David Belanger
A former chief scientist at AT&T Labs, Dr. Belanger has earned more than 30 patents related to data science and business analytics.
Data Science Ph.D. Program
Gain in-demand skills in emerging areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning and language processing in a Ph.D. program designed with input from industry leaders.
An interdisciplinary degree program of the Schaefer School of Engineering and Science and the Stevens School of Business, the data science Ph.D. curriculum drives students to master the bedrock principles, methods and systems for extracting insights from rich data sets. Then, you’ll apply those theories, techniques and applications in practical research alongside Stevens faculty who are working at the forefront of the data science field. Our graduates go on to pursue research careers in academia and secure important positions in industries like business, financial services and life sciences.
The Stevens Advantage
Just 15 minutes away from the center of Manhattan, Stevens sits near the heart of one of the world’s top technology hubs. This proximity gives Stevens students exemplary recruitment opportunities with some of the biggest names in business and technology.
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Data Science faculty
As a Data Science student, you'll work closely with faculty whose research is responsible for important breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, deep learning, computational intelligence and more.
Germán Creamer
A highly cited business researcher investigating applications of machine learning and social network algorithms to solve finance problems.
Ionut Florescu
Dr. Florescu is an expert in creating stochastic models for practical application. He leads an international conference on high frequency in finance.
Ted Lappas
An expert in data mining and deep learning, Dr. Lappas is an authority in the business impact of fake reviews in social media.
Jeffrey Nickerson
Dr. Nickerson has won many grants from NSF to explore crowd creativity, collective intelligence and information systems design.
Antonio Nicolosi
Dr. Nicolosi is an accomplished researcher whose work in cryptography and security in distributed systems is breaking new ground in data science.
Steve Yang
Dr. Yang's work in systemic risk, fraud detection and behavioral finance is changing how companies operate in the finance space.