The Data Science Student Society at UCSD is an interdisciplinary academic organization designed to immerse the community in the diverse and growing facets of Data Science: Machine Learning, Computational Statistics, Data Mining, Visualization, Predictive Analytics, and any new emerging relevant fields of study. With practical hands-on data projects, a professional portfolio-building approach, and fun outreach activities, the Data Science Student Society at UCSD strives to enrich the academic life of the student community by strengthening them for success in their current and future pursuits of Data Science related fields. "Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves." — Timothy J Berners-Lee The Society's foundation started up from a question: What does it mean to be a Data Scientist? While there has always existed an interest in this field among UCSD students, a few brave souls dared to investigate deeper Now, with the advent of 3 never-before offered Data Science courses across a trifecta of renown departments - Cognitive Science, Mathematics, Computer Science - and one unifying student organization numbering at nearly ONE THOUSAND general members strong that has already successfully claimed 5 competitions + The Mathematical Contest in Modeling + Data Science FunConference + Big Pixel Hackathon + Yelp Dataset Challenge + Teradata Hackathon within the unbelievable timespan of merely a single year alone, the Data Science community at UCSD is unleashing the monolithic might of analytics and actionable insights to secure its position as a top institution and leader in Data Analysis at a global scale