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In my last few articles, I've written about data science and machine learning. In case my enthusiasm wasn't obvious from my writing, let me say it plainly: it has been a long time since I last ...

This is part of a new series of posts that highlight the importance of Earth and space science data and its contributions to society. "What is a data scientist?" D.J. Patil, now the U.S. Chief Data ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. One of the greatest failures of data science has been the way in which ...

Seven years ago, when David Schimel was asked to design an ambitious data project called the National Ecological Observatory Network, it was little more than a National Science Foundation grant. There ...

A new survey of data scientists found that they spend most of their time massaging rather than mining or modeling data. Still, most are happy with having the sexiest job of the 21 st century. The ...

Discover what data science is, its benefits, techniques, and real-world use cases in this comprehensive guide. Data science merges statistics, science, computing, machine learning, and other domain ...