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A nationally recognized leader in the data science and artificial intelligence community, Mongeau brought to UTSA a distinguished record in leading research institutes and training programs, as well as in developing partnerships across government, industry, academia and the philanthropic community.

Under his leadership, the School of Data Science has recorded numerous achievements, including receiving $1.2 million in gift funding for data science, AI and machine learning student training and research programs. In addition to the undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs comprising the School of Data Science, school leaders now are developing a new certificate program in data engineering.

In partnership with the Association of Computing Machinery at UTSA and the National Security Agency, the School of Data Science in 2022 launched the annual Rowdy Datathon competition.

In April 2023, the school hosted the inaugural UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition, which highlights data science applications and student entrepreneurship; the second annual competition will be held at San Pedro I later this spring.

Also in 2023, the school hosted its inaugural Los Datos Conference. The school also now serves as administrative host to the universitys annual RowdyHacks competition; more than 500 students from across Texas participated in the 9th annual RowdyHacks at San Pedro I last weekend.

Mongeau has been driven to increase the reach and reputation of the School of Data Science from and back to San Antonio. In October 2023, the School of Data Science hosted the annual meeting of the Academic Data Science Alliance, bringing together more than 200 data science practitioners, researchers and educators from across the country to UTSA. The school also invested nearly $400,000 to create opportunities for UTSA students and faculty to pursue projects and participate in national data science and AI experiences at, for example, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Washington, and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Through a collaboration with San Antonio-based start-up Skew the Script, the school has reached 20,000 high school teachers and 400,000 high school students with open-source training in statistics and math, which are core to success in data science and AI.

I consider myself so fortunate to have been part of the creation of the School of Data Science at UTSA, said Mongeau. I thank the schools dedicated staff and core faculty for their commitment to the school which is having an enduring impact on our students the next generation of diverse data scientists who have embraced the schools vision to make our world more equitable, informed and secure. These Roadrunners are destined to become industry leaders and continue to advance the frontiers of data science and AI.

Immediately prior to joining UTSA, Mongeau served as executive director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science at the University of California, Berkeley. As executive director, he set the strategic direction for the institute, expanded industry and foundation engagement, and applied data science and AI in health care, climate change, and criminal justice.

Notably, he also initiated three data science fellowship programs and forged partnerships to enhance opportunities for legal immigrants and refugees in data science careers.

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