Intro talk at the first Data Science Slovenia Meetup

1. THE ART OF DATA
SCIENCE
Bostjan Kaluza, PhD
Chief Data Scientist at Evolven Software
Researcher at Jozef Stefan Institute
Why Data Scientist is the sexiest job
in 21st century?

2. WHAT IS THIS DATA SCIENCE
ALL ABOUT ANYWAY?
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3. 3 MEGA TRENDS
WHAT’S GOING ON?

4. 1. DATA GROWTH

5. 2. DEMAND

6. 3. ECONOMICS
• Data is abundant
• Storage is cheap
• Computing is cheap
• Analysis is cheap
• Talent is expensive
• Time is expensive

7. DATA
• Limited lifetime
• Liability
• Expense
• Data alone is just an
asset
• Developer
• Mathematical
background
• Product savvy
DATA SCIENTIST
DATA PRODUCT

8. WHAT IS THIS DATA SCIENCE
ALL ABOUT ANYWAY?
• Discover unknown
unknowns in data
• Obtain predictive, actionable
insights
• Communicate business data
stories
• Build business decision
confidence
• Create valuable data
products

9. DIFFERENT DATA SCIENCE
ROLES

10. HOW THEY DO IT?

11. DATA SCIENCE SLOVENIA
• Learn the art of Data Science together
• Demo real-life business cases
• Meet (at least) once per quarter
• Mingle, discover job opportunities
• Run data science hackatons
Share what excites
you
Who are you looking
for
Do you have an
interesting dataset?

12. TALKS TODAY
Hands on introduction to Machine
Learning
by Rok Okorn, Chief Technology Officer at Ektimo
Co-visitation graphs: Identifying
connected websites and botnets
by Lorand Dali, Data Scientist at Zemanta