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The official account of the UBC Master of Data Science program, a 10-month program that provides the technical foundation and practical data science experience.
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · 29d
We’re thrilled to showcase our amazing Capstone Partner, The WholeSHEBang, and their project: ““The Question Bot: Comprehensive Sexual Health Answers to Any Question.” Get the details of the capstone project here: bit.ly/3KIdhx5
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Sep 19
🌟 Weekly Capstone Project Spotlight! 🌟

This week, we are putting the spotlight on two capstone projects our students worked on for HCL Technologies. Interested in becoming a Capstone Partner? Submit a proposal here: bit.ly/4lEuEfo.
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Sep 18
It is National Post Doc Appreciation Week. The @ubcmds Vancouver program would like to celebrate our post docs (Andy Tai, Hedayat Zarkoob, Payman Nickchi, and Prajeet Bajpai) and all the hard work and contributions that they have made to the MDS program. Learn more about them here: bit.ly/47R1bLM
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Sep 12
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Sep 12
This week, we're thrilled to showcase our amazing UBC Master of Data Science Computational Linguistics capstone projects. Learn more about this year's MDS Computational Linguistics capstone projects and partners here: bit.ly/4ko5ZLn
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Sep 5
This week, we're excited to feature two capstone partners and their projects. The capstone team from LiteFarm and the team from Agrigates. Interested in become a capstone partner? Register for our info session here: bit.ly/416zaf4
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Aug 29
This week, we're thrilled to showcase our amazing Capstone Partner, UBC Cybersecurity, and their project: “Sniffing for Phishing”. Interested in become a capstone partner? Register for our info session here: bit.ly/416zaf4
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Aug 22
This week, we're excited to feature two capstone projects from BC Children’s Hospital and Digital Lab that were worked on by MDS Vancouver and Computational Linguistics students Interested in become a capstone proposal? Register for our info session here: bit.ly/416zaf4
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Aug 15
We are delighted to showcase our capstone the Office of the British Columbia Provincial Health Officer (PHO) and their project entitled “Forecasting Excess Mortality Due to Extreme Temperatures in British Columbia, Canada”. Learn more here: bit.ly/45hSB7f
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Aug 13
Are you interested in partnering with our talented data science students? @ubcmds.bsky.social is now accepting capstone proposals for our next cohort! Register for our virtual capstone information session on September 12, 2025 to learn more: bit.ly/416zaf4
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Aug 8
This week, we spotlight the capstone project our students worked on with ALS GeoAnalytics called “Explainable AI for Obtaining Mineralogical Insights: Visualizing Predictions in Deep Learning Models”. Interested in becoming a Capstone Partner? Submit a proposal here: bit.ly/4lEuEfo.
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Aug 5
We are delighted to showcase our capstone partner FinlyWealth and their project entitled “Find Me the Better Product!”. Learn more here: bit.ly/3Ih2n08
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Jul 25
Th UBC MDS Vancouver program are thrilled to welcome Elham E Khoda and Ilya Musabirov to the MDS team as Assistant Professors of Teaching.

Learn more about Elham here: masterdatascience.ubc.ca/why-ubc/peop... and Ilya here: masterdatascience.ubc.ca/why-ubc/peop...
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Jul 25
🚀 Weekly Capstone Spotlight 🚀

This week, we are taking a look at the capstone project our UBC MDS Computational Linguistics students did with the BC Ministry of Environment and Parks and their project entitled “Classifying Contaminated Sites Records”. Learn more here: bit.ly/3Gfbk9T
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Jul 18
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Jul 18
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Jul 18
This week, we're thrilled to showcase our amazing UBC Master of Data Science Okanagan capstone projects. Learn more about this year's MDS Okanagan capstone projects and partners here: bit.ly/4ko5ZLn

#UBCMDS #DataScience #CapstoneProjects #datascientists #ubc #mds #masterofdatascience
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · Jul 11
🌟 Weekly Capstone Project Spotlight 🌟

We are kicking off our weekly Capstone Spotlight series with the Vancouver Canucks and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Explore the incredible projects our students have worked on: bit.ly/4ko5ZLn #UBCMDS #DataScience #CapstoneProjects
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UBC Master of Data Science @ubcmds.bsky.social · May 27
We are pleased to welcome the newest member of the @ubcmds.bsky.social #ComputationalLinguistics team. Meet Isabel Papadimitriou (@isabelpapad). Isabel is joining us as an Assistant Professor starting in September 2025. Learn more about Isabel here: bit.ly/4dAWMNX