NYU Center for Data Science
@nyudatascience.bsky.social
Official account of the NYU Center for Data Science, the home of the Undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph.D. programs in data science. cds.nyu.edu
Alumni Advice: Software Engineer Yihao Zhong graduated in May 2024 with a CS/DS joint major and now works at NVIDIA.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Alumni Advice: Software Engineer Yihao Zhong graduated in May 2024 with a CS/DS joint major and now works at NVIDIA.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
His advice?
Listen to podcasts.
They're his favorite media format and provide valuable connections and insights into how industry and academia work.
Meet CDS Faculty Fellow Erin Grant (@[email protected]), who builds simplified neural networks to model cognition, focusing on learning, generalization, and symbolic reasoning.
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Meet the Fellow: Erin Grant
CDS Faculty Fellow Erin Grant studies how neural networks can model the building blocks of cognition.
nyudatascience.medium.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Meet CDS Faculty Fellow Erin Grant (@[email protected]), who builds simplified neural networks to model cognition, focusing on learning, generalization, and symbolic reasoning.
nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...
nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fel...
Attention Prospective MS Students! We’re reposting our Life Style Budget video to give you an idea of what the budget of an NYU MSDS student looks like. youtu.be/dvseudEzJ4I?...
MS Data Science: Monthly Budget & Living Costs | NYU Center for Data Science
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November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Attention Prospective MS Students! We’re reposting our Life Style Budget video to give you an idea of what the budget of an NYU MSDS student looks like. youtu.be/dvseudEzJ4I?...
Big news! CDS is joining forces with @nyucourant.bsky.social to become the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science.
The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Big news! CDS is joining forces with @nyucourant.bsky.social to become the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science.
The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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The new school will include CDS together with the Depts of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More info: nyu.edu/academics/sc...
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Wanna do a postdoc at NYU? We have postings for Faculty Fellows at both @nyudatascience.bsky.social and @nyucourant.bsky.social CS in the new School for Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science!
Come work with the best!
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/175537
CDS: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Come work with the best!
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/175537
CDS: apply.interfolio.com/174686
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wanna do a postdoc at NYU? We have postings for Faculty Fellows at both @nyudatascience.bsky.social and @nyucourant.bsky.social CS in the new School for Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science!
Come work with the best!
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/175537
CDS: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Come work with the best!
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/175537
CDS: apply.interfolio.com/174686
How human should a “user simulator” be?
CDS Faculty Fellow @nickatomlin.bsky.social and Berkeley AI Research PhD student @jessylin.bsky.social lay out a framework—context, scaffold, and objective—for modeling realistic users to train better AI assistants.
jessylin.com/2025/09/25/u...
CDS Faculty Fellow @nickatomlin.bsky.social and Berkeley AI Research PhD student @jessylin.bsky.social lay out a framework—context, scaffold, and objective—for modeling realistic users to train better AI assistants.
jessylin.com/2025/09/25/u...
What does it take to build a human-like user simulator?
jessylin.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
How human should a “user simulator” be?
CDS Faculty Fellow @nickatomlin.bsky.social and Berkeley AI Research PhD student @jessylin.bsky.social lay out a framework—context, scaffold, and objective—for modeling realistic users to train better AI assistants.
jessylin.com/2025/09/25/u...
CDS Faculty Fellow @nickatomlin.bsky.social and Berkeley AI Research PhD student @jessylin.bsky.social lay out a framework—context, scaffold, and objective—for modeling realistic users to train better AI assistants.
jessylin.com/2025/09/25/u...
Welcome to CDS, Associate Professor Greg Durrett (@gregdnlp.bsky.social)!
Prof Durrett joins us from UT Austin. His research focuses on how to train large language models to reason, reflect, and extrapolate — and how to get them to be more creative.
nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...
Prof Durrett joins us from UT Austin. His research focuses on how to train large language models to reason, reflect, and extrapolate — and how to get them to be more creative.
nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...
Meet the Faculty: Greg Durrett
CDS welcomes Greg Durrett, whose work focuses on reasoning, creativity, and the future of large language models.
nyudatascience.medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Welcome to CDS, Associate Professor Greg Durrett (@gregdnlp.bsky.social)!
Prof Durrett joins us from UT Austin. His research focuses on how to train large language models to reason, reflect, and extrapolate — and how to get them to be more creative.
nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...
Prof Durrett joins us from UT Austin. His research focuses on how to train large language models to reason, reflect, and extrapolate — and how to get them to be more creative.
nyudatascience.medium.com/meet-the-fac...
