EPISODE SUMMARY: What is Data Science?

Episode 1: What is Data Science?

In this episode We discuss the definition of Data and how it relates to Data Science. We also touch upon the ethics of Data Science and the possible futures for it.

Brief introductions

What is data?

Kid’s height in doorway example
Number of steps in a fitness tracker example
Measured record
Importance of metadata

How does it relate to Data Science?

Making sense of data
Taking action based on data
It’s an emerging field in its infancy

Data science in the news

HBR calling it the sexiest job in the 21st century in 2012
Number of data science job listings per year have exploded
Training programs for data science
Data and data science are tools used by people

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👥ABOUT US:

Laura and Vijay are data scientists who enjoy talking about data and sharing their experiences, which is why they started this podcast. Laura worked in credit risk modeling and experimental design. She is also an amateur silversmith. Vijay worked on Deep Learning NLP models and recommender systems. He also loves learning new things, like French. On Deep Data Dive, they will share their work experiences, discuss data science fundamentals, and chat with guests, and more.

🎙PODCAST MISSION STATEMENT:

Welcome to Deep Data Dive! Data is the new oil and data scientist is the sexist job of the 21st century (at least according to Harvard Business Review…). If you want to learn more, you’re in the right place! Follow us as we discuss our work experiences, review key data science concepts, learn new concepts, and chat with guests. We will tell you everything they know about the field, getting a job as a data scientist, and what the job is like. We hope you will follow our journey, have some fun, laugh, and learn some data science along the way.

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Episode 1: Introduction + What is Data Science?