Having "The Talk" About Data Literacy

Talk Summary:

Dr. Kirk Borne will address one of the fundamental building blocks of data science know-how and analytics capability that is often over-looked. That core competency is data and statistical literacy. Various data and statistical literacies will be illustrated through examples, including some classic cases and some real-life failures.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Kirk Borne is the Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton (since 2015). He previously spent 12 years as Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason University where he taught and advised students in the Data Science degree programs. Before that, he worked 18 years supporting NASA projects in various roles, including Data Archive Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. He is an active contributor on social media, where he has been named consistently among the top worldwide influencers in big data and data science since 2013. Follow him on Twitter at @KirkDBorne.