2016 Summer Young Data Science for High School

(YDS 2016)

   When: July 11, 2016 ~ July 22, 2016 (2 weeks)  

   Where: South Hall, University of Bridgeport, CT

Cost: FREE inlcuding lunch !!

• 2016 YDS is ended on July 22 (Friday). Thank you so much for all your support. See you at YDS 2017
• 2016 YDS Facebook page for more information and photos at

• 2016 YDS Professor. Myung Jong Lee at CUNY will have a talk on July 20 [ click ] and Flyer [ PDF ]
  
• 2016 YDS Three UB Professor will visit YDS for lunch talk [ click ]
• Prof. Navarun Gupta (Chair of EE at UB): July 18
• Prof. Jani Palis (Professor of ME at UB): July 21
• Prof. Prabir Patra (Chair of BME at UB): TBD
  
• 2016 YDS IBM field trip schedule is updated [ click ]
  
• 2016 YDS Online Application is closed now. All invited students are notified.
• 2016 YDS Some photos of South Hall at UB are uploaded [ click ]
  
• 2016 YDS Java Syllabus [ PDF ], Python Syllabus [ PDF ], Data Analytics Syllabus [ PDF ] and a sample project [ PDF ] are updated
  
• 2016 YDS Field Trip to IBM TJ Watson, NY including tour and lunch with Korean scientists (July 13, 2016)
  
• 2016 YDS Flyer: [ English ] [ Korean ]
• 2016 YDS Facebook Page
  

About YDS Summer Camp

The Young Data Science (YDS) summer camp brings together a collaborative group of 8-10 high school students from around New York and Connecticut. For two weeks this summer, students will participate in an introduction to data analytics, learn intensive computer programming languages including Java and Python, and tour many aspects of data science.

The camp's goal is to expose motivated and academically promising students to object-oriented programming (Java) and data science programming (Python), and social media data analytics.

Young Data Science provides an intensive, hands-on science curriculum that emphasizes discovery through data science lecture, research lab tours, invited speakers in data science, as well as programming language sessions.

The curriculum is designed by UB faculty, and graduate and professional students. UB Ph.D students and Computer Science students serve a vital role as teaching assistants and mentors. In addition, there will be a field trip to IBM T.J. Watson, NY including tour and lunch with Korean scientists at IBM T.J. Watson.

•       Java: intermediate level of Java session based on hand-on labs

•       Python: introduction of Python focusing on social media data analytics

•       Data Analytics: introducing data science, data mining and statistics

•       Project: Social media data analytics and mining

Who may attend? 9th - 12th graders who are interested in Computer Science, Data Analytics and Programming are welcome to apply.

Is there a cost? No, it’s FREE.

Transportation? No transportation will be provided. Parents need to drop-off and pick-up at the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut).

Where is it? YDS camp will be held in South Hall at the University of Bridgeport which is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut (I-95 South, Exit 27).

When is it? July 11, 2016 ~ July 22, 2016 (2 weeks). 9:00 AM ~ 2:30 PM for regular sessions and 3:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM optional research hours.

What about lunch? Lunch will be provided, and there will be 2 ~ 3 times of lunch time with researcher and professors.

How to apply? Go to YDS website http://www.bridgeport.edu/~jelee/yds and then fill out the online application form.