{"id":2,"date":"2025-09-10T15:14:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-20T02:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:10:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Data Science and Social Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">Human-Centered Data Science<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>The Innovation Accelerator Lab for Data Science and Social Impact (DSSI) advances ethical, socially engaged data science and prepares the next generation of STEM leaders to use data responsibly for the public good. Through cutting-edge research, national conferences, datathons, skills workshops and partnerships, DSSI applies data to solve pressing challenges locally and globally. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"3\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/diods-conference\/\"><span>DIoDS Conference<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/dssi-datathon\/\"><span>Datathon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/about-dssi\/\"><span>About DSSI<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/2025HMC.DatathonRESIZED.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature-content\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-page-feature-heading\">Students Tackle Data Ethics<\/h2>\n<p>A one-day challenge on communicating data with purpose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-block-mudd-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2025\/06\/11\/datathon-challenges-students-to-communicate-data-clearly-and-ethically\/\" aria-label=\"Read article: Datathon Challenges Students to Communicate Data Clearly and Ethically\"><span>Read Article<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box center\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/11\/EHT_quote-background02.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/Quote-bubble_lindo.png\" alt=\"Haydee Lindo\" class=\"prerounded\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-text\"><blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-quote\">\u201cDSSI programming builds data literacy and technical capacity in our students, in our community organizations and in the public. We are training the next generation of socially responsible data scientists.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-citation\"><cite>Haydee Lindo, Associate Professor of Mathematics<\/cite><\/p>\n<span class=\"wp-block-mudd-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XW6keuMFklY\" data-youtube=\"true\"><span>Watch Presentation<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/dssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/datathon_768x450.jpg\" alt=\"students at datathon\" width=\"768\" height=\"450\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-content-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-heading\">Turn Data into Change<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-sub-heading\">Partner with us in a Datathon<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-copy\">\n<p>Datathons give students the chance to use their skills on real-world problems that matter to communities. DSSI partners with local organizations to provide students with real data. 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