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Students in Data Science Cohort 4 have recently been studying machine learning, and to practice what they’ve been learning they took part in a competition hosted on Kaggle.com. For our competition, the student groups were tasked with building a model to predict the permeability, or ease of fluid flow, through synthetic microstructures. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Learning, Analytics + Data Science

Join NSS for the Big Payback! This is our first time participating in this 24-hour giving event and we need your help to make it a success. Read More

Topics: News, Community, Mind The Gap

Building on her dissertation work at Vanderbilt University, Oluchi Randolph of Data Science Cohort 4 chose to explore perspectives on the immigrant integration process in the United States for her mid-course capstone project. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

Mikil Taylor, VP of Analytics at Healthcare Bluebook, gave high praise on LinkedIn for the presentation he witnessed last week given by Nashville Software School’s Data Science Cohort 4. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

Hailey Rissolo found herself back home after COVID-19 cancelled her plans to take a year to travel. Looking for ways to be productive with her new found time, a friend suggested she check out NSS. Since graduating, Hailey has been working to complete some stretch goals for her capstone project while she searches for her first job in front-end web development or UI/UX design. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development

Inspired by the beauty and ingenuity of the road system that helps us traverse the country, Matt Parker of Data Science Cohort 4 was interested in exploring traffic and population growth across Tennessee. Explore his Shiny app to find out what he discovered. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

Elyse Dawson of Web Development Cohort 28 catches us up on what she’s been up to since graduating from NSS and reflects on how NSS prepared her for her new career as a web developer. Read More

Topics: Alumni, Web Development

When she began teaching herself how to build some custom solutions for her problems at work, Ember Parr of Web Development Cohort 43 discovered a love for tech, and started to consider pursuing a tech career. Now a NSS graduate, Ember is excited to spend her time searching for her first job in tech while continuing to check things off of her “to-learn” list. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development