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DSI connects more than 400 faculty and researchers across Columbia, fostering collaborations that advance knowledge, address pressing societal problems, and bring promising ideas to market.

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Paris Adkins-Jackson

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Epidemiology

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Anish Agarwal

Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Dept Industrial Eng & Oper Res

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Shipra Agrawal

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Dept Industrial Eng & Oper Res

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Sunil Agrawal

Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia Engineering

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Manan Ahmed

Professor of History, Department of History

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David J Albers

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics

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Dimitris Anastassiou

Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Systems Biology, Columbia Engineering

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James Anderson

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Alexandr Andoni

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Asim M. Ansari

William T. Dillard Professor of Marketing, Columbia Business School

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Ahmer Arif

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Barnard College

Administration

Alexis Avedisian

Director of Events and Marketing, Data Science Institute

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Elham Azizi

Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia Engineering; Herbert and Florence Irving Assoc. Professor of Cancer Data Research, CUIMC

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Jushan Bai

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics

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Suzanne Bakken

Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing

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Eric Balkanski

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Dhruv Balwada

Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School

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Veronica Barcelona

Associate Professor of Nursing, Columbia School of Nursing

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Elias Bareinboim

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Core Members

Daniel Bauer

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Natural Language Processing in the Department of Computer Science

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Peter Shawn Bearman

Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Sociology and Director of the Incite Institute, Department of Sociology

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Melissa Beauchemin

Assistant Professor of Nursing, Columbia School of Nursing

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Homayoon Beigi

Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Emily J. Bell

Leonard Tow Professor of Professional Practice; Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School

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Natalie C Benda

Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, Columbia School of Nursing

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Keren Bergman

Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering and Scientific Director, Center for Integrated Science and Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Omar Besbes

Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business and Reynolds Family Professor of Digital Economy, Columbia Business School

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Raimondo Betti

Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia Engineering

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Daniel Bienstock

Liu Family Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia Engineering

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Kyle Bishop

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Daniel Christer Ingvar Bjorkegren

Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

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Executive Committee

David Meir Blei

William B. Ransford Professor of Statistics and Professor of Computer Science, Department of Statistics

Research Scientists and Scholars

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Paulo Blikstein

Adjunct Research Scholar in the Institute of Latin American Studies; Associate Professor of Technology, Media and Learning, Teachers College

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Core Members

Adam B. Block

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Maura Boldrini Dupont

Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Quantitative Brain Biology and the Human Neurobiology laboratory, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Alex Bowers

Professor of Education Leadership, Teachers College

Administration

Davima Broadbelt Clarke

Director of Human Resources, Data Science Institute

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Mark Nathan Broadie

Carson Family Professor of Business, Chair of Decision, Risk, and Operations, Columbia Business School

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Lewis M Brown

Research Scientist, Department of Biological Sciences

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Gregory L. Bryan

Professor of Astronomy, Department of Astronomy

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Michael P. Burke

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Billy Caceres

Associate Professor of Nursing, Columbia School of Nursing

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Andrea Califano

Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, Department of Systems Biology

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Agostino Capponi

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Luca Carloni

Professor of Computer Science; Chair, Department of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science

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Executive Committee

Alessandra M. Casella

Professor of Economics and Political Science; Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research and Policy, Department of Economics

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Augustin Chaintreau

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Carri W. Chan

Cain Brothers and Company Professor of Healthcare Management in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School

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Kitty Kay Chan

Professor of Professional Practice in Applied Analytics and Director, MS in Applied Analytics, School of Professional Studies

Administration

Sandra Chang

Operations Coordinator, Data Science Institute

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Core Members

Executive Committee

Shih-Fu Chang

Dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Fu Fnd School Eng/Appl Science

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Lydia B. Chilton

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Madiha Zarah Choski

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

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Merlin Chowkwanyun

Donald H. Gemson Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Christian Cianfarani

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

Core Members

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Asaf Cidon

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Matei Theodor Ciocarlie

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Jan Claassen

Professor of Neurology and Chief of the Division of Critical Care & Hospitalist Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Courtney D. Cogburn

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Administration

Desirae Colvin

Director, Special Projects, Data Science Institute

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Matthew J. Connelly

Professor of History, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Administration

Lily Cortes-Gutierrez

Journalism Fellow, Communications

Administration

Brianne Cortese

Director, Program Administration, Data Science Institute

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Executive Committee

Ivan Corwin

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Rachel Cummings

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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John Patrick Cunningham

Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics; Principal Investigator, Columbia's Zuckerman Institute

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Siddhartha Dalal

Professor of Professional Practice in Applied Analytics, School of Professional Studies

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Kent Daniel

Jean-Marie Eveillard/First Eagle Investment Management Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

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Tal Danino

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Alissa Davis

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

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Richard A. Davis

Howard Levene Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics

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Kosrow Dehnad

Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Core Members

Xuan Sharon Di

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Dept Civil Eng & Eng Mechanics

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Blake M. DiCosola III

Associate Professor of Professional Practice, School of Professional Studies

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Antonius B. Dieker

Professor and Chair of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department, Columbia Engineering

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Thomas A. DiPrete

Giddings Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology; Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy

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Core Members

Eleni Drinea

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Computer Science and in the Discipline of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

Core Members

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Qiang Du

Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia Engineering

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Bianca M. Dumitrascu

Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics

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Stephen A. Edwards

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Gregory M. Eirich

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology, Department of Sociology

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Noemie Elhadad

Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Chair, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons

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Pierre A Elias

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons

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Adam Elmachtoub

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Robert D. Eschmann

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

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Yuri Faenza

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Jeffrey A. Fagan

Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia Law School

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Steven K. Feiner

Wang Family Professor of Computer Science (in Dental Medicine), Columbia Engineering

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Maria Q Feng

Renwick Professor of Civil Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Jacob Fish

Robert A.W. and Christine S. Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Hortense Fong

Assistant Professor of Business, Marketing Division, Columbia Business School

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Xiyu (Jenny) Fu

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

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Core Members

Ester Fuchs

Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

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Tat Sang Fung

Lecturer in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics

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Kellen R. Funk

Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

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Stefano Fusi

Professor of Neuroscience, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

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Jellert T. Gaublomme

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

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Roxana Geambasu

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Andrew E. Gelman

Higgins Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics; Professor of Political Science, Political Science Department

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Pierre Gentine

Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and of Climate, Columbia Engineering

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Javad Ghaderi

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Talia B. Gillis

Daniel G. Ross Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

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Marco Giovanni Giometto

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia Engineering

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Paul Glasserman

Jack R. Anderson Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

Leadership Team

Lori Glover

Chief of Strategic Alliances, Data Science Institute

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Micah I Goldblum

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Donald Goldfarb

Alexander and Hermine Avanessians Professor Emeritus, Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

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Leadership Team

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Jeff Goldsmith

Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics

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Executive Committee

Steven L. Goldstein

Interim Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School; Higgins Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia Engineering

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Jacqueline Gottlieb

Professor of Neuroscience, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

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Vineet Goyal

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Luis Gravano

Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Donald P Green

J.W. Burgess Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Abigail Greenleaf

Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health in ICAP at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Ronghui Gu

Tang Family Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Tian Gu

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics

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Yuqi Gu

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics

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Gamze Gursoy

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics

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Jorge A. Guzman

Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

Administration

Mark Habana

Senior Director, Sponsored Research Administration, Data Science Institute

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Zoltan Haiman

Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and of Physics, Department of Astronomy

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Mark Hansen

David and Helen Gurley Brown Professor of Journalism and Innovation; Director, David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute of Media Innovation, Columbia Journalism School

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Christopher R. Harshaw

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics

Administration

Ali Hasanaj

Associate Director, Partnership and Engagement, Data Science Institute

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Xiaofu He

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry

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Jason J. Healey

Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

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Christine P. Hendon

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering; Vice Dean of Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, Dept of Electrical Engineering

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Alexander W. Hertel-Fernandez

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, School International and Public Affairs

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Elizabeth M.C. Hillman

Herbert and Florence Irving Professor at the Zuckerman Institute; Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology

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Shigeo Hirano

Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science

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Ali Hirsa

Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Julia Bell Hirschberg

Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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David M. Holtz

Assistant Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

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Benjamin K. Holtzman

Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Wenpin Hou

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics

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Executive Committee

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George M. Hripcsak

Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Core Members

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Leadership Team

Daniel Joseph Hsu

Associate Director for Research, Data Science Institute; Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineereing

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Guanlan Hu

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

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Jianhua Hu

Professor of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health

Administration

Florence Hudson

Interim Executive Director for Sponsored Research, Data Science Institute

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Executive Committee

Amy E. Hungerford

Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Ruth Fulton Benedict Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Administration

