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    Data Scientist: Profession of the future?

    MSc. José Wesley Lima Silva

    DATA S CIENCE

    Recife
    November 27, 2017

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    Agenda

    1 Introduction
    Data
    Data Science
    Data Scientist
    Data Science Skill Set
    Data Science Tools
    Data Science Project Lifecycle

    2 Data Science Jobs


    High-Demand Job
    Brazil
    Recife

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 2 / 21
    Introduction Data

    Data Never Sleeps

    Figure: 24 Hours of Global Air Traffic


    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 3 / 21
    Introduction Data

    Data Never Sleeps

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 4 / 21
    Introduction Data

    Data Never Sleeps

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 5 / 21
    Introduction Data

    And Now?

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 6 / 21
    Introduction Data Science

    What is data science?

    To gain insights into data through computation, statistics, and


    visualization.

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 7 / 21
    Introduction Data Science

    Definition of data science

    In 2001, William S. Cleveland introduced data science as an inde-


    pendent discipline.

    Data Science is the science of creating methods of data analysis


    and statistical tools for such analysis.

    Data Science and Big Data – the differences.

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 8 / 21
    Introduction Data Scientist

    A Data Scientist Is...

    A data scientist is someone who knows more statistics than a


    computer scientist and more computer science than a statistician.
    Josh Blumenstock

    Data Scientist = statistician + programmer + coach + storyteller + artist


    Shlomo Aragmon

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 9 / 21
    Introduction Data Scientist

    Data Scientist...

    Figure: Drew Conway’s Data Science Venn Diagram


    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 10 / 21
    Introduction Data Scientist

    Data Science Interdisciplinary

    Source: www.umassd.edu/interdisciplinary/datascience/

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 11 / 21
    Introduction Data Science Skill Set

    The data science skill set

    Source: https://blog.zhaw.ch/datascience/the-data-science-skill-set/
    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 12 / 21
    Introduction Data Science Tools

    Data Science Tools

    Source: http://bigdata.black
    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 13 / 21
    Introduction Data Science Project Lifecycle

    The data science project lifecycle

    Source: http://cs109.github.io/2014/
    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 14 / 21
    Introduction Data Science Project Lifecycle

    Yes, I’m a Data Scientist!

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 15 / 21
    Data Science Jobs High-Demand Job

    High-Demand Job: Data Science

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 16 / 21
    Data Science Jobs High-Demand Job

    High-Demand Job: Data Science

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 17 / 21
    Data Science Jobs High-Demand Job

    High-Demand Job: Data Science

    Forecast...

    Market Growth: By 2018, data science jobs in the U.S. will exceed
    490,000, with fewer than 200,000 available data scientists to fill
    these positions (McKinsey & Co.);

    Average Salary: Between $ 116,000 and $ 163,500 in 2017


    (Forbes);

    Job openings: Shortage of up to 1.5 million by 2018 (McKinsey &


    Co.).

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 18 / 21
    Data Science Jobs Brazil

    High-Demand Job: Data Science

    Brazil

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 19 / 21
    Data Science Jobs Recife

    High-Demand Job: Data Science

    Recife

    SILVA, J.W.L. (UFRPE) Data Scientist: Profession of the future? Data Science 20 / 21
    Data Science Jobs

    Data Scientist: Profession of the future!

    MSc. José Wesley Lima Silva


    ...
    josewesley.silva@ufrpe.com.br
    https://wesleyjw.github.io
    @WesleyJwls

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