Posts Tagged ‘datascience’

For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights

September 29, 2014

For #BigData Scientists, Janitor Work Is Key http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/technology/for-big-data-scientists-hurdle-to-insights-is-janitor-work.html Is a #datascientist a digital maid or a data priest? Perhaps a hybrid.

O’Neil talk

Phylomemetics—Evolutionary Analysis beyond the Gene

September 21, 2014

Phylomemetics—Evolutionary Analysis beyond the Gene
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001069 #Phylogenetics for texts, languages & artifacts (w/ recoding)

They’re Watching You at Work

September 21, 2014

They’re Watching You at Work http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/theyre-watching-you-at-work/354681 Will HR analytics be a corporate big brother or personal coach? #Datamining & #Privacy

Divining reality from the hype

September 1, 2014

Divining reality from the hype http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/08/difference-engine-2 ’14 @Gartner_inc hypecycle chart for tech trends; #DataScience going up;#BigData, down

Academic Researchers Find Lucrative Work as ‘Big Data’ Scientists – WSJ

August 11, 2014

Academic Researchers Find Lucrative Work as #BigData Scientists
http://online.wsj.com/articles/academic-researchers-find-lucrative-work-as-big-data-scientists-1407543088 Mentions #genomics & physics as #datascience training

Nice mention of genomics/biostat as a useful training ground for data scientists

Data Science and Prediction | December 2013 | Communications of the ACM

June 2, 2014

#DataScience & Prediction: Nice overview of the field, emphasizing testable models, even when causation isn’t implied
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2013/12/169933-data-science-and-prediction/fulltext

Women Are Better at Selecting Gifts than Men

January 19, 2014

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0081643

The Future of Computer Science ←

December 24, 2013

.@aaronclauset @chrishwiggins In this post it appears that the Future of Computer Science is to become #datascience http://blogs.siam.org/the-future-of-computer-science

datascience@berkeley

September 30, 2013

http://requestinfo.datascience.berkeley.edu

Ogilvy Chief Data Officer Role May Be Sign of Things to Come | Data-Driven Marketing – Advertising Age

September 17, 2013

#CEO, COO,CFO,CIO,CTO,CSO, #CDO….Ugh! Ogilvy Chief Data Officer Role May Be Sign of Things to Come
http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/ogilvy-chief-data-officer-role-sign-things/243713 MT @KirkDBorne

http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/ogilvy-chief-data-officer-role-sign-things/243713/