Data Exchange Podcast (Episode 173): Chris Wiggins of Columbia University and the New York Times

Episode Notes: https://thedataexchange.media/how-dat...
Chris Wiggins is a Professor at Columbia University and the Chief Data Scientist at the NYTimes. He is also co-author of a fascinating new historical exploration of how data has been used as a tool in shaping society, from the census to eugenics to Google search.
*Sections* ↓
Comparing the book "How Data Happened" to the course they teach at Columbia - 00:01:18
Combining quantitative (Chris) and historical (Matt) perspectives - 00:05:11
Statistical topics and pioneering statisticians - 00:08:11
Data mining, and Leo Breiman - 00:16:06
Data science and early data scientists - 00:23:44
Big data - 00:29:14
Machine learning and AI (and pattern recognition) - 00:35:15
Dominance of neural networks and deep learning - 00:40:10
Ethics and privacy - 00:46:00