5 Indian Data Scientists Who Matter

In general terms, Data Science is the extraction of knowledge from data.It employs techniques and theories drawn from many fields within the broad areas of mathematics, statistics, information theory and information technology, including signal processing, probability models, machine learning, statistical learning, computer programming, data engineering, pattern recognition and learning, visualization, predictive analytics, uncertainty modeling, data warehousing, data compression and high performance computing.

Here are Top 5 Indian Data Scientists who Matter:

D.J. PATIL

First U.S. Chief Data Scientist

Education
Applied Mathematics,
University of Maryland
College Park

Expertise
HPC,Statistical Techniques,Machine Learning Data Mining

Vertical
Government

PRABIR SINGH

Chief Data Scientist Singapore Govt

Education
Masters In Economics and Econometrics;ISI

Expertise
Game theotric market design,behavioral economics,and machine learning

Vertical
Government

SHASHI GODBOLE

Mumbai- Based
Data Scientist

Education
Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay

Expertise
Predictive analytics,data algorithm,R,Python
with Scikit-learn,SAS

Vertical
Varied

VIKAS AGARWAL

Senior Principal
Data Scientist, Oracle

Education

IIT,Delhi;Post-Doc,
from California Institute of Technology

Expertise
Al,Mathematical Modelling,Statistical design
and process control

Vertical
Information Technology

SARABJOT SINGH

Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist,

Tatras Data (formerly Algorithmic Insight)

Education
Phd in Data Mining, Machine Learning, University
Of Ulster

Expertise
Data Mining,Developing Algorithm,
Machine Learning

Vertical
Human Resourcing

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