data scientist

[ dey-tuh sahy-uhn-tist, dat-uh ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. a person with expertise in statistics, computer programming, and machine learning who develops models and processes for retrieving valuable information from large data sets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of data scientist¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

In a preprint published earlier this year, Pennsylvania State University data scientist Sarah Rajtmajer and her colleagues followed more than 7500 academics who used Mastodon from just after Musk acquired Twitter until 1 year later.

From Science Magazine

"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

Liberty Vittert, the lead data scientist at Decision Desk HQ, told Salon that this call shifted their House projection in favor of Republicans, who now have an 80% chance of winning the lower chamber in her assessment.

From Salon

This trend is troubling for Mohammed Maraqa, a Democratic pollster and data scientist, who himself will be voting for Kamala Harris but watched the current situation develop in real time.

From Slate

Mead Valley, a majority Latino community of about 20,500 people, already has 2,000 square feet of warehouses per person, including existing and approved warehouses and those under environmental review, according to a data analysis by Susan Phillips, director of the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College, and Mike McCarthy, an adjunct professor and data scientist at the college.

From Los Angeles Times