This talk flipped data science on its head and showed the serious consequences that this ignorance about the true nature of data can lead to.
David J Hand, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College London
Whereas most explorations of data science focus on its power, this talk pointed out that your data are almost always incomplete, approximate, inadequate, or misleading. It showed the serious consequences that this ignorance about the true nature of data can lead to, with many real examples, ranging from medical mishaps to space shot disasters and business failures.
Recognising the inadequacy of real data leads to a new perspective, a new way of looking at standard statistical tools, and a new unification of cutting edge machine learning and data mining methods, achieved through the strategic application of ignorance.
Professor Hand is author of the book ‘Dark Data’ - Why what you don’t know matters'