November 16, 2019

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The curious case of the data scientist

The curious case of the data scientist

David Selby shares some of the challenges he has faced coercing meaning from data and explains why he is particularly enthusiastic about the latest technological developments in the data science field.
Talk Title The curious case of the data scientist
Speakers DAVID SELBY (IBM)
Conference Strata + Hadoop World
Conf Tag Making Data Work
Location London, United Kingdom
Date June 1-3, 2016
URL Talk Page
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Some say that data science is the hottest career for 2016 or the sexiest job of the 21st century. But after 26 years of data crunching, David Selby has seen more than his fair share of data cul-de-sacs, false promises, and downright misleading correlations. David shares some of the challenges he has faced coercing meaning from data and explains why he is particularly enthusiastic about the latest technological developments in the data science field. This keynote is sponsored by IBM.

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