{"id":2392,"date":"2017-04-18T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/statistics\/dms\/?page_id=2392"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:56:39","slug":"data-science-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/statistics\/dms\/data-science-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Data Science Lab in the Department of Statistics and Data Science is led by Prof. HanQin Cai<\/a>. All Linux workstations in the lab are installed with statistical analysis software such as SAS, R, and Python. All students who are currently taking classes from the statistics department are welcome to use lab resources. In addition, there are graduate teaching assistants in the lab who can assist students with these programming languages. The Data Science Lab also offers free installation of SAS (Statistical Analysis System) on students\u2019 personal computers.<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Data Science Lab is located at:<\/p>\n

The Technology Common II<\/a> (TC2) Room 224 (Enter at Room 221)<\/p>\n

Contact: datasciencelab@ucf.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Open Hours and Graduate Teaching Assistants <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Spring 2026 Open Hours (updated\u00a0 1\/12\/2026)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
GTA<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Md Mehedi Hasan Bhuiyan<\/a><\/td>\nMon: 10:00AM – 3:00PM
\nWed: 10:00AM – 1:00PM<\/p>\n

FRI:\u00a0 \u00a011.30AM – 1.30PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Yuh-Haur Chen<\/a><\/td>\nTue: 11:00AM – 4:00PM
\nThu: 11:00AM – 4:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Workstation Access
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Faculty members are required to file a ticket using the link below on behalf of students to gain access to the lab.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/ucf.service-now.com\/ucfit<\/a> (select ‘Linux Services Support Request’)<\/p>\n

Remote Access Guide<\/h3>\n

VS Code offers an efficient solution for remotely connecting to Linux servers via SSH directly within the application. This allows you to use VS Code on your local machine to edit and manage files hosted on Linux servers, while also providing terminal access to execute commands or run code. The following link provides a usefull step-by-step guide on how to set up this functionality.<\/p>\n