The 2025 CDS Homecoming brought together alumni, faculty, and students for an evening of research lightning talks, dinner, and reconnection.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The 2025 CDS Homecoming brought together alumni, faculty, and students for an evening of research lightning talks, dinner, and reconnection.
Asst. Prof. Bo Dai from Georgia Tech & Google DeepMind recently gave a CILVR Seminar at CDS about representation-based reinforcement learning.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Asst. Prof. Bo Dai from Georgia Tech & Google DeepMind recently gave a CILVR Seminar at CDS about representation-based reinforcement learning.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
Dai's work bridges world models and policy through spectral representations, enabling tractable planning with theoretical guarantees.
Women in Data Science at CDS hosted Diwalloween, bringing Diwali and Halloween traditions together.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Women in Data Science at CDS hosted Diwalloween, bringing Diwali and Halloween traditions together.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
Students painted pumpkins and diyas, and enjoyed Indian food.
CDS is hiring Faculty Fellows for 2026!
This two-year role offers time and support to pursue independent research with a minimal teaching load.
Learn more and apply by Nov 24: nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-is-hirin...
This two-year role offers time and support to pursue independent research with a minimal teaching load.
Learn more and apply by Nov 24: nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-is-hirin...
CDS Is Hiring Faculty Fellows
CDS is accepting applications for its Faculty Fellow positions. The deadline is November 24, 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
CDS is hiring Faculty Fellows for 2026!
This two-year role offers time and support to pursue independent research with a minimal teaching load.
Learn more and apply by Nov 24: nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-is-hirin...
This two-year role offers time and support to pursue independent research with a minimal teaching load.
Learn more and apply by Nov 24: nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-is-hirin...
A reminder that the CDS PhD program application deadline is approaching! Applicants have until December 4 to submit. More info available on our website: cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A reminder that the CDS PhD program application deadline is approaching! Applicants have until December 4 to submit. More info available on our website: cds.nyu.edu/phd-admissio...
CDS Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Eunsol Choi (@eunsol.bsky.social) shares advice for prospective MS students:
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
CDS Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Eunsol Choi (@eunsol.bsky.social) shares advice for prospective MS students:
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
🔹Build fundamentals with basic math courses
🔹Take CS courses to prepare for CDS coursework
CDS PhD students recently gathered for the first PhD Community Building Lunch Hour of the semester.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CDS PhD students recently gathered for the first PhD Community Building Lunch Hour of the semester.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
The event featured a "Data Science PhD"-themed BINGO game, catered lunch, and a chance to take a break during midterms.
Congratulations to CDS Fall 2026 Incoming Asst. Prof. of Mathematics and Data Science Zongyi Li, selected as a 2025 AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Sciences—one of 21 early career fellows in this year's cohort of 28 researchers across 8 countries.
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
Schmidt Sciences awards $18M to researchers working to ensure AI benefits society - Schmidt Sciences
Media Contact: Carlie Wiener; [email protected] NEW YORK—Schmidt Sciences announced today that 28 scholars studying how to fulfill AI’s potential to dramatically benefit hu...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Congratulations to CDS Fall 2026 Incoming Asst. Prof. of Mathematics and Data Science Zongyi Li, selected as a 2025 AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Sciences—one of 21 early career fellows in this year's cohort of 28 researchers across 8 countries.
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
CDS advisor & NYU Stern Prof Vasant Dhar launches his new book "Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI" on Nov 17, in conversation with Fubon Data Analytics & AI Director Foster Provost.
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
CDS advisor & NYU Stern Prof Vasant Dhar launches his new book "Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI" on Nov 17, in conversation with Fubon Data Analytics & AI Director Foster Provost.
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
5:30-7:30 PM at Gardner Commons at NYU Stern.
Register: tinyurl.com/thinkingwith...
Matt Lehman from the Miami Marlins data science program recently visited CDS.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Matt Lehman from the Miami Marlins data science program recently visited CDS.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
He discussed career opportunities in baseball analytics, shared details about a Baseball Analyst/Data Scientist opening with the Marlins, and answered questions about working in sports.
CDS is hiring Faculty Fellows — 2-year positions where fellows lead independent research.
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
CDS is hiring Faculty Fellows — 2-year positions where fellows lead independent research.
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Teaching load: 1 course/year.
Areas include ML, NLP, cognitive science, deep learning theory, healthcare, social sciences, and responsible AI.
Apply by Nov 24: apply.interfolio.com/174686
Why do 'thinking' models produce longer answers after reinforcement learning?
