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The statistics identity crisis: am I really a data scientist?

 

 

 

crisis

 

Tl;dr: We will host a Google Hangout of our popular JSM session October 30th 2-4 PM EST. 

 

I organized a session at JSM 2015 called “The statistics identity crisis: am I really a data scientist?” The session turned out to be pretty popular:

but it turns out not everyone fit in the room:

Thankfully, Steve Pierson at the ASA had the awesome idea to re-run the session for people who couldn’t be there. So we will be hosting a Google Hangout with the following talks:

'Am I a Data Scientist?': The Applied Statistics Student's Identity Crisis — Alyssa Frazee, Stripe
How Industry Views Data Science Education in Statistics Departments — Chris Volinsky, AT&T
Evaluating Data Science Contributions in Teaching and Research — Lance Waller, Emory University
Teach Data Science and They Will Come — Jennifer Bryan, The University of British Columbia

You can watch it on Youtube or Google Plus. Here is the link:

https://plus.google.com/events/chuviltukohj2inbqueap9h7228

The session will be held October 30th (tomorrow!) from 2-4PM EST. You can watch it live and discuss the talks using the hashtag [ 

 

 

crisis

 

Tl;dr: We will host a Google Hangout of our popular JSM session October 30th 2-4 PM EST. 

 

I organized a session at JSM 2015 called “The statistics identity crisis: am I really a data scientist?” The session turned out to be pretty popular:

but it turns out not everyone fit in the room:

Thankfully, Steve Pierson at the ASA had the awesome idea to re-run the session for people who couldn’t be there. So we will be hosting a Google Hangout with the following talks:

'Am I a Data Scientist?': The Applied Statistics Student's Identity Crisis — Alyssa Frazee, Stripe
How Industry Views Data Science Education in Statistics Departments — Chris Volinsky, AT&T
Evaluating Data Science Contributions in Teaching and Research — Lance Waller, Emory University
Teach Data Science and They Will Come — Jennifer Bryan, The University of British Columbia

You can watch it on Youtube or Google Plus. Here is the link:

https://plus.google.com/events/chuviltukohj2inbqueap9h7228

The session will be held October 30th (tomorrow!) from 2-4PM EST. You can watch it live and discuss the talks using the hashtag](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23jsm2015) or you can watch later as the video will remain on Youtube.