Data Science
Student Affairs Newsletter
HDSI Student Council
Mission Statement
The HDSI Student Council is the presiding collective voice that addresses the needs and concerns of its student body to Data Science faculty, staff, and leadership. We represent HDSI students at internal and external events, evaluate funding initiatives, collaborate with other student organizations, gather student feedback, and host our own community-building events.
What we do
We work across several key areas:
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Advocacy & Feedback: Collect and communicate student needs
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Events & Engagement: Host and support social, academic, and career events
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Collaboration: Partner with HDSI Advising, Career Services, and other orgs
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Support: Help plan key institute events like Triton Day, town halls, and
orientations
Interested in attending weekly open meetings with the student council?
⟶ Come join us at the HDSI MPR on Thursdays at 3:45PM!
Resources
DSC 101:
Check out our DSC 101 Guide for everything you need to know as a Data Science Student!A guide to the basics including academic resources, internship advice, starting a personal website,faculty research areas, and a Q&A.
Stay Connected!
HDSI Student Council members and their contact information. Current datascience students may reach out to these representatives for short, informal questions, after they've reached out to department staff, for for advice oncoursework, research, career planning, and navigating the data science program.
First, Last (Committee, Double Major/Minor if available): email@ucsd.edu
Karina Zambani (Undergrad President/BS Data Science): kzambani@ucsd.edu
John Driscoll (Grad President/MS Data Science): jjdrisco@ucsd.edu
Mac Dang (Secretary/BS Data Science): mbdang@ucsd.edu
Affaan Hassan (External Director/BS Data Science): a2hassan@ucsd.edu
Conan Minihan (Advisory Committee/ PhD Data Science): jrminihan@ucsd.edu
Sunny Sun (Social Media and Marketing/BS Data Science): chs019@ucsd.edu
Vivian Zhu (Funding Committee/BS Data Science): v1zhu@ucsd.edu
Deepal Deleena (Funding Committee/BS Data Science): ddeleena@ucsd.edu
Ivan Chen (Internal Committee/BS Data Science): ivc003@ucsd.edu