data science

[ dey-tuh sahy-uhns, dat-uh ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. a field that deals with advanced data analytics and modeling, using mathematics, statistics, programming, and machine learning to extract valuable, often predictive information from large data sets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of data science¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

"There are multiple pathways available to negotiators, but it does require ambition," said Sam Pottinger, Senior Research Data Scientist, Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science and Environment at UC Berkeley.

From Science Daily

The study is built on insights from an AI-generated tool developed by a team of plastic researchers, data scientists, and AI researchers at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory and Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at University of California Santa Barbara, and the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment at University of California Berkeley.

From Science Daily

“Harris was getting Joe Biden margins across all of Pennsylvania, but what Donald Trump was able to do was he was outpacing his margins from 2020 by anywhere from 4% to 6% especially in key counties like Bucks,” Scott Tranter, director of data science for Decision Desk HQ, told NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo.

From Los Angeles Times

It is also a more fragmented organisation, with more recent teams such as one devoted to data science, created under Johnson, sitting alongside more longstanding ones, such as the policy unit and the press office.

From BBC

Charles H. Stewart, a political science professor and director of the MIT Election Data + Science Lab, said many Americans already understand — at least in broad strokes — that Trump denied the election and worked to reverse the results.

From Los Angeles Times