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

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data scientist

Rebeca Moreno Jimenez, the lead data scientist at UNHCR's Innovation Service, told AFP that building cases faster and more efficiently can be "life-saving for many refugees".

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Katherine Quinn is a data scientist and Rebecca Gelles is a machine-learning engineer at CSET.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

“A major driver of the decline was a drop in the number of people traveling from out of state into Florida to access care,” Isaac Maddow-Zimet, a data scientist at the Guttmacher Institute, told Salon.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

“He saw the problem through the eyes of a data scientist, thinking, ‘How do they not have technology to read these scans?’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

“A data scientist or whatever? That’s not a passion. It’s just a job. Having dreams never killed anybody.”

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon