According to Xingye Qiao, associate professor of math at Binghamton University, it is important to have institutions dedicated to studying data in a world increasingly driven by it.
Qiao will chair BU’s new data science transdisciplinary area of excellence (TAE). The TAE initiative was launched in 2013 to address issues with the methodologies and perspectives of multiple disciplines, according to the TAE website. Along with data science, the other TAE initiatives include citizenship, rights and cultural belonging, health sciences, material and visual worlds, smart energy and sustainable communities.
