Ecommerce Data Science

#EcomChat on Monday 2nd November will discuss “Data Scientists & Data Science” and the relevance of this field for ecommerce.

Harvard Business Review labelled the role of the data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century” with the the review noting how organisations face tough competition to recruit the brightest talent for this fast emerging discipline. What’s interesting for ecommerce is the business transformation that’s fuelling the need for data scientists.

As ever: There will be 3 conversation starter questions & anyone is welcome to join in using the #EcomChat hashtag on Twitter.

Here are the 3 questions.

1. What is “Data Science”, and what are its possible uses for ecommerce? (any interesting case studies?)
2. Is “data science” an appropriate field for all retailers to focus on? Why/why not?
3. How should ecommerce sites fit Data Science into their plans for now & for future?

Join us at 1pm UK time on Monday and do share this post either on Twitter or via email with anyone you think would be interested.

Thanks, Dan & James.

p.s. If you’re wondering “what’s this about?” there is a page explaining all just here.