Idrija Ibrahimagic

Director, Post-Award Finance, Data Science Institute

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Kiyohito Iigaya

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry

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Iuliana Ionita-Laza

Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics

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Ann Iturra Mena

Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, CUIMC

Garud N. Iyengar

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute, Dept Industrial Eng & Oper Res

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Sheena Sethi Iyengar

S. T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

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Joshua Jacobs

Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia Engineering; Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences, Neurological Surgery

Administration

Maisem Jaloudi

Manager, Pre-Award Grants, Data Science Institute

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Sachin R. Jambawalikar

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Chief Medical Physicist, Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Suman Jana

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

Core Members

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Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

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Michael S. Johannes

Mario J. Gabelli Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School

Core Members

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Kostis Kaffes

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Anthimos Vardis Kandiros

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

Research Scientists and Scholars

Daniel Kilper

Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

Administration

Jacqueline B. Kishel

Assistant Director, Career Services, Data Science Institute

Administration

Courtney Knights

Major Gift Officer for University Initiatives, OAD Fundraising

Core Members

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Executive Committee

Despina Kontos

Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Radiological Sciences, Department of Radiology

Core Members

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Zoran Kostic

Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

Core Members

Samory K. Kpotufe

Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics

Administration

Robert W. Kramer

Associate Director of Admissions and Academic Affairs, Fu Fnd School Eng/Appl Science

Research Scientists and Scholars

Kriste Krstovski

Associate Research Scientist in the Data Science Institute, Data Science Institute

Core Members

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Sanat K Kumar

Michael Bykhovsky and Charo Gonzalez-Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

Core Members

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Andrew F. Laine

Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Radiology (Physics), Columbia Engineering

Administration

Terry Liu

Finance Analyst, Data Science Institute

Administration

Ye Lu

Post-Award Grants Manager, Data Science Institute

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Executive Committee

Arian Maleki

Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Core Members

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Lena Mamykina

Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Core Members

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Dobrin A. Marchev

Lecturer in the Discipline of Statistics, Department of Statistics

Administration

Madison J McClain-Frederick

Administrative Coordinator, Data Science Institute

Research Scientists and Scholars

Core Members

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Susan E McGregor

Research Scholar, Data Science Institute

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Eben Moglen

Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Administration

David Murray

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, OAD Fundraising

Core Members

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Executive Committee

Oded Netzer

Arthur J. Samberg Professor of Business; Vice Dean for Research, Columbia Business School

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Core Members

Serena Ng

Edwin W. Rickert Professor of Economics

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Palina (Poli) Niamkova (Nemkova)

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

Administration

Liam J. Noonan

Director of Finance and Administration, Data Science Institute

Administration

Piper Curtin Norton

Program Coordinator, Partner Engagement, Data Science Institute

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Maya Ogonah

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

Administration

Leadership Team

Radhika Patel

Chief Operating Officer for the Data Science Institute

Administration

Jessica Taylor Pavone

Managing Director, Engagement and Programs, Data Science Institute

Administration

Taylor Reyes

Student and Alumni Engagement Coordinator, Data Science Institute

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Joyce Trina Robbins

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Core Members

Cynthia Rush

Associate Professor of Statistics

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Core Members

Paul Sajda

Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Radiology (Physics) and Electrical Engineering; Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Core Members

Silvia Sellan

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Raghav Singhal

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

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Core Members

Clifford S. Stein

Wai T. Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Professor of Computer Science, IEOR Department

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Core Members

Eric Talley

Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business in the Faculty of Law

Core Members

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Nakul Verma

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering; MSDS Program Director, Data Science Institute

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Gal Vishne

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

Core Members

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Kaizheng Wang

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering

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Core Members

Rebecca Wexler

Alfred W. Bressler Professor of Law

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Executive Committee

Christopher H. Wiggins

Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Systems Biology, Columbia Engineering

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Core Members

Jeannette M. Wing

Executive Vice President for Research, Columbia University; Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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John N. Wright

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering

Core Members

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Rebecca N Wright

Druckenmiller Professor of Computer Science, Barnard College; Director, Vagelos Computational Science Center

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Eugene Wu

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

Core Members

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Tian Zheng

Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Tian-Yi Zhou

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Data Science Institute

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Core Members

Gil Zussman

Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering; Academic Director of Electrical Engineering MS Programs; Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering