布朗大学数据科学专业解析

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布朗大学数据科学硕士（Data Science Initiative，缩写DSI）项目是布朗大学新开设的交叉学科项目，由数学、应用数学、生物统计及计算机科学四个系共同开设。该项目旨在提供对数据科学方法和算法的基本理解，通过研究数学、统计学和计算机科学的相关主题来实现，包括机器学习、数据挖掘、安全和隐私、可视化和数据管理。

课程设置

该项目为期一年，包含3个学期，秋季、春季外加一个暑期学期，具体课程

秋季课程

l Probability, Statistics, and Machine Learning

l Hands-on Data Science

l Data Engineering

春季课程

l Statistical Learning

l Deep Learning and Special Topics in Data Science

l Data and Society

l Elective. (Domain knowledge relevant to individual interest)

夏季课程

l Data Practicum. (Real-world data project, in industry or academia)

就业数据

就业岗位

l Applied Scientist - Business System Analyst - Clinical Data Manager - Data Coordinator - Data Engineer

l Data Science Associate - Data Science Fellow - Data Scientist - Global Business Analyst - Health Data Scientist

l Insight Research Analyst - Investment Analyst - Investment Banking Analyst - Machine Learning Engineer

l Machine Learning Researcher - Natural Language Processor - Operations Analyst - Performance Design Engineer

l Predoctoral Young Investigator - Product Analyst - Product Marketing Manager - Program Manager

l Quantitative Analyst - Quantitative Associate - Research Analyst - Research and Development Scientist

l Risk Analyst - Scientific Investigator - Software Engineer - Speech Scientist - Technical Product Manager

就业单位

l 1800-Flowers.com - 6Estates - Advanced Portfolio Management - Allen Institute for AI - Amazon - AppSheet

l Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Black Sesame Technologies, Inc. - ByteDance - CAPE Analytics - Capital One

l Chartbeat - Chef US - Citi Bank - Citizens Bank - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Comcast

l DeepHealth - Devron Corporation - DiDi - Endeavor - Epiq - Ericsson - EY-Parthenon - Fang88.com

l Fidelity Investments - Frontier Communications - Genospace - Goldman Sachs - Google - Grasshopper Bank

l Green Dot Public Schools - GSK - Hasbro - Hopper - Hudson's Bay Company - Hypernet Labs - IBM

l Inspirit AI - Instacart - Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences - iRobot - LinkedIn

l Los Alamos National Laboratory - Luma Health - Massachusetts General Hospital - Medidata Solutions

l Microsoft - Minted - Montefiore Health Systems - Net App - Next Insurance - OpenRisk Technologies

l Optiver - Oracle - Pandemic Response Lab NYC - PayPal - Peloton Interactive - PPD - Prosper Marketplace

l Qsemble - Restaurant Brands International - Rev.com - Rhythm International - Santander Bank - Service Channel

l Shutterstock - SimpliSafe - Square - Strava - Survey Monkey - Swiss Re - Tagup, Inc. - Teng Yue Partners, L.P.

l Tesla - TikTok- ToGoBOX - UC San Francisco - USAA Real Estate - View, Inc. - Wayfair - Zylotech

同时，也有学生继续攻读博士学位

l Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Brown University

l Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Engineering, Brown University

l Ph.D. Candidate, Statistics, Boston University

l Ph.D. Candidate, School of Engineering, Brown University

l Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Brown University

l Ph.D. Candidate, Cognitive Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University

l Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale School of Medicine

l Ph.D. Candidate, Biology, Brown University

l Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Brown University

l Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, University of Oxford

l Ph.D. Candidate, Astrophysics, University of Georgia

l Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science, UC Santa Cruz

l Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, Brown University

l Ph.D. Candidate, Biology, University of Tokyo

申请信息

背景要求

项目没有设置固定的先修课程，希望申请者有一定的数学、统计和计算机背景，建议至少学习过1年的微积分，1学期的线性代数，1学期的概率论与统计，以及一门计算机编程语言课程。如果申请者特别出色，缺少先修课程也可以被录取

申请截止日期2月1日

申请材料

l 成绩单

l GRE：要求提供，接受at-home考试成绩，录取学生的GRE quantitive score of 165 - 170, 写作4分及以上

l 托福105或者雅思7.5【低于此成绩不会被考虑】

l 简历

l Personal statement

l 推荐信3封

l Writing sample-选择性递交