Mississippi State University Data Science

This week we’re highlighting Tate Wells, a Data Analytics Intern at PACCAR Engine Company in Columbus, Mississippi! Through hands-on experience creating data visualizations with Tableau, Tate is helping teams make data-driven decisions while applying what she’s learned in the classroom.

We’re proud to see our students gaining real-world experience and making an impact!

Career Spotlight: Data Analyst

Data analysts use data to uncover insights, identify trends, and support better decision-making across industries.

From Netflix suggestions to predicting pizza delivery times 🍕
AI is everywhere!

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 graduates, Kait Johnson, Colin Moschella, and Riley Tuccio! 🎓

We are so proud of all they have accomplished and cannot wait to see where their futures take them! 📊

Congratulations to our 2026 graduates! 🎓
We cannot wait to see where life takes you and all the incredible things you will accomplish. Your future is bright, and we are so proud to celebrate this milestone with you! 💙

Our students Isabella Garrard, Manning Littlejohn, and Kallen Zhou participated in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2026, where undergraduate scholars from across the country showcase their research, creativity, and academic excellence.

Proud to see them contribute to groundbreaking ideas and represent our community on a national stage!

On April 8th, Mississippi State University and the Pontificia Università Antonianum sponsored "The New Poverty: Complexity, Ethics, and Artificial Intelligence" - a conference that brought together five scholars to discuss the ethics of AI. Below is a list of the talks with deep links to the videos featuring Fr. Michael Perry, Yonathan Arbel, Andrea Bizzozero, Christopher Snyder, and Joe Stradinger.

Welcome
Dan Reynolds
https://lnkd.in/eVreAprd

Introduction to the Conference Theme
Jonathan Barlow
https://lnkd.in/eg-VS-Bf

Integral Ecology, AI, and Our Common Home
Michael Perry
https://lnkd.in/eYEvFdC2

The Legal Status of AI Agents
Yonathan Arbel
https://lnkd.in/exsX2qif

Some Hypotheses for an Anthropology in Dialogue with AI
Andrea Bizzozero
https://lnkd.in/euzZdQGm

The Idea of a University in Light of AI
Christopher Snyder
https://lnkd.in/etAay372

AI, Influence, and the Poverty of Context
Joe Stradinger
https://lnkd.in/eJFYbaz2

Roundtable Discussion, Q+A
All Speakers
https://lnkd.in/eN975idV

Spring Preview Day was a success!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to meet our Data Science Ambassadors on the Drill Field today. We loved connecting with future Bulldogs and their families!

March Madness 🤝 Data Science

https://www.datascience.msstate.edu/news/2026/03/ai-and-future-workforce-uncertainty

On March 10, 2026 Mimmo Parisi, Director of the Data Science Academic Institute at Mississippi State University, presented a talk titled, "AI and the Future of Workforce Uncertainty: Preparing Humanity for What We Know and Do Not Know" at the conference "Learning by Doing: Ethics and Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence" sponsored by the Observatory for Integral Intelligence at the Università Pontificia Antonianum in Rome, Italy. The conference brought together leaders from education, industry, and government to consider AI and the human future.