Data Science Summer 2025 Capstone Project Showcase
Capstone projects are the culmination of the MIDS students’ work in the School of Information’s Master of Information and Data Science program.
Over the course of their final semester, teams of students propose and select project ideas, conduct and communicate their work, receive and provide feedback, and deliver compelling presentations along with a web-based final deliverable.
Join us for an online presentation of these capstone projects.
A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.
Judges
Komal Ahmad
Founder, Copia
Simran Bhatia
Data Scientist, Apple
Simran is a data scientist at Apple focused on business intelligence for services business. She has a master’s in data science from University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s in informatics from University of Washington. The reason she chose to pursue data science is because she has always been interested in understanding human behavior. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing, hiking, traveling and finding the best coffee shops.
Rama Thamman
Senior Manager, Amazon Webservices
Rama Thamman is a technology executive with over 15+ years of experience in the software Industry. Currently, he is a senior manager with Amazon SageMaker AI service team that helps data scientists and developers to prepare, build, train, and deploy high-quality machine learning (ML) models quickly by bringing together a broad set of capabilities purpose-built for ML. Prior to his role at Amazon, Rama was the CTO for RevolutionCredit. Rama holds a master’s degree in information and data science (MIDS) from the I School, graduating in 2017. He also holds an MBA from Cal State East Bay, and a Bachelor of Engineering in electronics and communication.