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Data Scientists and the Practice of Data Science
I was recently involved in a couple of panel discussions on what it means to be a data scientist and to practice data science. These discussions/debates took place at IBM Insight in Las Vegas in Late October. I attended the event as IBM’s guest. The panels, moderated by Brian Fanzo, included me and these data experts: Andrew […]
Getting Insights Using Data Science Skills and the Scientific Method
IBM is hosting their IBM Insight event next week in Las Vegas. The event will, no doubt, help companies understand how to use analytics to get insight from their data. I will be attending the event as their guest and will be sharing what I learn via social media. As a first step in sharing […]
Data Science Skills and the Improbable Unicorn
The role of data and analytics in business continues to grow. To make sense of their plethora of data, businesses are looking to data scientists for help. Job site, indeed.com, shows a continued growth in “data scientist” positions. To better understand the field of data science, we studied hundreds of data professionals. In that study, we […]
Investigating Data Scientists, their Skills and Team Makeup
A new survey of 490 data professionals from small to large companies, conducted by AnalyticsWeek in partnership with Business Over Broadway, provides a look into the field of data science. Download the free Executive Summary of the report, Optimizing your Data Science Teams. Our world of Big Data requires that businesses, to outpace their competitors, optimize the […]
Assess Your Data Science Expertise
What kind of a data scientist are you? Take the free Data Skills Scoring System Survey at http://pxl.me/awrds3 Companies rely on experts who can make sense of their data. Often referred to as data scientists, these people bring their specific skills to bear in helping extract insight from the data. These skills include such things as […]
Data Science Talent is Key to Analytical Innovators
Companies continually look for ways to outperform their competitors. One way they are trying to get ahead is through the application of analytics on their data. Researchers, for example, have found that top-performing businesses were twice as likely to use analytics to guide future strategies and guide day-to-day operations compared to their low-performing counterparts. Researchers from MIT […]