This is a list (with single paragraph descriptions) of 186 women who have accomplished great things in the area of Analytics. There is a brief accompanying article at the Forbes magazine website, but it is very brief. The author of this list, Meta S. Brown, defines Analytics quite broadly, so the women have very diverse backgrounds and interests. I only recognized one name off the bat, Grace Wahba, an excellent researcher, but someone, unfortunately, that I haven’t met. If I get a chance, I’ll include in a separate blog post a list of outstanding women in Analytics that I HAVE met. Meta Brown’s list includes links so you can find out more about these talented women.

Meta s. Brown. A Sampling of Outstanding Women in Analytics: 186 Experts from Meta’s Binder Fulla Women in Analytics. Available at https://www.slideshare.net/metabrown/outstanding-women-in-analytics-2017-83016733.

This is an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with Mike Bostock, a former graphics editor for the New York Times and creator of the d3.js data visualization package. I’ll be writing a few things about d3.js once I figure things out. Mike is someone worth watching, because he is working on high visibility, high impact stuff.

Mike Bostock. Hi! I’m Mike Bostock, creator of D3.js and a former graphics editor for The New York Times. I do data visualization, design and open source. AMA!, The Winnower 5:e144172.22400 (2015). DOI: 10.15200/winn.144172.22400. Available at https://thewinnower.com/papers/2374-hi-i-m-mike-bostock-creator-of-d3-js-and-a-former-graphics-editor-for-the-new-york-times-i-do-data-visualization-design-and-open-source-ama.

When asked that “Data science is the term of the day. Do you think there is a difference between data science and statistics? Silver replied, “I think data-scientist is a sexed up term for a statistician”, the reaction from the audience was for most, one of instantaneous laughter and applause. “Statistics is a branch of science. Data scientist is slightly redundant in some way and people shouldn’t berate the term statistician.”

If Nate Silver can say something this controversial, then maybe I shouldn’t be so bashful.

Anonymous. “Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians. Statistics Views 2013 (August 23). Available at: http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/feature/5133141/Nate-Silver-What-I-need-from-statisticians.html

Dan Kopf. Hadley Wickham, the Man Who Revolutionized R. Published July 24, 2015. Available at http://priceonomics.com/hadley-wickham-the-man-who-revolutionized-r/

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Meet John Gawalt, Director of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. Amstat News (1 May 2014). Available at: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2014/05/01/meet-john-gawalt/.

Amstat News. “Meet Charles J. Rothwell, Director, National Center for Health Statistics.” March 1, 2014. Available at: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2014/03/01/rothwell/.