Announced August 2022 - Historic $10 Million NSF Grant Establishes the National Data Science Alliance to Expand Data Science at HBCUs
Clark Atlanta University makes history as the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to receive a $10 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES program to establish the National Data Science Alliance (NDSA).
The NDSA builds on the collaborative data science work at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Consortium member institutions, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College, as well as the AUC Robert Woodruff Library.
The NDSA will increase the number of Black people earning data science credentials by at least 20,000 by 2027 and expand data science research that advocates for social justice and strive to eliminate bias.
Clark Atlanta University makes history as the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to receive a $10 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES program to establish the National Data Science Alliance (NDSA).
The NDSA builds on the collaborative data science work at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Consortium member institutions, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College, as well as the AUC Robert Woodruff Library.
The NDSA will increase the number of Black people earning data science credentials by at least 20,000 by 2027 and expand data science research that advocates for social justice and strive to eliminate bias.
As a mathematical scholar, Dr. Talitha Washington educates and stewards students, faculty, and the larger community to impact the grand challenges of our world.
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From UConn Magazine, Summer 2022 - Revenge of the Data Scientists
"'She has done wonders for the mathematics community,' says Choi. Washington’s work has garnered many industry accolades, among them an NSF Women’s History Maker award and a Howard University Outstanding Faculty award. She recently became the first person ever to be named both a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) — one of just 46 Fellows from around the world — and a 2021 Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) in the same year. She is now the president-elect of AWM. None of this surprised McKenna. 'Indomitable is the word I’d use,' he said. 'You could see the joy she had in doing what she did. And she was just not intimidated by anything.'" |
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Dr. Talitha Washington catalyzes data science research and education across the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). She is the Director and lead principal investigator of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Data Science Alliance (NSF NDSA) and a tenured professor of mathematics at Clark Atlanta University. She is the President of the Association for Women in Mathematics and has research interests in applied mathematics, dynamical systems, nonstandard finite difference schemes, data science, artificial intelligence, and education.
Dr. Washington is also a former Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who worked in the Convergence Accelerator in the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). Previously, in the Division of Undergraduate Education, she led the development, implementation, and management of NSF's first Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program coauthoring two solicitations awarding $85M. She was elected to honor societies Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, and mathematics honor societies Kappa Mu Epsilon and Pi Mu Epsilon. She is the recipient of the 2019 BEYA STEM Innovator Award, the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Award from Howard University, and the 2020 NSF Director's Award for Superior Accomplishment. She is a Fellow of the African Scientific Institute (ASI), the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Washington completed her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Spelman College and studied abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of Connecticut. She received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Connecticut. She was a VIGRE Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics at Duke University. She is the former inaugural Director of the AUC Data Science Initiative and has held assistant professorships at The College of New Rochelle and the University of Evansville, an associate professorship at Howard University, and most recently, a full professorship at Clark Atlanta University. Click for high resolution photos. |
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speaking engagements
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Ongoing, Host, AUC Data Science Seminar Series, Virtual
October 30-31, 2024, Panelist Discussion, Artificial Intelligence in Precision Medicine for Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases Workshop, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Hybrid/Rockville, MD November 7, 2024, Featured Speaker, Howard Hughes Medical Institute's ARC Speaker Series, Chevy Chase, MD February 17-19, 2025, Keynote: Empowering Humans Through Data, AI, and Technology, Data Science Education K-12: Research to Practice Conference, Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX |
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