Research

TXST Center for Analytics and Data Science enables impactful research on core data science and analytics competencies such as modeling, computing, decision, and artificial intelligence. We apply these novel methods to solve interdisciplinary societal challenges in focus subject domains. Our core faculty include experts in statistics, optimization, computing, and artificial intelligence. We are involved with research streams including crime analytics, disaster response, health care, adversarial defense, culturally responsive data science, agriculture, transportation, and sports. The core team has past and current external funding from federal agencies including National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, US Department of Agriculture, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Transportation; state agencies including Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Department of Health and Human Services and industry partners including AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, among others. 

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Expand AI

This NSF funding supports capacity-development projects and partnerships within the National AI Research Institutes ecosystem that help broaden participation in artificial intelligence research, education and workforce development. Learn about CADS Expand AI award.

Research Focus Areas

We are involved with research streams including crime analytics, disaster response, health care, adversarial defense, culturally responsive data science, agriculture, transportation, and sports.
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Catalyst Awards

For the inaugural TXST CADS 2024 Catalyst Research Awards, we are excited to provide four CADS 2024 Innovation Seed Awards and six CADS 2024 Collaborative Growth Awards.

Our Team

The CADS Team consists of faculty across campus and partnerships with industry, student organizations, and university offices.
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Data Repository

CADS has joined Alkek Library's Texas Data Repository, an open access research data management system.

Research/Scholarship Repository

CADS has joined Alkek Library's Research and Scholarship Institutional Repository. It provides open access for CADS-created articles, presentations, posters, and more.