by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
Mount Sinai Health Systems has picked Andrew Kasarskis as its first-ever CDO. Kasarskis most recently served as director for the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine. Jessica Kim Chen filed this report in Modern...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider
Chief information Officer Suzanne Kent of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revealed the thrust of the federal data strategy and released a draft action plan that is designed to “establish a firm basis of tools, processes, and capacities to leverage data...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider
Larger, more complex data sets require greater computing power to wring out the insights hidden within. This is why Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) is buying out supercomputer maker Cray for $1.3 billion as it battles rival IBM in the market for data analytics and...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Data Talent and Recruiting
Research analytics consultancy LRW Group announced a partnership with UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences to improve the process by which students are prepared for careers in data science. The program and coursework for the data science minor is scheduled to begin in...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Data Talent and Recruiting
Data Science is the hottest career right now with annual salaries for entry-level positions nearing six figures. But will the trend continue or has the demand for more data scientists just about peaked? Senior Editor Nick Kolakowski filed this report for Dice.com...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Data Talent and Recruiting
While the programming language Python has been widely adopted and used in the world of developers, coders who used a more niche language like Clojure or F# are more likely to be paid more. Jen Miller spills some intelligence from Stack Overflow’s 2019 Developer Survey...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Data Talent and Recruiting
The current shortage of trained analytics workers can be easily relieved, if only the United States would issue visas for them. The Wall Street Journal reports that over 200,000 qualified candidates will be available for employment from India alone but the total...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Data Talent and Recruiting
Conventional wisdom says hiring from the best colleges is a sure way to bring talent into you company. But a new study from Correlation One labeled The Future of Data Talent suggests that hiring managers might be prowling the wrong campuses. The top ten percent of the...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Data Talent and Recruiting
New engineering graduates from top schools have found job offers from Facebook less tempting after various scandals beset the social media firm in the past year, according to a report first aired by CNBC. Here is an excerpt from a report in Recruiting Times: Job offer...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 3, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
With investors fleeing actively-managed hedge funds that charge high fees, BlackRock has plunged into an AI strategy that promises higher returns while reducing costs at the same time. This means installing capabilities to process all manner of alternative data while...
