The passionate debate nowadays is not whether data scientists can deliver business solutions, but rather whether domain experts play a major role in the delivery of such solutions. On one end of the spectrum, thought leaders seem to feel that domain experts must be involved at every stage of the design, development, and implementation of […]
Most In-Demand Data Science Skills of 2016
by Angela Guess Seamus Breslin recently wrote in InsideBigData, “Big data has been the watchword for a while in IT, so it’s no surprise that data science skills are in hot demand and the job has perhaps mischievously been labelled as the ‘sexiest job in the 21st century’ by the Harvard Business Review. It’s a […]
The Ups and Downs of Outsourcing Data Science
by Angela Guess Lisa Morgan recently wrote in Information Week, “A great number of companies are investing in data science, but the results they’re getting are mixed. Building internal capabilities can be time-consuming and expensive, especially since the limited pool of data scientists is in high demand. Outsourcing can speed an organization’s path to developing […]
Crowdsourcing Data Science Projects with Competitions
by Angela Guess Lisa Morgan recently wrote in Information Week, “The data science talent shortage has some companies thinking outside the box. Even if your company employs a formidable data science team, you would likely still benefit from third-party ideas or solutions. Data science competitions and other forms of crowdsourcing offer viable means of advancing […]
How Airbnb Doubled Its Ratio of Female Data Science Team Members
by Angela Guess Megan Rose Dickey reports in TechCrunch, “The data science team over at home-sharing platform Airbnb was able to increase the overall ratio of female employees on its team from 15 percent to 30 percent in 2015, with 47 percent of its new hires being women. That didn’t happen by accident. After scaling […]
Data Education Programs at Florida Polytechnic University
Florida Polytechnic University (FPU) strives to be nationally, and internationally, respected as a college that offers not only engineering and technological programs, but also interdisciplinary course programs within the STEM fields (STEM is an abbreviation that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and it will be discussed in further depth later in this article.) […]
Paths, Patterns, and Lakes: The Shapes of Data to Come
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Data doesn’t exist outside your engagement with it. Or, rather, it may physically exist, but it’s little more than a shapeless mass of potential insights until you attempt to extract something useful from it. Drilling for actionable intelligence can take either of two approaches: query for it or […]
Data Science Extends Far Beyond Data Scientists
by Angela Guess Adrian Bridgwater recently wrote in Forbes, “Today we know that data science isn’t just for data scientists. At least that’s the trend we are seeing radiate upwards from our increasing business-centric approach to the Internet of Things, big data analytics and machine learning. The new data-aware boardroom even sees CEOs and CFOs […]
Where Data Science Meets Operations
by Angela Guess John Weathington recently wrote in TechRepublic, “When most people imagine a data science team, they envision a think tank centrally located in corporate headquarters that is assiduously working to propel the company’s next big strategy. Some even think of data scientists in more of a research and development function, doing deep data […]
Adobe Set to Offer New Round of Grants to Data Science Researchers
by Angela Guess Alex Knapp reports for Forbes, “Adobe announced today that it would be hosting its third Data Science Symposium on May 26 of this year. At the symposium, the company will also be giving grants of up to $50,000 to university researchers in data science. Since 2014, the company has given away 18 […]