David Dalpiaz

Hello and welcome to my webzone! You can call me Dave!

I am a Teaching Associate Professor for the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

• dalpiaz2@illinois.edu
• daviddalpiaz

What am I working on currently?

• Teaching CS 307, an introduction to machine learning for data science students.
• Applying statistical methodology to public baseball data.
• Researching accessibility needs and best practices in STEM education.
• Chairing the UIUC Senate Committee on University Statutes and Senate Procedures.
• Developing tools for accessing and working with public baseball data.
• Contributing to the PrairieLearn R autograder.
• Writing Atomic R, a textbook introducing the R programming language.

Effective January 2026, I will suspend the above activities to serve as the Director of Baseball Research for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Interested in baseball and data? Come work with me!