In the Loop

Data Science and Visualization


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[1:40] How did the field of data science come to be? Professor Nathan Taback shares its origin story. 

[6:50] How are the fields of data science and computer science related? Professor Carolina Nobre, leader of the Human Interaction Visualization Lab, breaks down the components of data science. 

[10:40] Studying data science at the University of Toronto. Learn more about the Data Science Specialist Program and the Data Science Institute. Carolina shares an example of a 4th year undergraduate research project in data visualization.

[13:30] Where can you go with a data science degree? We discuss opportunities in industry and academia. 

[17:35] Diane and Mario summarise the key take-aways of the episode. 

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In the LoopBy Mario Badr, Diane Horton