I’ve learned skills in data collection, analysis, reporting, and visualization – all of which will serve me in any future research and my career. I also appreciated working in a team, the support from our project manager, and working to overcome obstacles together.

Josefina Masjuan
Building Stronger Communities: The Evolution of Funding in North Carolina Public Education

I gained a lot from my Data+ experience. I learned how to work on the fly. How to work with students that are much different from myself with different upbringings and scientific backgrounds. I also learned how to stay resilient in the face of tragedy, adversity and a busy schedule to still get things done and get something meaningful out of the Data + experience. I think I doubted how much of a full and immersive experience it (Data +) would actually be. I was pleasantly surprised to find that, if given the right group and the correct project this experience could be just as meaningful as any summer internship or research opportunity at a company or even more so.

Uzo Uwazurike
Predicting microbial growth to understand biological resilience 2025

I find AI very interesting. When you work in this field you must get very deep, and I got a lot out of this project.

Yasir Alhasaniyyah (KAUST)
AI-Powered Discovery of Counterexamples in Discrete Mathematics

Data+ made me realize how diverse data science work can be. Initially, I thought my project will be given a dataset and do certain analysis using regression models. But it turned out to be a project democratizing data analysis to biologists using a webapp, which involves a lot of front-end coding that I was not expecting. Through this I learned a lot about different aspects of the field.

James Peng
Predicting microbial growth to understand biological resilience 2025

I gained valuable experience tackling real-world data science and machine learning challenges faced by companies in the industry. My project gave me exposure to both the technical and business sides of the work. I also had the opportunity to collaborate with a great team and build meaningful connections.

Anonymous