Mar 10, 2026  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

CSCI 4730 - Material Informatics and Data Science


Introduction to data science and machine learning, with case studies in discovery of structure-property relationships and new materials from experimental and computational data. Brief review of required background in linear algebra and statistics with hands-on exercises in Python. Data science topics: model fitting, clustering, dimensionality reduction, ontologies, Bayesian inference, and design of experiments.

Prerequisite: ENGR 2600 ; or equivalent

When Offered: FALL TERM, EVEN YEARS

Cross Listed: MTLE 4730  and MTLE 6730 . Students can only earn credit for one of these courses.

Co-Listed: CSCI 6730  

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 3