Data Science

Preparing future math teachers to teach data science

Future math teachers may be the key to bringing data science into high‑school classrooms, and curriculum designed by mathematics researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa is helping pre-service teachers build their data‑science skills by tapping into the math they already know.

June 4, 2026

Iowa State launches first AI graduate program in the state

Iowa State is launching a cutting-edge master's degree program in artificial intelligence, or AI, beginning fall semester 2021.

June 3, 2021

Rajan appointed chair

Kingland Professor of Data Analytics Hridesh Rajan will serve as chair of the Department of Computer Science.

October 30, 2020

A data science difference-maker

Jessie Bustin (’22 data science, statistics) turns her love of numbers into positive action.

October 2, 2020

Sociology, data science and statistics research enhance Iowa study

Study examines Iowa towns with decreased population experiencing same or higher perception of quality of life.

September 8, 2020

Chasing storm data: machine learning looks for useful data in U.S. thunderstorm reports

Meteorology professor joins forces with data-science team to study and analyze Storm Reports database

September 10, 2019

New data science major approved at Iowa State University

New undergraduate degree in data science will help students prepare for one of the nation's fastest-growing fields.

June 7, 2018

Midwest Big Data Summer School kicks off July 10

Early career researchers interested in big data can get a boost from training at ISU

June 28, 2017