by Angela Guess Forbes contributor Bernard Marr recently wrote, “The term ‘data scientist’ can cover many roles across many industries and organizations from academia to finance or Government. [Data scientist Dr. Steve] Hanks leads a team of 12 to 15 members responsible for all of the analytics at Whitepages, and their skillsets and duties vary. […]
The Top 10 Skills Required in Data Science
by Angela Guess Bob Hayes recently analyzed the top ten skills needed by Data Science professionals in Business2Community. He writes, “In our ongoing study of data scientists, we ask data professionals to indicate their proficiency in 25 different data science skills. The 25 skills, listed in Figure 1 (above), reflect the set of skills that […]
Happy New Year: Data Visualizations on a Positive Note
It’s now 2016 and to ring in the New Year with some good news – and with an enjoyable Data Visualization focus – we decided to publish this Happy Data New Year post from the Data Visualization blog Visual Cinnamon. Created by Nadieh Bremer, an Astronomer who became a Data Scientist, Visual Cinnamon is a […]
The Big Data Transition
Predictions for 2016 are flowing in and Big Data is being talked about from all corners of the industry, “with each passing year, as the world transitions to digital era technologies, the consumption of data is increasing exponentially. On Facebook alone there are four million posts every minute and in same time Instagram users post […]
Cognitive Computing has a Bright Future
IBM and Watson have made Cognitive Computing famous and are now employing such technologies for a range of different applications, “cognitive systems have the potential to reshape computing, and are an area of computing that you should not ignore. I recently watched this video The Future of Cognitive Computing by Dr. John Kelly, Senior Vice […]
Where is Data Science Going Next?
Data Science is no longer just the purview of academic conferences and scholarly papers, it is now a significant movement within Data Management as a whole and has numerous benefits that are now only being understood. According to Daniel Gutierrez at InsideBigData, “Eighty-nine percent of corporations believe that not leveraging big data will result in […]
Data Science and Insight as a Service
Data Science is now one of the top Data Management industry buzzwords. But what is real insight? And how can such insights aid in the success of an enterprise. According to the article, “in today’s environment where corporate marketing over-hypes everything associated with big data and analytics, the word “insight” is being used very loosely, […]
Best Practices in Data Storytelling
Data storytelling is a critical aspect of analytics that was not given much attention until recently. An Enterprise Data World 2015 session entitled “Visualize This: The Art of Data Storytelling” featuring Kimberly Nevala and Bree Baich of SAS indicates that data storytelling plays an integral role in: Advanced Analytics: The more advanced the nature of […]
Case Study: An Inside Look at Airbnb’s Data Science Journey
by Angela Guess Riley Newman of Airbnb recently wrote in VentureBeat, “Five years ago, I joined Airbnb as its first data scientist. At that time, the few people who’d even heard of the company were still figuring out how to pronounce its name, and the roughly seven-person team (depending on whether you counted that guy […]