Affiliate Research Labs
The Data Science Program is affiliated with a number of faculty-led research labs across a number of different disciplines at William and Mary. DSP students are encouraged to reach out to faculty members in labs affiliated with their own interests to get hands-on research experience, or design COLL 400 capstones. Before contacting labs, it is recommended you take the core (non-elective) Data Science coursework; some labs have further recommendations. If you are a faculty member and would like to get your lab involved with the DSP, send us an email: datascience@wm.edu.
| Lab Name | Description | Programming | Course Recommendations | Contact | |||
| Social Networks and Political Psychology (SNaPP) |
Research topics include (learn more): public opinion, ideology, partisanship, political knowledge, participation, campaigns, the media (including social media), and polarization. |
R is the primary language used in the lab. | See here. | Jaime Settle | |||
| Computational & Experimental Linguistics Lab (CELL) | Computational and experimental research on how humans and machines learn, use, and understand language. | R and Python |
Minimum: LING 220 (Study of Language) Upper Level: LING 380 (Computational Methods in Language Science), LING/PSYC 370 (Psycholinguistics), LING 304 (Syntax) |
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| Saha Lab | The overarching question that defines the research interests of my laboratory is how cells progressively acquire and maintain their unique identity during early vertebrate embryonic development. | MATLAB and Python are both commonly used. | |||||
| Geospatial Evaluation & Observation Lab (geoLab) | Create open source geospatial data using satellite imagery and other techniques to inform decisionmaking, with a focus on climate and security. |
Variable depending on lab team you join.
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Data Science coursework will provide you with important background material. | ||||
| Applied Conservation & Ecological Research (ACER) | How spatial and temporal patterns of human stressors and land cover affect biodiversity. | ArcGIS and related languages (ArcPy) | GIS for Biologists | ||||
| Computational Biology Laboratory (CBL) | Mathematical and computational aspects of cell biology and neuroscience: calcium signaling, receptor modeling, neurophysiology. | Matlab | APSC 351 Cellular Biophysics & Modeling, APSC 350 Computational Neuroscience | ||||
| Initiative for Computational Societal and Security Research | The ICSS is pursuing data science applications at the intersection of physical space, cyber space, and social space, to advance our understanding of complex issues of broad societal and security interest. | Variable |
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| Zeta Lab | We are working on math and technology problems in data science, and building a lot of software related to analyzing and visualizing data problems. | C++, Java, and Python | CSCI 301, 304, and/or 312 | ||||
