It’s been nearly two years since President Obama created the U.S. chief data scientist role, and the man currently in the job had an urgent message Thursday for attendees at Strata+Hadoop World: We need you.
“We are at the first step in making data work for every American,” said DJ Patil in a keynote speech at the show. “It’s only going to make a difference when people like you step up and show that it’s not just feasible but scalable.”
As chief data scientist in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Patil’s mission is to “responsibly unleash the power of data to benefit all Americans,” he said, with an emphasis on the word “responsibly” and the focus on inclusion.
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Source: COMPUTER WORLD