Recently, a great comment was posted on the list of Colleges With Data Science Degrees. Currently, many of the data science related college programs are being built in the Business Department. While it is great that colleges are starting to build data science programs, data science is so much bigger than just business. This was a nice reminder that data science is used in many fields.

I thought the comment by Bernice Rogowitz said it very well. Here is a copy of the comment:

It’s not all about business!
Some of the posts align data science and analytics with business applications. It’s important to keep in mind that scientists and researchers of all stripes are using statistical approaches, optimization, clustering, outlier detection and data cleansing methods, etc., not just analysts in the business world. In fact, some of the most sophisticated models come from outside of business. And, don’t forget the importance of analytics for finding features in non-structured data, such as images, text, 3-D models and simulations, etc. The large scope for data science and analytics was recently explored in a workshop: http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/exploratory-seminars/new-multidisciplinary-approach-data-understanding