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Data Science

While a lot of modern technology professions require a large range of skills (see The Rise and Fall of the Full-Stack Developer), the data scientist may have the most diverse skill set. A typical data scientist has knowledge of statistics, strong math skills (in particular linear algebra and probability theory), and the ability to work with data visualization techniques and tools (such as D3.js or Tableau), SQL, several Big Data technologies (such as MongoDB and Hadoop), and cloud platforms such as AWS

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Citation metrics for semantic assertions

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Data science as a way out of academia

The most accessible job to a typical physicist cum programmer goes by the job title Data Scientist. It's also one of the more high paying jobs in technology…

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DataKind: data scientists for social good

DataKind™ (formerly known as Data Without Borders) brings together leading data scientists with high impact social organizations through a comprehensive…

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Scientists scan more and read less

Just as the aim of channel surfing is not to find a program to watch, the goal of literature surfing, is not to find an article to read, but rather to find…

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What is open science

So what’s Open? Open has worked in other fields, especially software. Moedas continues: In my view, there is a strong economic, scientific and moral case for…

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