White House spends millions to train more data scientists

White House To Universities: We Need More Data Scientists
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.com

New York University, University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Washington are launching a $37.8 million project to boost the numbers of American data scientists.

It’s offi­cial: Amer­i­ca needs more data sci­en­tists. This week, a…

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