Professor Nathan Taback shares the origin story of Data Science. And Professor Carolina Nobre provides insight into her research in Data Visualization. From Nathan and Carolina, we learn more about the components of data science, the importance of data visualization, the Data Science Specialist program at the University of Toronto, and what research and industry opportunities look like in the field data science.

(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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