In 2012, Insight Created a New Model for Professional Education
- Seven week full-time postdoctoral training fellowship
- Tuition-free and need-based scholarships
- Build real-world data science solutions in a self-directed, collaborative environment
- Learn from top industry leaders and Insight alumni. No classes, no textbooks.
- Interview with top companies
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"Before Insight, I struck out with every company I applied to; nobody would hire me! After the program, some of these same companies aggressively pursued me with job offers."
Carlos Faham
Summer 2015 Alumnus, Silicon Valley
"Insight showed me that I could be a great data scientist,
reintroduced me to the power of collaboration, and plunged me straight into the
fast pace and excitement of the tech sphere!"
Allen Sussman
Winter 2014 Alumnus, Silicon Valley
Build cutting edge live products
- Seven week full-time postdoctoral training fellowship
- Tuition-free and need-based scholarships
- Build real-world data science solutions in a self-directed, collaborative environment
- Learn from top industry leaders and Insight alumni. No classes, no textbooks.
- Interview with top companies
read the white paper
- Join an exceptional group of smart people
- Fellows are PhDs and postdocs from diverse STEM backgrounds
- A commitment to enhancing diversity in the field of data science
- Over 650 Insight Data Science alumni from over 110 universities
meet the fellows
- Join an exceptional group of smart people
- Fellows are PhDs and postdocs from diverse STEM backgrounds
- A commitment to enhancing diversity in the field of data science
- Over 400 Insight Data Science alumni from over 110 universities
meet the fellows
- Meet the world's top data science industry leaders at every stage of the program
- Learn about cutting-edge data science from heads of data teams at the world's top companies
- Receive hands-on mentorship from Insight alumni who themselves are now leading data scientists
- Interact with over 50 data scientists during your 7 week fellowship
DJ Patil, U.S. Chief Data Scientist mentors Insight Fellows
"I was impressed with the caliber of leaders in the field that came to talk to us and devoted so much time to share their experiences in industry"
Seiji Armstrong
Summer 2015 Alumnus, Silicon Valley
Mike Grinolds (Data Products Lead, SalesforceIQ, Insight Alumn Winter 2014) mentoring Kelsey Jiang (Summer 2015 Fellow, now Data Scientist at AirBnB)
Summer 2013 alumn Eli Bressert, Manager of Data Engineering & Analytics at Netflix
- Meet the world's top data science industry leaders at every stage of the program
- Learn about cutting-edge data science from heads of data teams at the world's top companies
- Receive hands-on mentorship from Insight alumni who themselves are now leading data scientists
- Interact with over 50 data scientists during your 7 week fellowship
- 650+ Data Science alumni at over 200 companies
- Fellows interview with top companies at the end of the program
- Insight works with every Fellow until they land their first data science role
- Join an elite data science professional network
- 400+ Data Science alumni at over 200 companies
- Fellows interview with top companies at the end of the program
- Insight works with every Fellow until they land their first data science role
- Join an elite data science professional network
- Insight alumni are shaping the future of the data science industry
- Insight Fellows are now heads of data teams at Facebook, LinkedIn, Uber, Airbnb, reddit, Microsoft, and dozens of others
- Stay connected with a diverse alumni network as you advance in your career
- Engage in the Insight community through technical workshops and social events
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Fellows hiking up to the Stanford Dish in Palo Alto, California
Monica Rogati with Fellows and Alumni at Insight Women in Tech night
Fellows in the Summer 2016 Remote program meet in Los Angeles
“ Not only was the program structured so that each Fellow can find a suitable career path, but ultimately what I appreciate most is the community of people ”
“ Not only was the program structured so that each Fellow can find a suitable career path, but ultimately what I appreciate most is the community of people ”
Shelly Jang
Winter 2014 Alumnus, Silicon Valley
Insight promotes a fun, supportive and lasting community
- Insight alumni are shaping the future of the data science industry
- Insight Fellows are now heads of data teams at Facebook, LinkedIn, Uber, Airbnb, reddit, Microsoft, and dozens of others
- Stay connected with a diverse alumni network as you advance in your career
- Engage in the Insight community through technical workshops and social events
read the blog
“This fully supported, six-week training opportunity offers postdoctoral fellows the chance to work on real-world problems for the likes of Facebook and Microsoft.”
"Employers are increasingly looking to an elite program called Insight Data Science Fellows Program.”
“The program combines mentoring by data experts from local companies (such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and LinkedIn) with exposure to actual big data challenges.”