“Accidental technologist” David Mongeau will welcome about 400 students to Texas’ first school of data science at UTSA as its founding director.
David Mongeau, dean of the UTSA School of Data Science, stands alongside a bank of data server racks at the school, still under construction, in downtown San Antonio.David Mongeau calls himself an “accidental technologist.” As an undergraduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, the director of UTSA’s new School of Data Science majored in poetry.
As the building is readied to welcome students early next year, UTSA President Taylor Eighmy described Mongeau as the “obvious choice” to spearhead the university’s School of Data Science, given his background in technology and experience leading other schools of data science. The Boston native also earned a Master of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and a Master of Business Administration from Purdue University.
Of the roughly 400 students enrolled for the spring 2022 semester, 41% identify as students of color and 45% are women, according to the university.Eighmy agreed, noting that Berkeley and Ohio State are not diverse places where Mongeau felt like he could make as much of an impact in attracting students of color and women to the field of data science.Success! You're on the list.
Construction workers put the finishing touches on the UTSA School of Data Science building. Students will begin attending classes there early next year., Mongeau has spent his time trying to recruit students to the four graduate and one doctorate program the School of Data Science will combine, centralizing degree programs UTSA already offers in one location to foster collaboration starting in January. Mongeau explains to them that data science applies to almost any field of study.
“Data science is foundational to everything,” Eighmy said. “It’s foundational to health. It’s foundational to technology. It’s foundational to policy and government and social science and the digital humanities, and it crosscuts everything about society — societal benefit, the power of education, discovery.”
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