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Deciphering The Seldom Discussed Differences Between Data Mining and Data Science

Smart Data Collective

The Data Scientist profession today is often considered to be one of the most promising and lucrative. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the number of data scientists will increase from 32,700 to 37,700 between 2019 and 2029. Data Mining is an important research process. Practical experience.

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Training the Next Generation of Data Leaders: The Data Intelligence Project

Alation

Our platform combines data insights with human intelligence in pursuit of this mission. In the fall of 2019, Alation brought this mission to higher education. For the course, ‘Big Data and Society’, we loaded publicly available COVID-19 data into the catalog for student use and investigation.