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Re:U.S. universities, rich in data, struggle to capture its ... by selimnairb on Saturday December 31, 2022 @03:46PM (#34200570)
Agree that the term data science is strange. Data engineer seems like a better name. Science implies rigorous hypothesis testing guided by a theories of how particular systems work. Not sure that applies to most “data science” work.
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Re:U.S. universities, rich in data, struggle to capture its ... by civilized on Saturday December 31, 2022 @04:21PM (#34200894)
Already taken. Data scientists are data engineers, and data engineers are data warehouse workers and janitors.
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Re:U.S. universities, rich in data, struggle to capture its ... by nerdponx on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:07PM (#34201261)
Not at all. Data engineers are data engineers. Data scientists are a mix of statisticians, machine learning researchers, and data analysts.
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Re:U.S. universities, rich in data, struggle to capture its ... by random314 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @02:19AM (#34204345)
Data science is perfect because an actual science doesn't have the word science in it namely physics, chemistry and biology.

Instead we have social science, computer science and now data science.

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