data scientist

American  

[dey-tuh sahy-uhn-tist, dat-uh] / ˈdeɪ tə ˌsaɪ ən tɪst, ˈdæt ə /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of data scientist

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

"TMT will be the only telescope with sufficient resolution to image exoplanets like this one. It's just not possible with smaller telescopes," said Corey Beard, Ph.D., data scientist at Design West Technologies, former graduate student from Robertson's group, and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily

The 31-year-old - who is no data scientist, rather a tailor - previously launched Savile Row's first female tailors, making made-to-measure garments for a range of women.

From BBC

Dina Stretiner, a 34-year-old data scientist in Denver, still remembers stepping into a Whole Foods for the first time in 2013 and witnessing its “restaurant-quality” prepared-foods section, with minestrone soup and falafel that blew her away.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's a kind of Google for DNA," explains Professor Gunnar Rätsch, a data scientist in ETH Zurich's Department of Computer Science.

From Science Daily

“I am someone who separates business and personal matters,” said Chen, a 43-year-old data scientist and mother of three from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

From The Wall Street Journal