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Dear all fellow INFORMS members,
Greetings, Good morning. I would like to start a discussion of the phraseology going around to describe, these are all allied / sister disciplines.-- Mathematics/ Statistics / Operations Research and now BigData and Data Scientist ( with heavy CS implication). I am indifferent, but we in ASA / some in INFORMS have folks with strong feelings and choosing to have clear cut definitions.
I am for ever just " It is all Math" broad brush , but there are different times now. And everyone wants clear definition with BIG DATA SCIENCE / Scientist -- title proliferation, and there is good money to be had in the Market Place for such titles and of course the actual work. Thought I would get our INFORMS membership views.
Thanks
Best regards,
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Chandrasekhara Ganti
Operations Research Analyst/ Applied Statistician
Independent Consulting
Franklin MA
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