Brian Beaton: Decoding Data Science

Dr. Brian Beaton recently gave an invited lecture in Dubrovnik, Croatia at the Technologies of Digital Work PhD Training School, an initiative funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) as part of the Dynamics of Virtual Work Research Network. Attended by PhD students from across Europe, the PhD Training School focused on key workforce trends involving digital culture, new modes of mediated employment, and social facets of digital work. Entitled “Decoding Data Science,” Dr. Beaton’s lecture covered the dramatic growth of the data science profession in the United States and creativity challenges facing data science research cultures.