Continuing MSU’s innovative legacy

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University officially opened its new National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center’s (NSPARC) data center April 20 that is designed to continue the university’s legacy of innovative data science practices. The NSPARC center has added state-of-the-art technology that can process and store more than 400 terabytes of data, allowing NSPARC to further its mission of using data science to drive human progress. NSPARC works with multiple government agencies and organizations to use data science: Workforce and economic development, early childhood education and human services are just a number of the areas in which NSPARC does valuable research and creates innovative solutions. The new facility is located in MSU’s Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park. The center, which has more than 50 data innovations created in the last decade, has achieved national prominence in the data science field. (Source: MSU 04/20/18)