CDS PhD student Nikolaos Tsilivis explains a new theory—developed with CDS’ Julia Kempe, Meta’s Karen Ullrich, & Eran Malach—linking response length to reasoning and performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/why-ai-model...
CDS PhD student Nikolaos Tsilivis explains a new theory—developed with CDS’ Julia Kempe, Meta’s Karen Ullrich, & Eran Malach—linking response length to reasoning and performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/why-ai-model...
Why AI Models ‘Think’ Longer: New Theory Explains Reasoning Breakthrough
New theory by CDS PhD student Nikolaos Tsilivis, CDS’ Julia Kempe, & others links AI models’ longer answers to better reasoning…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Why do 'thinking' models produce longer answers after reinforcement learning?
CDS PhD student Nikolaos Tsilivis explains a new theory—developed with CDS’ Julia Kempe, Meta’s Karen Ullrich, & Eran Malach—linking response length to reasoning and performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/why-ai-model...
CDS PhD student Nikolaos Tsilivis explains a new theory—developed with CDS’ Julia Kempe, Meta’s Karen Ullrich, & Eran Malach—linking response length to reasoning and performance.
nyudatascience.medium.com/why-ai-model...
Congrats to CDS Sr Research Scientist Shirley Ho, selected as a 2025 AI2050 Senior Fellow by Schmidt Sciences—one of 7 senior fellows in this year's cohort of 28 researchers who will receive more than $18 million to advance beneficial AI.
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congrats to CDS Sr Research Scientist Shirley Ho, selected as a 2025 AI2050 Senior Fellow by Schmidt Sciences—one of 7 senior fellows in this year's cohort of 28 researchers who will receive more than $18 million to advance beneficial AI.
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
www.schmidtsciences.org/2025-ai2050-...
CDS Assoc Prof Brian McFee's advice for MS applicants:
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CDS Assoc Prof Brian McFee's advice for MS applicants:
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
🔹Build strong mathematical fundamentals
🔹Develop problem formulation skills
🔹Gain project experience
🔹Learn to transform problems into computational methods
🔹Develop interests beyond methods
🔹Have a sense of direction
CDS Sr. Research Scientist Shirley Ho and CDS Prof. @yann-lecun.bsky.social are keynoting the 2026 World Modeling Workshop (Feb 4–6 at Mila), with NYU Courant's Sherry Yang, and others.
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
CDS Sr. Research Scientist Shirley Ho and CDS Prof. @yann-lecun.bsky.social are keynoting the 2026 World Modeling Workshop (Feb 4–6 at Mila), with NYU Courant's Sherry Yang, and others.
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
The workshop spans SSL, RL, robotics, LLMs & more.
📍 Montréal + online
🔗 world-model-mila.github.io
MS Admissions Ambassador Peter Zhong on why he chose CDS to do an MS in data science after working in finance & consulting:
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
MS Admissions Ambassador Peter Zhong on why he chose CDS to do an MS in data science after working in finance & consulting:
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
✅ Field-defining faculty
✅ Theory balanced with application
✅ An interdisciplinary structure
✅ Collaborative community
✅ NYC's proximity to industry
CDS PhD alum Vishakh Padmakumar (@vishakhpk.bsky.social), now at Stanford, tackled the hard part of summarization — deciding what matters.
At Adobe, he built diversity-aware summarizers; at AI2, intent-based tools for literature review tables.
nyudatascience.medium.com/supercharged...
At Adobe, he built diversity-aware summarizers; at AI2, intent-based tools for literature review tables.
nyudatascience.medium.com/supercharged...
Supercharged Information Synthesis: CDS Alum Teaches AI Models What Information Actually Matters
CDS PhD alum Vishakh Padmakumar tackled summarization’s hardest challenge: choosing what matters.
nyudatascience.medium.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CDS PhD alum Vishakh Padmakumar (@vishakhpk.bsky.social), now at Stanford, tackled the hard part of summarization — deciding what matters.
At Adobe, he built diversity-aware summarizers; at AI2, intent-based tools for literature review tables.
nyudatascience.medium.com/supercharged...
At Adobe, he built diversity-aware summarizers; at AI2, intent-based tools for literature review tables.
nyudatascience.medium.com/supercharged...
Congrats to CDS Faculty Fellow Ilia Sucholutsky (@sucholutsky.bsky.social), who will join Purdue University's Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congrats to CDS Faculty Fellow Ilia Sucholutsky (@sucholutsky.bsky.social), who will join Purdue University's Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.
His lab will work on AI thought partners, and he's recruiting PhD students this cycle.