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European Data Science Academy: Training the Next Generation of Data Scientists
- 1. European Data Science Academy: Training the Next Generation of Data Scientists Elena Simperl University of Southampton @esimperl
- 2. What is EDSA? • Surveys • Interviews • Dashboards Landscaping data science demand • Modular, media-rich, extensible, multiple languages • Core, specialist, and sector- specific topics Curriculum and courses • Video lectures and webinars • MOOCs • eBooks • Professional courses Training and learning analytics
- 3. 1. What is the current demand for data skills in Europe? 2. What training should be offered in order to accommodate this demand? • Surveys • Interviews • Dashboards Landscaping data science demand
- 4. SURVEYS & INTERVIEWS Landscaping methods
- 5. All EU countries 19 Eurostat defined industry sectors Sole traders to large companies 584 survey responses 108 interviews
- 6. Organisation Eastern Europe Northern Europe Southern Europe Western Europe NA Total Large 69 112 100 105 1 387 SME 36 75 81 45 4 241 Micro 5 14 7 9 1 36 Self- employed 2 4 5 3 0 14 NA 0 2 2 10 0 14
- 7. Importance of Data Science Skills How would you rate the following skills for a data scientist?
- 8. Proficiency in Data Science Skills: Managers How proficient are you in the following skills areas? (1=very poor; 5=very good)
- 9. Proficiency in Data Science Skills: Practitioners How proficient are you in the following skills areas? (1=very poor; 5=very good)
- 10. M P
- 11. Demand for Non-technical Skills 0 5 10 15 20 25 Communication and presentation skills Industry and business domain knowledge Teamwork Data management Social skills % of interviewees “The data scientist must be willing to adapt quickly in order to keep up.” Data scientists must have the “soft skills required of interacting with businesses and guiding the people responsible for making decisions“.
- 13. Challenges to Find Training • Majority of interviewees faced challenges with: – finding courses: “It is difficult to find courses also because there is no single platform to search within.” – gathering sufficiently detailed information on contents and course quality – finding tailored solutions aligned with team’s needs • Understanding one’s own status and demand (both as an individual and organisation) is an additional challenge: – “The difficulty is finding or understanding where the individual is in terms of his own skill-set and where he needs to develop, and then finding the resources to plug into those gaps.“
- 14. Training Methods
- 15. Recommendations • Communication and persuasion skills • Social skills • Basic data literacy training for organisations • Skills analytics framework • Sector-specific courses
- 17. Job Demand Data ~300K postings from • Adzuna (via API) – UK, DE, FR, N • Trovit (scraping) – additional 18 countries, 13 with good coverage Extracted information • Time, geolocation • Skills Country No. of Postings Extracted Austria 4,694 Belgium 10,764 Bulgaria 44 Czech Republic 6,232 Denmark 7,026 Estonia 2 France 34,881 Germany 20,938 Hungary 7,225 Ireland 18,919 Italy 11,543 Malta 38 The Netherlands 9,571 Norway 33 Poland 18,159 Portugal 21,784 Romania 17,946 Slovakia 3 Spain 9,210 Sweden 13,870 Switzerland 14,616 United Kingdom 89,343 TOTAL 316,841
- 20. Addressing Demand EDSA courses portal: edsa-project.eu/resources/courses/
Editor's Notes
- Remarkable aspects: Customised, in-person trainings, tailored to sector and with assignments seem to be preferred (based on „essential“ ratings) Online-learning methods are seen as mainly desirable (eLearning, Webinars) Accreditation also desirable, but not seen as essential by many „Translation“ from English and training with propriety tech largely not required