Listen "397: The Importance of Data Science Literacy"
Episode Synopsis
We chatted with data science influencer, educator, and principal data scientist Kirk Borne about his philosophy and work in spreading data science literacy across fields and industries through his frameworks.
In this episode you will learn:
Live vs. virtual events [4:20]
Who is Kirk Borne? [7:13]
Big data’s evolution and the emergence of small data [11:17]
The fourth industrial revolution and the future [22:00]
How has the data science education space changed in 14 years? [33:44]
Four types of data discovery [38:00]
The broad categories of AI you should pursue [50:44]
5 levels of analytics maturity [53:50]
LinkedIn Q&A [1:05:00]
Hiring at Booz Allen [1:15:18]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/397
In this episode you will learn:
Live vs. virtual events [4:20]
Who is Kirk Borne? [7:13]
Big data’s evolution and the emergence of small data [11:17]
The fourth industrial revolution and the future [22:00]
How has the data science education space changed in 14 years? [33:44]
Four types of data discovery [38:00]
The broad categories of AI you should pursue [50:44]
5 levels of analytics maturity [53:50]
LinkedIn Q&A [1:05:00]
Hiring at Booz Allen [1:15:18]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/397
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