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Beyond Words: How Experiential Learning is Powering The Data Mine

Words alone don’t always tell the full story—context matters. Semantic computing is the field that bridges this gap, enabling machines to go beyond just processing text to truly understanding its meaning, intent, and relationships. By analyzing context, semantics, and structure,…

Purdue celebrates groundbreaking for new residence hall

Purdue University officials will stage a groundbreaking celebration Friday (April 12) for the new residence hall immediately south of Hillenbrand Residence Hall on the West Lafayette campus. Purdue celebrates groundbreaking for new residence hall

The Data Mine Symposium: Highlighting the research Data Mine students have conducted with their corporate partners

The Data Mine Corporate Partners Symposium gives student project teams a chance to present more than 85 applied projects with 55 industry partners through an interactive poster session. Everyone in the Purdue community is invited to attend and interact with…

Graduating Purdue senior channels entrepreneurial mindset to propel growth, success in her hometown

Emmani Ellis, a senior double-majoring in mechatronics engineering technology and robotics engineering technology, aims to tackle her entrepreneurial goals after crossing the stage at Purdue University’s winter commencement ceremonies on Sunday (Dec. 17). Graduating Purdue senior channels entrepreneurial mindset to…

Purdue trustees approve new residence hall with nearly 900 beds; Hillenbrand Hall South to address increased demand for on-campus housing, provide more space for The Data Mine

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (Aug. 4) gave approval to plan, finance, construct and award construction contracts for a new residence hall immediately south of Hillenbrand Residence Hall on the West Lafayette campus Purdue trustees approve new…

Data-fluid teams tackle sports analytics

Data is flowing everywhere, 24/7, from tens of billions of connected devices along the Internet of Things. But it’s just loose bits of information — albeit with tremendous potential for insight — until it is properly analyzed. We are now…

“I couldn’t ask for more:” Jesse Omondi’s journey from Kenya to Purdue Engineering

Jesse Omondi loved three things: business, basketball, and engineering. At Purdue University, he found the perfect combination of all three! As this graduating senior moves on to the business and consulting world, he reflects on his Purdue journey. “I couldn’t…

In the Spotlight – Video: Experiencing The Data Mine at Purdue

When you think of the typical classroom experience, you probably aren’t thinking of The Data Mine. Students in this Purdue community are engaged in real-life, project-based learning — but it’s not just about data fluency. It’s about taking ownership, working…

Data science for all: Thriving in a human-centered, data-driven workforce

If you think about a typical college classroom experience, what do you picture? Maybe you imagine a professor standing at the front of a classroom or a lecture hall — and facing her neat rows of students diligently taking notes….

Living in a professional learning community

Students can find a community no matter what their chosen discipline is — everything from Research Accelerator (which aims to fast-track students interested in undergraduate research), to The Data Mine (where students across all majors can explore the field of…

Monthly dashboard created to better conceptualize ag job market

Former Data Mine student uses data to create an Ag Jobs Dashboard. Monthly dashboard created to better conceptualize ag job market

SOA Centers of Actuarial Excellence (CAE) Announcement

“The SOA is delighted to welcome the actuarial programs from Purdue University and the University of Texas at Dallas as our newest CAEs. This is a prestigious designation, acknowledging their efforts in providing education to future actuaries,” noted Eileen Luxton,…

The Data Mine program at Purdue gives hands-on data science experience

Developing data science knowledge for all students at Purdue is The Data Mine program’s main focus, especially with the modern prevalence of digital devices. The Data Mine program at Purdue gives hands-on data science experience

MINING DATA FOR AGRICULTURE’S FUTURE

The College of Agriculture has participated in The Data Mine from the beginning. Agriculture is one of 20 Data Mine learning communities available to the approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the program, and students representing many of the…

Developing the 21st century data science workforce

NSF program aims to expand data science education pathways while solving community issues. One approach to expanding the talent pool is to engage more students outside of traditional data science programs. In 2018, Purdue University established The Data Mine, a…

Purdue’s Data Mine is making data science accessible for all

Mark Daniel Ward, director of The Data Mine and a professor of statistics, is enthusiastic about experiences like Dopp’s and is taking the benefits of the program to a larger level to reach more college students with The National Data…