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Center of Computing and Data Science
The Center of Computing and Data Science (CDS) is one of the degree-granting schools within Boston University with the goal of integrating education and research in the field of data science. The school offers an Bachelor of Science in Data Science, a Minor in Data Science, and a Ph.D. in Computing and Data Science.

After being originally announced on October 1st, 2019, Boston University launched the data science major officially and started providing classes in the Fall of 2021.

Building
The CDS is housed in a building that shares its name. Located at 645-665 Commonwealth Avenue, construction of the building began in the winter of 2019 and opened at the end of the 2022.

The building consists of 19 floors, totaling at a height of 305 feet. It holds the faculty of CDS, the Computer Science and the Mathematics & Statistics department from the College of Arts and Sciences, BU Spark!, and the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. The first two floors hold administrative offices. Floors 3-5 hold the Mathematics & Statistics department while floors 6-10 hold the Computer Science department. The next 6 floors holds the Hariri Institute. The top floor and basement is used to hold equipment.

The building is designed with a geothermal system to provide heating and cooling, with no reliance on fossil fuels to help Boston University reach a net-zero carbon production.

It was designed by KPMB Architects, and made to look like a stack of books.

Undergraduate Program
As of November of 2022, CDS offers a single Bachelors of Science in Data Science. The major can be completed through two different tracks: in-the-field and methodology. The in-the-field track allows students to develop expertise in a domain. The methodology track has a stronger focus on the theoretical aspect of data science.

CDS also offers a Minor in Data Science. To qualify, a student must have fulfilled the prerequisite of an introductory computer science course, either from CDS, the College of Arts and Sciences, or the College of Engineering.

CDS does not offer any dual degrees with the other Boston University colleges.

Graduate Program
CDS only offers a Ph.D. in Computing and Data Science.