With 2015 just around the corner, the Pivotal Data Science team has been challenged to point its predictive inclinations toward spotting emerging trends in Data Science. With a global team of 30, doing innovative work in almost every vertical market, Pivotal’s data scientists have a rich view into the underlying trends and shifts impacting their craft. – Annika Jimenez, Kaushik Das and Hulya Farinas – share their insights on the key Data Science industry trends for the coming year. Every angle of Data Science is fair game: New use cases at the vertical level Analytical tool usage trends Implications of the shift in focus to model operationalization Meta observations about maturity of the craft Ethics evolution in Data Science Venture capital activity To watch the on-demand webinar, visit http://www.pivotal.io/agile/top-data-science-trends-for-2015-webinar

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Top Data Science Trends for
2015
Annika Jimenez, Kaushik Das, Hulya Farinas
@annikaalford, @kaushiksf, @emirfarinas
December 16, 2014

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2015 Predictions – Methodology
• Pivotal DS global team submissions
– 30 person team, in Americas, EMEA & APJ
– Delivering services for predictive / machine learning model building
– Coverage of all vertical markets & many horizontal use cases
• Lead review, discussion, narrowing
• Additional refinement, bubbling up of key themes

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Prediction #1
Data Science will move to the cloud(s).

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Prediction #2
Data Science-Driven Apps Everywhere.
(This will put pressure on enterprise data
architecture.)

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Prediction #3
The pressure to make machine learning more
accessible will drive further tool evolution…
…but danger lurks.

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Prediction #4
2015 will be the year headlines of Data Science
ethical failures emerge

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Prediction #5
Enterprises will shift from Hadoop-only
to Hadoop++, to meet their Data Science goals.

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Prediction #6
We’ll continue to see advancements in machine
learning, but no one algorithm will rule them all.

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Prediction #7
2015 will be the beginning of the end of
VC-driven proliferation of one-algorithm wonders
& a renewed focus on DS platforms.

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Prediction #8
Enterprises will start exploiting
under-used video and image data.

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Prediction #9
2015 will give rise to data arbitration
solutions to address the growing number
of proprietary data sets.

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Prediction #10
2015 will see continued non-homogenous pace
of progress at the vertical market level

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Questions?

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