inaugural Data Science Initiative Lecture @ Brown University
2015-12-04
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-science-at-the-new-york-times-tickets-19490272931
25. Tukey 1975
In 1975, while at Princeton, Tufte was asked to teach a
statistics course to a group of journalists who were visiting
the school to study economics. He developed a set of
readings and lectures on statistical graphics, which he
further developed in joint seminars he subsequently taught
with renowned statistician John Tukey (a pioneer in the field
of information design). These course materials became the
foundation for his first book on information design, The
Visual Display of Quantitative Information
30. “The primary agents for change should be
university departments themselves.”
31. data science @ The New York Timeshistories
1. slow burn @Bell: as heretical
statistics (see also Breiman)
2. caught fire 2009-now: as job
description
historical rant: bit.ly/data-rant
49. "...social activities generate large quantities of potentially
valuable data...The data were not generated for the
purpose of learning; however, the potential for learning
is great’’
50. "...social activities generate large quantities of potentially
valuable data...The data were not generated for the
purpose of learning; however, the potential for learning
is great’’ - J Chambers, Bell Labs,1993