Duke Rhodes iiD
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Duke Rhodes iiD
Engage with Data and Computational Science at Duke
Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke brings disciplines together to unlock the potential of computation, machine learning, data science, and modeling in a world awash with data and computational resources.
Pop-Up Institutes
Data+
Climate+
Durham+
Data Expeditions
Rhodes iiD Mission
Unprecedented access to data and to computing is transforming our world and iiD aims to equip Duke to play a leading role.
We work with Departments and Schools to transform data science education at Duke, to develop a large and vibrant data science community with Duke at the center, and to develop a broader base of high visibility interdisciplinary research.
From Our Data+ Students
Our team got to pick things we were interested in with a Sanford dataset containing four cohorts of high school students all over North Carolina public and charter schools. We had longitudinal student data so we could track the same students over several years. My research question was, How did Covid-19 affect students’ GPA and standardized test trajectories? I gained a lot of technical skills and did time-consuming data cleaning, which was worth it.
Adam Cartwright
Educational Trajectories in North Carolina
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
Data+ by the Numbers
weeks during the summer
undergraduates per team
grad student mentors per team
projects sharing ideas and code
Featured Projects
Building Stronger Communities: The Evolution of Funding in North Carolina Public Education
Educational Trajectories in North Carolina
Who’s My Neighbor: Data Driven Community Detection
See All Projects
News
Duke Researchers Awarded Grant to Reveal Hidden Histories of Artworks Through AI and Imaging
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
An interdisciplinary team of Duke faculty is among the international recipients of a new grant from the...
Association for Computing Machinery Selects Cynthia Rudin for Outstanding Achievement
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Cynthia Rudin has been named a Fellow of the world's preeminent computing society — the Association for...
Computer Science Is Not Just Coding
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Spend enough time on a college campus and you will hear the usual stereotypes about computer science students....
Visualizing Duke Wireless Data
Monday, March 2, 2026
A team of Data+ students in conjunction with Duke’s Office of Information Technology made use of Duke’s...
Congratulations to Robert Calderbank for Receiving the 2026 Marconi Prize
Monday, March 2, 2026
Robert Calderbank, the Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer...
See all news
Events
iiD TeaTime
Monday, April 27, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
iiD Community Lunch
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
iiD TeaTime
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
2025-26 Duke Society for Women in Science lunch series
Learn more about this lunch series promoting fellowship and scientific connection among female-identified scientists at Duke.
See all events
iiD in Action
The team and their project lead discuss their project and goals for the summer.
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Data+ 2024: Data science for operations and planning at Durham Public Schools
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5DQ0MyQ0Y4Mzg0M0VGOEYw
Data+ 2024: Visualizing the Egyptian Cotton Industry, 1911-1939
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC43MTI1NDIwOTMwQjIxMzNG
Data+ 2024: Data science for operations and planning at Durham Public Schools
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5DNzE1RjZEMUZCMjA0RDBB
Data+/Climate+ 2024: Energy transition during energy crisis: Cape Town's experience
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC45NzUwQkI1M0UxNThBMkU0
Data+ 2024: A Textual Analysis of Agricultural Research
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC4zRjM0MkVCRTg0MkYyQTM0
Data+ 2024: Analyzing Basketball Plays Using Computer Vision
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5GM0Q3M0MzMzY5NTJFNTdE
Data+ 2024: MISTRAL: Dynamic data analysis of security threats within research environments
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC4yMDhBMkNBNjRDMjQxQTg1
Data+ 2024: Ethical Consumption Before Capitalism
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5ENDU4Q0M4RDExNzM1Mjcy
Data+/Climate+ 2024: Data and ML Driven Analysis of Atomic Dynamics in Energy Materials
Sexual Harassment Has No Place in Statistics & Data Science
We join our colleagues in the Department of Statistical Science in condemning all acts of sexual misconduct and harassment in statistics and data science, and in working to eliminate them from our professions.
Jonathan Mattingly, Interim Director
Nick Eubank, Deputy Director
Lisa Kiester, Deputy Director
Engage with Data and Computational Science at Duke
Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke brings disciplines together to unlock the potential of computation, machine learning, data science, and modeling in a world awash with data and computational resources.
