data science

American  

[dey-tuh sahy-uhns, dat-uh] / ˈdeɪ tə ˌsaɪ əns, ˈdæt ə /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a field that deals with advanced data analytics and modeling, using mathematics, statistics, programming, and machine learning to extract valuable, often predictive information from large data sets.

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Etymology

Origin of data science

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

The Alan Turing Institute, a national centre for data science and AI, found "no evidence" that AI-enabled deepfakes or disinformation had a meaningful impact on the result of the general election in 2024.

From BBC

"Further, next-generation scientists immerse themselves in data science, in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and in electronics, and then go into industries with the deep skills they've gained while trying to answer these really difficult questions."

From Science Daily

Anika holds a bachelor's degree in statistics & data science and women's, gender & sexuality studies from Yale University, where she was editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new applied AI engineering organization is seeking managers from any location across a range of teams—software engineering design, product management, data science and data engineering—and has told interested employees to complete an internal form by 5 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Thanks to generative AI, researchers with a limited background in data science won't always need to form wide collaborations or spend hours debugging code," Tarca said.

From Science Daily