The Popularity of

DATA SCIENCE
What is data science?

Data Science Service Change

Applying advanced Converting new data
statistical tools to insights into (often
existing data to small) changes to
generate new insights business processes

Smarter Work
More efficient and effective use of staff and resources
What complements data science?
(and is really good stuff to do)

Approach

Performance
Management

Evaluation All approaches can lead to service

improvement. It’s about choosing the
Policy Analysis right tool for the job (and sometimes
combining them)!
Open Data

DataScienceSF
What is NOT data science?
 This  Not that
Service change Academic research

Major overhauls /
Small changes
service disruptions

Collecting new
Use existing data
data (mostly ;)
Data Science
Project Types
Project Type: Find the needle in the haystack
What to target? Data Science Service Change

Target areas

Target categories

Target individuals

Service Issue: Data Science Process: Service Change:

Difficult to identify Use existing data and Engage with target
targets in a population predictive modeling to subset of population
identify targets

Result: Department resources are spent where most needed

MAKING USE OF DATA

PAST
EXAMPLES
Recommender Systems

predicting
movie ratings
Google Search Engine

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Google Driverless
Car
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INDUST
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•Analytics Process

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SKILLS ASSESSED IN THE DATA SCIENCE
 Statistical Skills

 Mathematical Skills

 Algorithmic Skills

 Computer Science Skills

 Analytical skills
Tools Need for Data Science

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JOBS LANDSCAPES IN FUTURE
ARTICLES ON DATA
SCIENCE
 The average Data Scientist salaries for job postings in
the US are 113% higher than average salaries for all job
postings nationwide, as of February 2018.
The average Data Scientist salary by skills in the USA
and India.
• Data Analyst • Manager- Machine Learning &
• Data Scientist Analysis
• Hadoop Developer • Statistician
• Data Consultant • ETL Developer
• Architect • Machine Learning Engineer
• Data Visualizer • Data Engineer
• Machine Learning Developer • NLP Engineer
• Machine Learning Specialist
• Lead Data Scientist
• Machine Learning Consultant
• Reasearch Engineer
• Artificial Intelligence Expert
WEBSITES TO FIND
DATA SCIENCE JOBS
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Thank yoU