I conclude my 4-year life in UIC as fulfillment and happiness. Lots of assignments, countless quiz and incomputable hard work at night make me very full and busy in UIC. The all-English environment laid me a solid foundation on my graduate study. Meanwhile, it is also happy to study and live in UIC as I meet lots of new classmates and make some friends here. When we have the group discussion, what we discuss is not limited to study, but can expand to life, which add some laughter to our tense study. At the same time, UIC also provides plenty of activities like clubs and basketball games, which can help me broaden my horizon and relieve pressure.

I am very proud of being a member of first graduates of Data Science program in UIC. I feel so lucky that I meet very responsible professors and excellent classmates. From course materials preparation to assigning homework to grading and explaining our homework, all the professors in DS put a lot of effort into them. And also, no matter what kind of questions we have, they are always willing to answer, even in the non-working time. Meanwhile, sometimes, many students in DS are also willing to communicate with our professors on their life. For the students in DS, we support and push each other. I still remember that there were some nights each semester, the laboratory was filled by lots of DS students, who all worked hard and caught up with DDL. And also, when I come to my graduate school, I suddenly found how reasonable the course schedule was in my undergraduate program. DS covers a range of theories and applications of data science, which laid me a solid foundation on my graduate study.

Finally, I want to show my best wish for Data Science and my alma mater UIC to be better and better in the future.