Pop-Up Institutes
Data+
Climate+
Durham+
Data Expeditions
Rhodes iiD Mission
Unprecedented access to data and to computing is transforming our world and iiD aims to equip Duke to play a leading role.
We work with Departments and Schools to transform data science education at Duke, to develop a large and vibrant data science community with Duke at the center, and to develop a broader base of high visibility interdisciplinary research.
From Our Data+ Students
Our team got to pick things we were interested in with a Sanford dataset containing four cohorts of high school students all over North Carolina public and charter schools. We had longitudinal student data so we could track the same students over several years. My research question was, How did Covid-19 affect students’ GPA and standardized test trajectories? I gained a lot of technical skills and did time-consuming data cleaning, which was worth it.
Adam Cartwright
Educational Trajectories in North Carolina
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
Data+ by the Numbers
weeks during the summer
undergraduates per team
grad student mentors per team
projects sharing ideas and code
Featured Projects
Building Stronger Communities: The Evolution of Funding in North Carolina Public Education
Educational Trajectories in North Carolina
Who’s My Neighbor: Data Driven Community Detection
See All Projects
News
Duke Researchers Awarded Grant to Reveal Hidden Histories of Artworks Through AI and Imaging
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
An interdisciplinary team of Duke faculty is among the international recipients of a new grant from the...
Association for Computing Machinery Selects Cynthia Rudin for Outstanding Achievement
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Cynthia Rudin has been named a Fellow of the world's preeminent computing society — the Association for...
Computer Science Is Not Just Coding
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Spend enough time on a college campus and you will hear the usual stereotypes about computer science students....
Visualizing Duke Wireless Data
Monday, March 2, 2026
A team of Data+ students in conjunction with Duke’s Office of Information Technology made use of Duke’s...
Congratulations to Robert Calderbank for Receiving the 2026 Marconi Prize
Monday, March 2, 2026
Robert Calderbank, the Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer...
See all news
Events
iiD TeaTime
Monday, April 27, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
iiD Community Lunch
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
iiD TeaTime
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
2025-26 Duke Society for Women in Science lunch series
Learn more about this lunch series promoting fellowship and scientific connection among female-identified scientists at Duke.
See all events
iiD in Action
The team and their project lead discuss their project and goals for the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5DMkU4NTY1QUFGQTYwMDE3
Data+ 2024: Data science for operations and planning at Durham Public Schools
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5DQ0MyQ0Y4Mzg0M0VGOEYw
Data+ 2024: Visualizing the Egyptian Cotton Industry, 1911-1939
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC43MTI1NDIwOTMwQjIxMzNG
Data+ 2024: Data science for operations and planning at Durham Public Schools
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5DNzE1RjZEMUZCMjA0RDBB
Data+/Climate+ 2024: Energy transition during energy crisis: Cape Town's experience
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC45NzUwQkI1M0UxNThBMkU0
Data+ 2024: A Textual Analysis of Agricultural Research
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC4zRjM0MkVCRTg0MkYyQTM0
Data+ 2024: Analyzing Basketball Plays Using Computer Vision
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5GM0Q3M0MzMzY5NTJFNTdE
Data+ 2024: MISTRAL: Dynamic data analysis of security threats within research environments
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC4yMDhBMkNBNjRDMjQxQTg1
Data+ 2024: Ethical Consumption Before Capitalism
The team discusses their project and findings over the summer.
0
YouTube Video UEw5OXZnaGVLLXQ5VW9mbVdSRVFvZWdYN25oaE9PZTNXVC5ENDU4Q0M4RDExNzM1Mjcy
Data+/Climate+ 2024: Data and ML Driven Analysis of Atomic Dynamics in Energy Materials
Sexual Harassment Has No Place in Statistics & Data Science
We join our colleagues in the Department of Statistical Science in condemning all acts of sexual misconduct and harassment in statistics and data science, and in working to eliminate them from our professions.
Jonathan Mattingly, Interim Director
Nick Eubank, Deputy Director
Lisa Kiester, Deputy Director