The White House’s First Chief Data Scientist Is No Stranger To Washington

Amrita Jayakumar, Washington Post: Business
Sun, 03/29/2015 - 11:47am

The White House’s top data nerd was kicked out of an algebra class in high school and almost didn’t graduate.DJ Patil, who was named the nation’s first chief data scientist last month, shares credit for coining the term “data science.” He is the latest Silicon Valley transplant to join the Obama administration, working under former Google executive Megan Smith, the White House’s chief technology officer.Read full article >>

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