This document discusses big data and data science projects at a Center for Data Science. It provides an overview of various research areas like healthcare informatics, intelligent systems, social computing, and big data security. It also describes technologies used for big data like machine learning, distributed databases, and data integration. Specific projects are summarized, such as predicting hospital readmissions for congestive heart failure patients and detecting malware activity based on domain names. The document outlines the steps involved in building predictive models, from data understanding to predictive modeling. Performance of initial models is discussed, with areas for improvement noted.