Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RS Wood Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: ApacheCon Keynote: data science fails to solve real world problems Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 10:55:47 +0000 (UTC) Organization: solani.org Lines: 10 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: solani.org 1396954547 29269 eJwNx8EBwCAIA8CVQALCODXC/iPY+51baHAjPODj80coIM7XO/v2MQ6qhFgNMYtcU1fJUtHsByaCESo= (8 Apr 2014 10:55:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 10:55:47 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXFGiRcyob/59gAudmZxAMDOZ31pJf1XStlSYpP8OxC5+U6Xrb7uOICvIBHrsQxg== Cancel-Lock: sha1:SI1G4O1T8ClnGe9PREKrEQxZ6Ko= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwNxcERACEIBLCWQASPcmRZ+i/hfGTiFho4Ozy2j0/7CPnVWPE8EOd9pWXLXZ2EIroA6qmFH00/EwY= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2308 From the «burrito-wagon might be the better career» department: Title: Hilary Mason's ApacheCon Keynote: 3 Ways to Improve Data Science Author: Libby Clark Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:35:15 -0400 Link: http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/769253-hilary-masons-apachecon-keynote-3-ways-to-improve-data-science/ Data science still has a long way to go in developing systems that solve real-world, human problems, said Hilary Mason, data scientist in residence at Accel Partners, in her ApacheCon keynote today. The open source community will be key to helping big data evolve into a more accessible technology.