Short presentation by PeerIndex at the first London Data Science Meetup on 22 Feb 2012 themed "So what is data science?".

1. Telling stories about people
and their influence
Ferenc Huszár
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2. PeerIndex: understand your influence
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3. PeerPerks: free stuff for influencers
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4. How do we measure influence?
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5. How do we measure influence?
If Alice’s message gets retweeted, how much
should I increase her influence score?
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6. How do we measure influence?
If Alice’s message gets retweeted, how much
should I increase her influence score?
V.S.
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7. How do we measure influence?
If Alice’s message gets retweeted, how much
should I increase her influence score?
V.S.
If Alice is influential, how much more likely is it
that her message gets retweeted?
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8. How do we measure influence?
If Alice’s message gets retweeted, how much
should I increase her influence score?
V.S.
If Alice is influential, how much more likely is it
that her message gets retweeted?
influence is not a function of behaviour, it’s an
explanation
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9. So What is Data Science?
V.S.
data hypothesis
hypothesis data
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10. So What is Data Science?
V.S.
data hypothesis
hypothesis data
“data science is not about counting patterns in data, it’s
about building an understanding of why they are there”
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11. Data Science in
PeerIndex
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12. Data Science in
PeerIndex
data infrastructure
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13. Data Science in
PeerIndex
data infrastructure
influence
research
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14. Data Science in
PeerIndex
data infrastructure
business
intelligence
influence
research
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15. Data Science in
PeerIndex
data infrastructure
product
design
business
intelligence
influence
research
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16. Data Science in
PeerIndex
data infrastructure
sales
analytics
product
design
business
intelligence
influence
research
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17. Data Science in
PeerIndex
data infrastructure
marketing
analytics
sales
analytics
product
design
business
intelligence
influence
research
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18. Wrap up
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19. Wrap up
• check out PeerIndex, let us know what you think
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20. Wrap up
• check out PeerIndex, let us know what you think
• data scientists tell stories to explain the data
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21. Wrap up
• check out PeerIndex, let us know what you think
• data scientists tell stories to explain the data
• data science extends well beyond technology
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22. Thanks
... and extra points for for spelling my name correctly
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