; and the NYU Holodeck, a research platform for
investigating what happens when VR, motion capture, and telecommunication infrastructure reach the
level of everyday use. Finally, Luke designs, builds, and restores analog and hybrid analog/digital
modular synthesizers in the audio lab, making open-source designs for creative signal processing.

Following the keynote speech, attendees can view posters showcasing Ramapo students’ research projects in Data, Mathematical, Computational Sciences, and Creative Music Technology. Attendees will be able to network with Ramapo students and faculty as well as industry professionals. Awards will be given for the best posters.

This event was supported by a grant from the Ramapo College Foundation.

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