Category Archives: Data Science
The OED, Big Data, and Crowdsourcing
The term “big data” was included in the most recent quarterly online update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). So now we have a most authoritative definition of what recently became big news: “data of a very large size, typically to the extent that its … Continue reading
The Big Data Interview: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO, EMC
If data sits on a desk somewhere and is not being used, it’s an opportunity wasted Sanjay Mirchandani believes IT has to take the lead in adding value to the business in the form of big data “addictive analytics.” Mirchandani … Continue reading
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The Data Science Interview: Mok Oh, PayPal
To Do Data Science, You Need a Team of Specialists Currently the Chief Scientist at PayPal, Mok Oh came on board when eBay acquired WHERE, where he was Chief Innovation Officer. Prior to WHERE, Mok founded EveryScape, a data visualization … Continue reading
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Mingsheng Hong: The Data Scientist is the New Product Manager
Boston’s new data science-related meetup, The Data Scientist, got off to a great start yesterday with a presentation titled “The Scientist, The Team and The Purpose,” entertainingly delivered by Mingsheng Hong, Chief Data Scientist at Hadapt.
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Data Science is so 1996!
Source: A History of the International Federation of Classifi cation Societies
3 Recent Books on Data Mining, Data Science and Big Data Analytics
Now that most of the hype around big data has died down, overtaken by the buzz over the Internet of Things, we are sometimes treated to serious discussions of the state-of-the-art (or science, for that matter) in data analysis. If … Continue reading
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Data Scientists: The Definition of Sexy
I put “sexy” in the title because I’m told that the words in the title make all the difference in getting noticed on the Web. That has certainly proven true for the Harvard Business Review after it included the word “sexiest” in the title … Continue reading
Top 10 Programming Languages 2016
IEEE Spectrum: After two years in second place, C has finally edged out Java for the top spot. Staying in the top five, Python has swapped places with C++ to take the No. 3 position, and C# has fallen out … Continue reading
Graduate Programs in Big Data Analytics/Data Science
Updated list here Bentley University M.S. in Marketing Analytics DePaul University M.S. in Predictive Analytics
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2 New Surveys About the Market for Data Scientists
Two new surveys tell us a lot about both the supply and demand sides of the hot market for data scientists, “the sexiest job of the 21st Century.” On the demand side—the challenges of recruiting, training, and integrating data scientists—we have … Continue reading
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