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Data Science, Past & Future

Domino Data Lab

He was saying this doesn’t belong just in statistics. It involved a lot of work with applied math, some depth in statistics and visualization, and also a lot of communication skills. You see these drivers involving risk and cost, but also opportunity. I can point to the year 2001. Tukey did this paper. All righty.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 5

Domino Data Lab

What are the projected risks for companies that fall behind for internal training in data science? For example, an exec from a large, well-known consulting firm explained to me how they rarely send staff to in-person courses. In business terms, why does this matter ? NASA persistently misspells Jupyter.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 12

Domino Data Lab

Consider the following timeline: 2001 – Physics grad students are getting hired in quantity by hedge funds to work on Wall St. The probabilistic nature changes the risks and process required. They tend to use less machine learning, but more advanced statistical practices, since the outcomes (government policies, etc.)

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Data Science at The New York Times

Domino Data Lab

In 2001, Bill Cleveland writes this article saying, “You are doing it wrong.” We consult with the journalists, we try to be useful when we can be helpful but those people have deadlines, and I’m already submitting papers to NeurIPS and other stuff. Bell Labs basically was the “data science” of the day.