News & Events
News
Summer camp for Cohort 4 Finished Successfully
June 13, 2025
Farewell Lunch for Hojun
Aug 9, 2024
DSC program postdoc Dr. Hojun You will leave UH at the end of this month after two years of dedication to the program. We wish him the best of luck for his next chapter!
Summer camp for Cohort 3 Finished Successfully
June 13, 2024
Cohort 3 of our summer camp recently finished successfully. Learn More ›
Cohort 2 Poster Presentation Winners
May 13, 2024
Five research teams from cohort 2 gave poster presentations, and one winning team and two runner-ups were selected. Each team member in these teams received amazon gift cards. Congratulations! Learn More ›
NSF-funded Data Science for Energy Transition Internship - Cohort 1
Aug 2023

Roberto Verdezoto, Geography major, Sam Houston State University
From the Sam Houston State University Department of Environmental and Geosciences Newsletter. Read Article ›
Summer Camp for Cohort 2 Finished Successfully
July 1, 2023
Cohort 2 of our Summer Camp recently finished successfully. Learn More ›
Cohort 1 Poster Presentation Winners
May 15, 2023
Six research teams from cohort 1 gave poster presentations, and one winning team and two runner-ups were selected. Each team member in the winning team got $75, and each team member in the runner-up team got a $25 amazon gift card. Congratulations! Learn More ›
Cohort 2 Orientation
May 8, 2023
Cohort 2 had an orientation meeting to get prepared for the upcoming summer camp starting on May 15, 2023.
Cohort 1 Research Project Kickoff Meeting
Jan 19, 2023
Cohort 1 had a kickoff meeting to get started with team projects for the spring semester. There will be six teams to work on exciting projects with real data applications from various energy-related topics. More information on each of those projects will be shared later!
Dr. Jun Attended Principal Investigators Meeting for NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution
Ecosystem
Oct 26–27, 2022
Dr. Jun attended the in-person Principal Investigators meeting for the NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution ecosystem at Westin Alexandria, VA. The meeting was held for two days to discuss how to work together and eventually go from Harnessing the Data Revolution to Harvesting the Data Revolution or HDR2. Dr. Jun gave a lightning talk and presented a poster to introduce our DSC program and to give our accomplishments so far.
Dr. Hojun You Joins DSC as Postdoctoral Researcher
Aug 25, 2022

Dr. Hojun You joined as a postdoctoral researcher for the program. His role will start September 1, 2022
Summer Camp for Cohort 1 Finished Successfully
July 1, 2022
Cohort 1 of our Summer Camp recently finished successfully. Learn More ›
Fugro Partners with University of Houston on Workforce Development Effort
Jan 24, 2022
Fugro
Fugro has joined the University of Houston (UH) and its four partnering universities, UH-Downtown, UH-Clear Lake and Sam Houston State University, on a collaborative project to advance Geo-data science skills in the energy sector. Read Article ›
Partnership Provides Preparation For Data Science Careers
Jan 4, 2022
Today@Sam (Sam Houston State University)
Partnering with the University of Houston and three other schools, Sam Houston State University is providing an opportunity for students to prepare for careers in the energy industry through a National Science Foundation grant and a five-week summer data science camp. Read Article ›
New Program Addresses Demand for Data Science Workforce in Energy Industry
Dec 2, 2021
UH College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
University of Houston leading collaboration to unite academia and industry. Read Article ›
Meetings
Cohort 2 Kick-Off Meeting for Research Projects
Jan 21, 2024
Cohort 2 had an online kick off meeting to discuss the start of research team projects that they will work on during Spring 2024.
Focus Group Meeting
Jun 23 & 26, 2023
Senior Personnel Meeting
Apr 5, 2023
Senior Personnel Meeting
Oct 12, 2022
Focus Group Meeting
Aug 16, 2021
Senior Personnel Meeting
Feb 11, 2022
Advisory Board Meeting
Dec 8, 2021
Senior Personnel Meeting
Nov 29, 2021
Data Science for Energy Transition Kick-Off Meeting
Sep 2021
The principal investigator, co-principal investigators and senior personnel from five participating universities got together to kick off the program. Plans, such as hiring a postdoc, setting up a website, publishing a news on the grant, and advertising and recruiting students for Year 1, were discussed.



















