We have all heard and seen the trend of increasing volumes of data becoming available to us through a variety of mechanisms. With this trend, we have also seen the increased recognition of those who know how to handle such data. Historically, we may have referred to them as statisticians. However, as technologies in this discipline have multiplied and become affordable (or free), increasing numbers of people have been empowered to enter the business. And, the title Data Scientist has quickly entered our vocabulary.
Andrej verity form OCHA has published a post on Humanitarian Data Scientist.
“with increasing data availability in our emergencies, IMOs would need to be ready to leverage it in creative ways.”
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