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Data Science Is An Engineering Discipline
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Data science should be recognized and structured as an engineering discipline that integrates algorithmic, programming, and system-design principles. This view moves beyond its historical roots in statistics to encompass the practical challenges of building robust, data-driven systems.
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- · An engineering practice
- · Systems thinking
- · Beyond just statistics
- · A new professional identity
PATTERNS
- · data science as engineering
- · engineering practice
- · system-design concerns
- · child of statistics and computer science
- · identity crisis
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