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CS doesn’t have a monopoly on computing education: Programming is for everyone

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The course is about SciPy, cleaning data, Numpy, and building data visualizations with libraries like MatPlotLib. Most data science programs cover these topics, but most computer science programs dont. All of Statistics is taught in R. Its very common in Psychology, Anthropology, and Sociology.

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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

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“The development of innovative tools is enabling us to make unprecedented discoveries within plant science,” says Sue. These tools and approaches cover systems biology, synthetic biology, biosensors, data science, artificial intelligence, gene editing, precision breeding, the microbiome, and more.”.

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

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“The overall goal of this work is to make scientific data more accessible,” she says. Linda and Megan hope that their work will continue to support researchers with the goals of understanding the biology of ME/CFS and developing new treatments. proteins) to better understand how they function.

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Top 4 Reasons to Study Computer Science

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Beyond the obvious concentration in computer science, there are many related areas of study like computer information systems, information technology, data science, and computer systems networking. Even non-CS majors, like business, biology, and English use technology constantly to communicate ideas.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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Yamil and the team use data science, statistical mechanics, powerful computational modelling tools and machine learning (ML) tools to learn more about adsorption and discover and design new porous materials. How does the team do this research? It is an exciting time to consider a chemical and biomolecular engineering career!

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

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To make sense of these data, researchers turn to bioinformatics, the scientific field that uses computers and computational techniques to analyse large and complex biological datasets. Before going to dental school at the University of Iowa, I worked in a molecular biology lab and as a technician in a hospital pharmacy.

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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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At university, degrees in statistics, mathematics, data science or computer science will all offer classes in statistics and probability. “Learning probability without being able to create computer models is like learning chemistry without being able to do experiments,” says Min. •