Stanford pilots data science fellowship program

A fellowship program piloted last summer trained Stanford students to find data-driven solutions to pressing societal challenges.Students who participated developed skills ranging from coding to public speaking. They also received real-world experience by partnering with an organization that needed data science research assistance. Due to the success of the pilot, the program is expected to continue in 2020. Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) is a full-time, paid, on-campus summer opportunity open to all students and runs for nine weeks. It’s inspired by a similar program at the University of Chicago and was brought to Stanford to further the university’s Long-Range Planning initiative of expanding the scope of data science research.