Analytics and Data Science Organization (ADSO)

Student-Run Organization

This is a student-run organization established for the benefit of all under-graduate, graduate, doctoral and professional students at Kennesaw State University who are enrolled full or parttime. We have staff and faculty community members affiliated with the graduate programs who are a part of ADSO.

Purpose of ADSO

We provide:

Travel funding to scholarly and professional conferences.
Scholarship and professional activities.
Information about vital skills and resources necessary in the data science field.
Social and networking opportunities for students and faculty respectively and mutually to the industry partners.
An integrated support system for students to aid them in their academic pursuits.

Our Events & Travel Support

Events We Conduct

We conduct and organize a variety of activities (including but not limited to):

Support the ADSO members for filing the SABAC travel funding for scholarly and professional events
Student hackathons, conferences, workshops, informational sessions, and networking events.
Guest lectures devoted to topics of interest to "Data Science”
Serve as a network of information between graduate students and all other available on campus resources to enrolled students.

Travel Funding

Am I eligible for funding?

We support students who are ADSO members traveling to conferences with an accepted research project or research poster. We also generally support students who are interested in attending conferences to represent KSU in the realm of data science and analytics.

You must be enrolled in the semester you plan to attend the conference.
How much funding do you offer?
Total travel allowance per person per year:
- Domestic Travel - $500 per person
- International Travel - $750 per person
How can I apply for funding?
To secure funding you'll need to:
- Submit a pre-travel request form to ADSO. You can find the pre-travel form on Owl Life.
- Wait for preapproval from the ADSO team.
- Once the ADSO team has approved your travel, you'll be ready to go.
- Keep all your receipts during your travel.
- After coming back from the event, submit the post-travel form on Owl Life. ADSO will submit this form to SABAC to claim the refund.
- The ADSO team will keep you informed about your refund status.
For a more details and explanation, please review our ADSO travel procedure slides.
Where do I start?

Please download the slides to understand the procedure clearly. For any questions, please email us.

2025 - 2026 ADSO Officers

ADSO Officers

Salini Ambadapudi

President

Iyanu Dabiri

Vice President of Events

Nnenna Ifeanyi

Vice President of Finance

Andy Lewis

Secretary

Mckenzie Gilbert

Marketing

Adele Barski

Masters Student Representitive

Jillian Tetrick

Undergraduate Student Representative

Mayowa Otunla

Undergraduate Student Representative

Susan Hardy

Faculty Advisor