Capstone Project
The UTDiscovery Capstone Project experience is the culmination of UT Dallas Data Science students’ cross-curricular, project-based learning, and career development. Capstone projects pro vide the students a gateway to apply and advance their content knowledge, technical expertise, and research skills learned during their BS in Data Science coursework. Students gain exposure to applicable solutions within authentic business and industry settings.
Project teams consist of four to six students, and a faculty advisor. Teams select their capstone project at the beginning of the semester and work on the project over its course. Project sponsors, UT Dallas faculty, and external partners receive the benefit of having a new perspective applied to their projects.
Company Benefits
- Progress on non-essential projects without expending staff resources
- Potential for high return on a small investment
- Full ownership of results
- Relationships with faculty members who are subject-matter experts
- Increase your company’s visibility in higher education and the community
- Opportunity to recruit top graduates from a diverse pool of students
Check out our previous sponsors and some testimonials here.
Student Benefits
- Apply academic knowledge in industry settings
- Interact with faculty and industry professionals
- Learn to build strategies, concepts and suitable solutions, in a collaborative environment
- Acquisition of team building skills on a long-term, complex, data science project
- Solve real-world problems that companies face in their daily operations
- Obtain valuable practical experience and transferable/marketable skills
Deliverables
Depending on the characteristics and field of the project, companies may expect some or all of the following deliverables:
- Technical reports
- Computer programs, simulation models
- Test and evaluations results
- Final report and presentation
Intellectual Property and/or Non Disclosure Agreement are signed by participating students; the Corporate retains 100% of IP for the work and results.
Timeline
Sponsoring a UTDiscovery Capstone Project
Contact UTDiscovery
We would like to invite you to partner with UTDiscovery in supporting a unique educational, mutually beneficial opportunity. Are you interested? Curious? Contact us!
Dr. Kemelli Estacio-Hiroms Data Science Capstone Faculty Director 972-883-4511 kemelli@utdallas.edu
Dr. Pankaj Choudhary Mathematical Sciences Advisor for Data Science 972-883-4436 pankaj@utdallas.edu
Dr. Ovidiu Daescu Computer Science Advisor for Data Science 972-883-4196 ovidiu.daescu@utdallas.edu
You may also fill in an interest form here.
