PODCAST | What makes a data scientist?
"Data Scientist" is listed as the “Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” by the Harvard Business Review, but what is data science and what do data scientists do? Claire Schulkey investigated the question at International Data Week speaking with Amy Nurnberger and Sarah Callaghan, two data professionals, and she heard from the chief data scientist at the New York Times to figure out what makes a data professional, how people get into the field, and what they do all day.
PARTICIPANTS
Host: Claire Schulkey, Ph.D. Computational and Systems Biology, 2015-2017 Executive Branch Fellow at the National Institutes of Health
Chris Wiggins, Ph.D., Chief Data Scientist, New York Times
Mark Parsons Research Data Alliance, Secretary General
Amy Nurnberger, Research Data Manager, Columbia University, Twitter: @DataAtCU
Sarah Callaghan, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Researcher and Project Manager, British Atmospheric Data Centre, Twitter: @sor
PRODUCER
Carlos Faraco, Ph.D. Neuroscience, 2016-17 Judicial Branch Fellow at the National Institute of Justice
Image: Pixabay
