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ERIC PIANIN, DAVID FRANCIS, The Fiscal Times | June 18, 2013

The Congressional Budget Office has determined that the Gang of 8 immigration bill would reduce the deficit by...

JACOB P. GUTNER, The Fiscal Times | June 18, 2013

Across the worlds of Wall Street and Washington, all eyes will be on Ben Bernanke Wednesday, as the Federal...

THE STAFF, Reuters | June 18, 2013

The number of millionaires in the world jumped 9.2 percent to 12 million last year, in part because of...

BENJAMIN GINSBERG , Minding the Campus | June 18, 2013

As colleges begin using massive open online courses (MOOC) to reduce faculty costs, a Johns Hopkins University...

BRIANNA EHLEY, The Fiscal Times | June 18, 2013

“The recent run-up in government debt could have the effect of pushing interest rates way beyond what we’ve seen...

STEPHANIE SIMON, Reuters | June 18, 2013

The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on...

STAFF, TheWeek.com | June 18, 2013

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden spent an hour online on Monday morning explaining his...

STAFF , Bankrate | June 17, 2013

When it comes to making a trip go more smoothly, experienced fliers have their own travel secrets -- from...

STAFF, Minyanville | June 17, 2013

Prospects for emerging markets have gone from bad to worse over the past few weeks. The world investing...

ELAINE S. POVICH, Stateline | June 17, 2013

Resurgent revenues prompted tax-cut talk from Bismarck to Baton Rouge — but in some states, the tax breaks never...

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D.J. Patil
Chief Data Scientist, Greylock Partners

"How is big data changing the way business captures customers? "

"Data science now has a front seat. Consider the success of ‘Moneyball’ and of election predictions. We’ve gone from targeting customers to building data products to benefit customers – like Google’s self-driving car. "
"Tell us something we don't know about a data scientist’s job."

"The most powerful skill of a great data scientist is the ability to create a narrative. Data by itself is cold. It’s the human that makes it come alive and be useful. "
"What excites you most about the field? "

"The ability to improve people’s lives, as in forecasting Hurricane Sandy. People are also using data to better track their health. There are advances in genomic analysis, too. "
"What concerns you most about this field? "

"We’re in an arms race against those who would breach security systems. There are very sophisticated data products out there. We need to better discuss privacy and the appropriate use of data by the government. "
"Best way to prepare the data scientists of the future? "

"Students need a great foundation in math, statistics, computer science. Domain expertise is also required. They also need to have another multidisciplinary area – biology or physics, for example. "

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