Data Science Career Advice: Blogs, Articles, Tutorials, and Examples

A 3-minute guide to enjoying your conferences

Career Insights Conferencesposted by ODSC Team October 26, 2017

There are a wide range of conferences to attend out there. In 2017, there have been over 245 Data Science, Machine learning and AI conferences, summits and events happening all over the world. Industry surveys suggest that 40 to 45 percent of Data Scientists have... Read more

Web Scraping Indeed for Key Data Science Job Skills

Career Insights Data Wrangling Modeling Research Data Science Jobsposted by Jesse Steinweg-Woods September 20, 2017

Editor’s Note: Check out our 2017 State of Data Science Jobs Report to compare stats, sentiments, and POVs. *available in Spanish As many of you probably know, being a data scientist requires a large skill set . . . Credit: Swami Chandrasekaran To master all of... Read more

A Data Science Guide for Managers

Blog Career Insightsposted by Diego Arenas, ODSC July 30, 2017

Are these terms familiar? Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Streaming Analytics, Data Science. In this post we will expand the executive’s knowledge and those aspiring to be by providing summaries by decade of the Data Science industry, and by comparing... Read more

Anonymization and the Future of Data Science

Career Insights Researchposted by Steve Touw April 18, 2017

Managing data privacy is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for massive corporations littered with data silos. New data regulations–from the EU to the US to China— illustrate that this challenge is really just beginning. This trend underscores the importance of anonymization – one of the most... Read more

Understanding the Chief Data Officer – Julie Steele ODSC Boston 2015

Career Insights Conferences ODSC East 2015|Speaker Slidesposted by Open Data Science June 22, 2015

Understanding the Chief Data Officer from odsc As the importance of having a data strategy in place is sinking in, many organizations have added a chief data officer (CDO) to their executive team to help create and implement that strategy. But every organization is doing this... Read more

Will Data Scientists Face Extinction – Alex Cosmas ODSC Boston 2015

Career Insights Conferences ODSC East 2015|Speaker Slidesposted by Open Data Science June 15, 2015

http://bit.ly/AlexCosmasPresentation Presenter Bio Alex Cosmas is a Chief Scientist in Booz Allen Hamilton’s Strategic Innovation Group, specializing in predictive analytics across the travel, hospitality and consumer sectors. He is a recognized expert in the use of probabilistic and causal models to perform both deductive and inductive... Read more

Big Data Analytics, The New CEO Super Power – Damian Mingle ODSC Boston 2015

Career Insights Conferences ODSC East 2015|Speaker Slidesposted by Open Data Science June 2, 2015

Big Data Analytics: The New CEO Super Power from odsc What is the key to leading a data-driven business transformation? Analytics are just a step in the process of wringing real value from technological investments that support effective data science. The real challenge is generating the... Read more

The Big Data of Everyday Things – Gerard Dwan ODSC Boston 2015

Career Insights Conferences ODSC East 2015|Speaker Slidesposted by Open Data Science June 2, 2015

The Big Data of Everyday Things from odsc Despite the amount of hype in the technical industry, there isn’t always a visible path to operational benefit. Many organizations are investing blindly in data science and big data without understanding the benefits the technology can bring or... Read more