Dr. Talitha Washington

Director

Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative (AUC-DSI)

Dr. Talitha Washington serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, the Sean McCleese Endowed Chair in Computer Science, Race, and Social Justice, and a Professor of Mathematics at Howard University. She is also the Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Data Science Alliance (NDSA) and the President of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Previously, Dr. Washington served as a Program Director at the NSF.

Dr. Washington's research spans applied mathematics, dynamical systems, nonstandard finite difference schemes, data science, artificial intelligence, and education. She completed her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Spelman College, studied abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico, and earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Connecticut, which also awarded her an honorary doctorate in science. She is a Fellow of the AWM, the American Mathematical Society (AMS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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