DATA SCIENCE

Data science is an emerging discipline that draws upon knowledge in a multitude of domains to derive insight from data of increasing complexity and volume. Responsibly and creatively deployed data science products are creating unprecedented opportunities to derive economic value, improve quality of life, and provide new knowledge important to Hawaii and global communities. The biggest impediment to leveraging data to create efficiencies in academia and industry is the severe shortage of individuals with expertise in data and computational science. To tackle this challenge, the Hawaii Data Science Institute was established by University of Hawaii President David Lassner, with the support of a large contingent of faculty and staff, as a system-wide initiative for catalyzing research and training capacity in data science, computation, and visualization.