  The discipline of data science emerged to combine statistical methods with
computing. At Aalto University, Finland, we have taken first steps to bring
educational data science as a part of daily operations of Management
Information Services. This required changes in IT environment: we enhanced data
warehouse infrastructure with a data science lab, where we can read predictive
model training data from data warehouse database and use the created predictive
models in database queries. We then conducted a data science pilot with an
objective to predict students' graduation probability and time-to-degree with
student registry data. Further ethical and legal considerations are needed
before using predictions in daily operations of the university.
