PPT-Data Science in Official Statistics: The Big Data Team

Owen Abbott Office for National Statistics ONS Big Data team Launched in January 2014 The Big Data team focus on high priority ONS challenges that may be solved through new forms of data or the application of data science techniques to help deliver better statistics. Chaitan Baru, Senior Advisor for Data Science. CISE Directorate, NSF. 3/31/2015. NSF’s Big Data Investment Strategy. For Official Use Only. 2. Foundational research . to develop new techniques and technologies to derive knowledge from . Introduction. Eurostat. CES . seminar, 9. th. of April, 2014. Mariana Kotzeva, . Adviser Hors Classe and Acting Director . of Dir. B:. . Methodology. ; Corporate statistical and IT . services, Eurostat. Paul Allin, . CStat. , FRSA. Visiting Professor and former director of Measuring National Wellbeing Programme, UK Office for National Statistics. We will cover. What are official statistics and why have them?. The . Hottest Career . of the 21. st. . Century. What is statistics. ?. It’s not what you think it . is. . First, statistics offers . tremendous . opportunity . for graduates. . Most in-demand . skill . . European . Conference on . Quality . in Official Statistics (. Q2014) - . June 5. th. 2014. Carlo . Cafiero. , . Pietro Gennari. and Steve Katz. FAO Statistics Division. Background and Context. Role of IOs as Producers of Official Stats . Data Science. Gerry Scullion. Digital Manager, Office of the Chief Statistician. What is open data?. Non-personal and non-commercially sensitive. Easily discoverable. Accessible to anyone and able to be freely used. Geoffrey Fox for Data Science Program. March 23 2014. 2. Meeker/Wu May 29 2013 Internet Trends D11 Conference . Zettabyte. ~10. 10. Typical Local Storage (100 Gigabytes). Zettabyte. = 1000 . Exabytes. Peter Harper. Acting Australian Statistician. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. Informal meeting on . m. easuring progress . 17 December 2013. Introduction. Dr. . Kalpakis. , Fall 2017. 1. What is Data Science?. Data scientists, ". The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century. " (Davenport and . Patil. , Harvard Business Review, 2012). M. uch . of the data science explosion is coming from the tech-world. Geoffrey Fox for Data Science Program. March 23 2014. 2. Meeker/Wu May 29 2013 Internet Trends D11 Conference . Zettabyte. ~10. 10. Typical Local Storage (100 Gigabytes). Zettabyte. = 1000 . Exabytes. Next . Steps for the . Undergrad Curriculum. Nicholas Horton (Amherst College). and Johanna Hardin (Pomona College). nhorton@amherst.edu. May 19, 2014. Acknowledgements. Main task of . the American Statistical Association committee to update the undergrad guidelines in statistics. “What does it take to build trust in the NSS: Unpacking trust determinants”.. A key determinant of trust in statistics- experiences on user engagement, communications and trust-building with the users . . Statistical Learning and Data Science . Friday Center, UNC, Chapel Hill. J. S. Marron. Dept. of Statistics and Operations Research. University of North Carolina. Some Views of Statistics. Statistics. Steve Pierson. Director of Science Policy. American Statistical Association. This. is Statistics. ASA’s PR Campaign. Outline. Our challenges/goals. The American Statistical Association. Public Relations Campaign.