Affecting Positive Change in
Society with Innovative and
Cutting-Edge Data Science
Education
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arnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems
and Public Policy effectively blends a technology school with a
school of public policy to, as its founding dean phrased it, “educate
men and women for intelligent action.” For over 50 years, the school has
been at the forefront of public interest technology and data analytics. To
Heinz College, that means using the latest and most effective technological
and analytical tools available to combat the world’s most pressing issues,
such as the future of work, the ethics of AI and algorithms, the declining
of privacy, systemic changes in health care, the evolution of connected
“smart” communities, and the myriad impacts of technological disruption on
everything from manufacturing to the fine arts.Modeling Excellence Through Curriculum
Heinz College is a winner of the George D. Smith Prize from UPS and
INFORMS, awarded to the top academic program for Analytics Education.
All its programs emphasize the use of evidence-based decision making in
high stakes contexts, including public policy, business technology, health
care, and cybersecurity. The college’s economists, statisticians, operations
researchers, computer scientists, and management experts sit side-by-side,
collaborating constantly and not sitting in traditional departmental silos. For
this reason, Heinz College is able to approach complex societal problems
in altogether different ways.The Ardent Leader
Jacqueline Speedy serves as the Associate Dean for the School of Public
Policy and Management at Heinz College. She has witnessed firsthand the
growing need to bridge the gaps between academia, government, and
industry. The college has invested in partnerships to that end, such as the19
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