Masters of Big Data: New Graduate Programs Debut at U.S. Universities

This fall, thousands of budding data scientists around the country will begin their march toward advanced degrees--and the near certainty of multiple job offers upon graduation. At least seven new graduate-level programs Read more…

Universities Roll Out New Big Data Programs

The insatiable demand for data scientists is creating a major bottleneck in the capabilities of organizations to complete their big data projects. In response, the nation’s universities are stepping up and putting new big data programs in place in an attempt to meet demand. MIT and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute are two universities that recently unveiled new big data classes and programs. Read more…

Data Scientists–Who Needs Them Anyway?

It's great being data scientist. You get a ridiculously large salary and, because the Harvard Business Review called it "sexiest job of the 21st century," automatic success on the dating scene. The problem is, like the Eastern Lowland Gorilla and the Black Spider Monkey, data scientists are an endangered species. Good luck finding one in the wild. Read more…

Data Science and the Decision-maker in the Machine

It’s not the algorithms or techniques that comprise data science, but the core principles that underlie the techniques, argue academics, Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, who say the conflation between popular data-related buzz terms and actual “data science” could be problematic if not straightened-out soon. Read more…