How Data Science can Solve Society’s Problems

During the Data Science Bowl, scientists focused on real problems - how to build solutions that will benefit society. The 2010 competition centered particularly on cardiovascular disease.

During the last decade, data science has developed this promising idea into a mainstream tool that companies and institutions have used at an entirely different level. Obviously, data science can also be valuable for addressing an increasing variety of problems in areas including medicine and
biology.

“The advances within the field are profound,” observes Steven Mills, a principal and knowledgeable data science executive leader in management and IT consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. “Data science now touches almost every aspect of our lives.”

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