Program Overview

Datasets of enormous complexity and size are being generated in the diverse areas of genomics, imaging, electronic health records, social media, and environmental monitoring. The insights obtained from these massive data sources will inform the prevention and treatment of human diseases and play a major role in biology, medicine, and public health in the coming decade. However, more training is needed to prepare the next generation of leaders to tackle these challenges.

The Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale (BDSY) has been designed to introduce undergraduate students to the growing number of approaches to big data:

• Students gain a comprehensive overview of the field of big data working on mentored research projects.
• Participants will have the opportunity to participate in professional preparation activities and attend virtual journey lectures. Journey lectures showcase the academic journeys of researchers at different stages of their careers in data science.
• At the program's conclusion, each research project group presents its findings and learns about other student projects at a concluding research symposium.
• Throughout the program, our participants have the unique opportunity to interact with distinguished faculty and graduate students from the YSPH departments of biostatistics, statistics, engineering and computer science.