To add to the broad, interdisciplinary conversation on data science an articulation of the role of computing discipline-specific contributions to this emerging field. The task force will seek to define what the computing contributions are to this new field and provide guidance for undergraduate data science programs of study.

To create a report, which may then be used to invite collaboration and coordination with other (non-computing) professional societies. With these groups, to construct a full set of curriculum recommendations for undergraduate programs in Data Science.

The ACM Data Science Task Force is pleased to present our final report: Computing Competencies for Undergraduate Data Science Curricula.

Here are a few selected Example Courses, provided to help with course content creation.

Opening letter from the co-chairs of the ACM Education Board.

Andrea Danyluk, Co-Chair Williams College, USA Paul Leidig, Co-Chair Grand Valley State University, USA Scott Buck Intel Corporation, USA Lillian Cassel Villanova University, USA Maureen Doyle Northern Kentucky University, USA Tin Kam Ho IBM, USA Andrew McGettrick University of Strathclyde, UK Suzanne McIntosh New York UniversiUSA Weining Qian East China Normal University, China Karl Schmitt Valparaiso University, USA Christian Servin El Paso Community College, USA Andreas Stefik University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Hongzhi Wang Harbin Institute of Technology, China Jason Wittenbach CapitalOne, USA

Paul Leidig, Co-Chair leidig@gvsu.edu

The task force is pleased to announce the release of Draft 2 of Computing Competencies for Undergraduate Data Science Curricula, which is available here.

The task force welcomes comments on the report. Please submit feedback through the form here. The comment period is open through March 31, 2020.

Call For Example Courses. Selected courses from undergraduate programs in Data Science will be included in the final curriculum report. THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED.

The initial draft report is available here. The task force welcomed comments on the report. The comment period was open through March 31, 2019.

The Task Force will present draft reports at various venues in order to gather feedback. Presentations are available below.

DRAFT 2:

Special Session at SIGCSE-20, Portland, OR, March, 2020 Slides Poster presentation at SDSS 2020, Virtual, June 2020 Slides Panel at ITiCSE 2020, Virtual, June 18, 2020 Slides

DRAFT 1:

Panel on Collaboration across disciplines at JSM, Denver, CO, Jul 30, 2019 Slides Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, Washington, DC, May 3, 2019 Slides Special Session at SIGCSE-19, Minneapolis, MN, Feb 28, 2019 Slides EAAI at AAAI-19, Honolulu, HI, Jan 28-29, 2019 Slides Poster