Where will data scientists come from?
An EMC industry survey on data science indicates that 34% of respondents believe the best new source of data science talent is students studying computer science, and 12% believe the best source is...
View ArticleData Science: Where the Boys Are
A friend and colleague asked me about my observation that although there are many women in analytics (see my article, “The STEM Profession that Women Dominate”), that the media and other sources paint...
View ArticleBig Data and the insurance industry
Lately I have seen an upswing in press releases and media mentions of predictive analytics in the insurance industry. This industry has been making use of predictive analytics since long before the...
View ArticleIs Data Science New?
In a recent Harvard Business Review blog post, “Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”, Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil report that the title was “coined in 2008 by one of us, D.J....
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