What is Data Science

Data Science: Jordan Boyd-GraberUniversity of MarylandJANUARY 14, 2018

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Mathematical Foundations

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Hidden Structure

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Will NetFlix user 24601 like Transformers?

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Will NetFlix user 24601 like Transformers?

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How do you know?

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Group many images and determine the number of groups

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Which genes are associated with a disease? How can expression values be

used to predict survival?

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Is it likely that this stock was traded based on illegal insider information?

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Who will vote and for whom?

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Is this spam?

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Where are the faces?

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Data contain patternsthat can help us solve problems.

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