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Impact Report 2023-2025

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Announcing our third Impact Report (2023-2025), sharing stories about the people and ideas that make up the HDSI community.

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Generative AI Workshops

A promotional poster with a purple and red gradient background reads “LEVELING UP WITH GEN AI” in large white capital letters. Below, smaller text states: “Weekly workshops begin Feb 20, 4:00–5:30pm, Room B103, Northwest Bldg, Harvard ID holders only.” A silhouetted figure faces vertical, code-like light patterns in the background. Along the bottom, it says “Presented by:” followed by logos for the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Weekly spring semester Generative AI workshops starting February 20th.

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HDSI Postdoctoral Fellowships

The HDSI Postdoctoral Fellows work independently over a two-to-three year fellowship with the guidance and partnership of Harvard University faculty.

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Harvard Data Science Review

As an open access platform of the HDSI, Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR) aspires to be a global forum on everything data science and data science for everyone.

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Research Programs

The HDSI supports research in data science methodology and applications through multiple programs that align with research interests across Harvard Schools.

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Industry Engagement

Learn from industry data scientists about the role data science plays in their organization, the methods and techniques being used, and their own career trajectory.

Upcoming Events

Oct
05

Causal Seminar: Joseph Hogan, Brown University

On October 5, 2026 at 3:00 pm till 4:30 pm
Oct
06

Faculty AI Seminar: Gary King

On October 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm till 1:30 pm
Oct
08

The Missing Discipline of Production AI with Arya Tafvizi, Counterfact Labs

On October 8, 2026 at 1:30 pm till 2:30 pm
Oct
22

Building on a Moving Target with Tomasz Tunguz, Theory Venture Capital

On October 22, 2026 at 1:30 pm till 2:30 pm
Nov
05

Industry Seminar: Bo Li, Meta

On November 5, 2026 at 1:30 pm till 2:30 pm
Nov
10

Causal Seminar: Angela Zhou, University of Southern California

On November 10, 2026 at 4:00 pm till 5:30 pm

News + Announcements

  • Newly Funded: Two Faculty Special Projects
    The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce support for two new faculty research projects: The Medical AI Failure Modes Atlas: A Cross-Disciplinary Resource for Understanding When Clinical AI Fails Rayan Harari, Faculty Member at Harvard Medical School, leads a project to create an open, case-based resource for understanding how and why medical AI systems…
  • Newly Funded: Two Faculty Special Projects
    The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce support for two new faculty research projects: From Friction to Formation: Building a Collaboration Catalyst for AI-Supported Research Partnerships S. Bryn Austin, Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, seeks to understand why promising interdisciplinary…
  • Newly Funded: Four Faculty Special Projects
    The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce support for four new faculty research projects: Identifying social and environmental drivers of congenital anomalies using causal machine learning Hawazin Elani, Associate Professor in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, is applying causal machine learning to approximately 100 million U.S. birth…

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