“Predictive analytic suites are not tools that your middle managers are going to be able to learn quickly.” William Vorhies ( August 19, 2014 )

“R has really opened up a new world of statistical computing.” Pete Werner ( March 14, 2015 )

“Today, an individualized customer experience isn’t a nice-to-have – it’s a must-have. People don’t want to be treated as just a number in a big group. They don’t want to be subjected to mass, impersonal marketing messages – especially when they’ve given away personal information. To remain competitive, retailers must meet these expectations. The message is to not abuse data – but to use it wisely.” Pat Bakey ( December 31, 2014 )

“Programs written in a DSL [domain specific language] also have one other important characteristic: they can often be written by non-programmers … a user immersed in a domain already knows the domain semantics. All the DSL designer needs to do is provide a notation to express that semantics.” Paul Hudak ( 1997 )

“The algorithm’s effectiveness relies heavily on how insightful the programmer is.” Nikhil Buduma ( 29 December 2014 )

“Big data analytics is still in infancy, and we haven’t yet embraced a data-driven decision making.” Kaushik Pal ( August 2015 )

“In our lust for measurement, we frequently measure that which we can rather than that which we wish to measure… and forget that there is a difference.” George Udny Yule

“Without a grounding in statistics, a Data Scientist is a Data Lab Assistant.” Martyn Jones

“It’s hard to overstate the importance of data for businesses today. It’s the lifeline of any company.” Datameer ( 2014 )

“We must know – we will know!” David Hilbert ( 8 Sept. 1930 )