Ask an Expert: Buffalo State Data Scientist Discusses Job Outlook in Era of Artificial Intelligence
What’s driving this trend?
So many facets of AI, including translators, facial recognition software, and self-driving cars, are now available because of one type of raw material: data. It’s the gold of our times.
All the revolutions we’ve gone through—agricultural, industrial, and now, informational, are based on technology and have forced a realignment of day-to-day life. When the Model T was invented, people selling horses lost jobs. When Hollywood introduced sound in the late 1920s, silent actors with horrible voices lost jobs. Today’s realignment creates the chance to do things differently, more efficiently, and sometimes better.
Read the full article here: Ask a Buffalo State Expert: Data Scientist Discusses Job Outlook in Era of Artificial Intelligence
News Western New York genomics fellowship seeks to add diversity to the field
9/26/21
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Faculty and staff from SUNY Buffalo State College and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have designed a new fellowship to promote diversity in the growing field of genomics.
“With our help, we’ll be able to bring into this exciting field that has a lot of job opportunities and a lot of potential," said Joaquin Carbonara, PhD, chair of Buffalo State's Data Science and Analytics department. "We’re going to bring a lot of people that wouldn’t be able to do it without it.”
Read the full article written by Buffalo State DSA Alumna I'Jaz Ja'Ciel on the Sprctrum News Website: Western New York genomics fellowship seeks to add diversity to the field
Congratulations Summer 2021 Graduates
8/13/21
Congratulations Spring 2021 Graduates
5/15/21
Watch the Commencement ceremony reading of the graduate names below.
Congratulations DSA Alumna I'Jaz Eberhardt for winning the President’s Medal for Outstanding Graduate Student
5/15/21
Watch I'Jaz's validictorian address below.
Congratulations 2021 DSA Student Award Winners
5/13/21
Stephen Fiore was recognized for his excellence in his DSA coursework while overcoming personal challenges by being awarded the Exemplary Performance Under Adversity Award.
Matthew Bergey was recognized for his accomplishments in the DSA program by being awarded DSA Faculty Award for Excellence in Overall Performance.
Ran Ning was recognized for the results of her internship with ECLIPSE by being awarded the Outstanding Internship or Professional Lab Award.
Jillian Goodwyn was recognized for her leadership abilities in the classroom and her professional lab by being awarded the DSA Leadership Award.
Core Courses, MAT 616 and MAT 646, will now be offered in both Spring and Fall semesters.
2/18/2021
We are excited to share that MAT 616 and MAT 646 will now be offered twice each year in the Spring and Fall semesters. This will allow DSA students greater flexibility when planning their courses.
Build a Better Future with Data Science Event
1/27/21
Industry Advisory Board members, students and daulty came together to discuss the following content:
- Learn more about how data science can help you and your business
- Translate vision into action
- Be part of a learning community to implement data science in all sectors
- Learn about the possibility of collaborating with the Data Science and Analytics (DSA) program at Buffalo State by having a group of DSA Master of Science student work to solve a challenge from your company
Congratulations class of 2020
5/16/20
Watch our first ever virtual commencement celebrating the accomplishments of our Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics (PACM) and our first graduating class of the Data Science and Analytics (DSA) program.
Thought Leaders: Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
4/24/20
With a massive share of the workforce operating out of home offices, cybersecurity in business has never been more vital.
That was one of the major takeaways from this month’s Thought Leaders discussion, which was hosted virtually on April 16 by Hodgson Russ LLP attorneys Gary Schober and Patrick Fitzsimmons.
“I think the result of the coronavirus and what people are going through right now is that people are pushed out of their comfort zone,” said Joaquin Carbonara, chair of the interdisciplinary unit in data science and analytics at SUNY Buffalo State.
Read the full Article here: Thought Leaders: Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
News Canadian AI company Rel8ed.to expands to Buffalo area with help from regional innovators
11/22/2019
Bob Lytle, an American entrepreneur, has come full circle after co-founding his company in Canada. It was always the plan to expand back into the States, and, with the recent opening of an office in Buffalo, Rel8ed.to, his artificial intelligence data company, has received help from experts in cross-border relations.
Read the full Article here: Canadian AI company Rel8ed.to expands to Buffalo area with help from regional innovators
News New advanced degrees in data analytics being programmed in WNY
7/18/19
Our very own Dr. Carbonara was recently interviewed by Buffalo Bussiness First on his launch of his new Data Analytics program at SUNY Buffalo State. This link leads to the article for subscribers to Buffalo Business First. Here is a small excerpt from the article:
"Both Canisius College and SUNY Buffalo State have launched new degrees in data analytics recently, seeking to meet the vast employer demand for database experts."
News Build a Better Buffalo with Data Analytics
6/27/19
| Build a Better Buffalo with Data Analytics by: I'jaz Eberhardt |
On June 27, SUNY Buffalo State hosted Build a Better Buffalo with Data Analytics Across Disciplines (BBB-DAAD), a networking and brainstorming session for local professionals to engage in problem-solving by utilizing data analytics to promote collaboration among diverse local industries. The gathering was a kickoff to a series of similar events that will feature crowdsourcing of ideas, hackathons, and other practices to address some of the topics discussed...read more
Delaware North Data Analytics and Business Cases
4/27/19
This presentation will highlight the data points Delaware North is currently focused on, showing how the data is captured and what is being done to use that data for forecasting and predictive analysis.
Demand and Salaries for Data Scientists Continue to Climb
1/17/19
Data science job openings are expanding faster than the number of technologists looking for them, says job-search firm Indeed