Data Science Program Forms

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Data Science Forms

Minor and Undergraduate Students

Data Science Minor:

If you're a WPI undergraduate student and are interested in completing a Data Science minor, please visit our website for access to the minor forms, curriculum information, and next steps. 

Data Science Undergraduate:

For the most up-to-date information on the Data Science program, degree requirements, advising support materials, and resources (e.g., single and double major tracking sheets, flow chart and FAQ), please visit our “Data Science Undergraduate Advising” Canvas page.

 

 

Data Science MS Students: Information & Forms
 


DATA SCIENCE FORMS ARE NOW SUBMITTED DIGITALLY!

Log on here to submit the Plan of Study and Petitions

https://ds-grads.wpi.edu

To access the user manual, please click the link below. 

USER MANUAL

Questions? Contact us at datascience@wpi.edu

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MS Program In a Nutshell (PDF)

You Asked We Answer 2020

Data Science Welcome Packet fall 2020

Data Science Graduate Orientation fall 2020

Spring 2020 - UG and Grad Core Course Schedule 

Data Science MS Plan of Study Form

DS Course Chart_V5

 

All WPI Graduate Forms below can also be found on Registrar's web site
Independent Study (ISG) | Directed Research (597) | MS Thesis (599) | Pre-Dissertation (699) | Ph.D. Dissertation (699) 

Graduate Petition Form 

Graduate Transfer Credit (PDF)

TA/Grader Application Form (PDF)

Graduate Student Schedule Sequencing Guideline 


Data Science Ph.D. Students: Information & Forms


DATA SCIENCE FORMS ARE NOW SUBMITTED DIGITALLY!

Log on here to submit the Plan of Study and Petitions

https://ds-grads.wpi.edu

All submissions go directly to your Faculty Advisor who will respond as necessary.

To access the user manual, please click the link below. 

USER MANUAL

Questions? Contact us at datascience@wpi.edu

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DS Ph.D. Plan of Study (pdf fillable format)

DS PhD in a Nutshell (PDF) 

PhD Competency Requirements (PDF) 

PhD Research Qualifier Form (PDF) 

PhD Dissertation Proposal Form (PDF)

PhD Dissertation Defense Form (PDF) 


International Data Science Students: Information & Forms


DATA SCIENCE FORMS ARE NOW SUBMITTED DIGITALLY!

Log on here to submit the Plan of Study and Petitions

https://ds-grads.wpi.edu

All submissions go directly to your Faculty Advisor who will respond as necessary.

To access the user manual, please click the link below. 

USER MANUAL

Questions? Contact us at datascience@wpi.edu

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International Students Start Here!

CPT INFORMATION 

DS 5900 Data Science Internship   See Graduate Catalog, Data Science Courses

Data Science CPT Internship Guidelines 

Graduate Internship Policies - including Internship Registration e-form

 


Course Charts from Previous Years


STEM Designation

WPI’s Data Science program is a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-designated degree program. Its Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code is 30.0801, indicating it has a Mathematics and Computer Science focus. This qualifies it as a STEM program by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) STEM-designated degree programs. View the STEM degree program list here (PDF).  

 

The U.S. government has recognized the importance of STEM education by offering certain privileges for STEM degree recipients. These include, for example, the 17-months extension of Optional Practical Training (OPT) for STEM degree holders from the usual 12 months of Optional Practical Training to 29 months for qualified F-1 non-immigrant visa holder. Learn more about the program here.

Facilities

Beyond computer laboratories and classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art computing equipment, you will also be able to participate in data science projects and research in interdisciplinary facilities, including but not limited to:

  • Advanced Learning Technologies Laboratory
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Financial Math Laboratory
  • Analytics Laboratory
  • ASSISTment’s Laboratory
  • Big Data: Data Management, Mining, and Visualization Laboratory Cluster
  • Data Science Innovation Lab
  • Flaherty Laboratory
  • Healthcare Delivery Institute Living Laboratory
  • Information Processing and Security Laboratory
  • User Experience Decision Making Laboratory
  • Science Learning by Inquiry Group Laboratory
  • Statistics Multimedia Laboratory
  • Signal Processing and Information Networking Laboratory

 

State-of-the-Art Software

Through our campus-wide data science initiative, you will be able to tap into the resources of multiple departments. You will have access to state-of-the-art data science software programs as part of your class-work, projects, or research projects, such as:

DB2 Hadoop Dimensional Insight
IBM Cognos IBM ILOG CPLEX IBM SPSS Modeler
InfoSphere Big Insights InfoSphere Streams Mahout
Maple MATLAB MySQL
Palisade DecisionTools Suite R RapidMiner
SAS Sparc Spotfire Spotfire
SQL Server Tableaux Weka

STEM Lecture Series: Elke Rundensteiner, PhD and Program Director of Data Science

Lisa M. Whitcomb, a WPI Graduate and the STEM Starter Academy Coordinator at Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA, had standing room only when Elke introduced the students to Data Science (PDF).