Chris Wiggins (data scientist)
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| name = Chris Wiggins
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| employer = Columbia University
| known_for = co-founding hackNY
Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times
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Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University.{{Cite web|url=https://datascience.columbia.edu/chris-h-wiggins|title=Chris H. Wiggins|website=datascience.columbia.edu|access-date=2020-02-08}} In 2010 he co-founded hackNY, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting students with startups in New York City.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703302604575294740285039332|title=Steering Grads to Start-Ups - WSJ|date=2015-02-02|access-date=2020-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202060439/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703302604575294740285039332|archive-date=2015-02-02|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|last1=Ovide|first1=Shira}} Since 2014, he has been the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3033254/new-york-times-chief-data-scientist-chris-wiggins-on-the-way-we-create-|title=New York Times Chief Data Scientist Chris Wiggins On The Way We Create And Consume Content Now|last=Hunter|first=Leah|date=2014-07-24|website=Fast Company|access-date=2020-02-08}}{{Cite web|date=2017-01-31|title=NY Times Taps Prof. Wiggins as Chief Data Scientist|url=https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/ny-times-taps-prof-wiggins-chief-data-scientist|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Columbia Engineering|language=en}}
Career
In 2017, Chris Wiggins, along with Matthew L. Jones, introduced a new course to Columbia called "Data: Past, Present, Future".{{Cite web|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/the-eye/2018/02/07/how-the-core-curriculum-inspired-the-nyts-chief-data-scientists-latest-project/|title=How the Core Curriculum Inspired the NYT's Chief Data Scientist's Latest Project|website=Columbia Daily Spectator|access-date=2020-02-08}} The course syllabus, lectures, labs, and resources are available online.{{Cite web|url=https://data-ppf.github.io/|title=data: past, present, and future|website=data-ppf.github.io|access-date=2020-02-08}}
= Notable works =
- "ARACNE: an algorithm for the reconstruction of gene regulatory networks in a mammalian cellular context"{{Cite journal|last1=Margolin|first1=Adam A.|last2=Nemenman|first2=Ilya|last3=Basso|first3=Katia|last4=Wiggins|first4=Chris|last5=Stolovitzky|first5=Gustavo|last6=Favera|first6=Riccardo Dalla|last7=Califano|first7=Andrea|date=2006-03-20|title=ARACNE: An Algorithm for the Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Networks in a Mammalian Cellular Context|journal=BMC Bioinformatics|volume=7|issue=1|pages=S7|doi=10.1186/1471-2105-7-S1-S7|issn=1471-2105|pmc=1810318|pmid=16723010 |doi-access=free }}
= Awards =
In 2007, he received the Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award at Columbia University.{{Cite web|url=https://apam.columbia.edu/wiggins-wins-avanessians-diversity-award|title=Wiggins Wins Avanessians Diversity Award|website=apam.columbia.edu|date=28 April 2017 |access-date=2020-02-08}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last1=Spector |first1=Alfred Z. |title=Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities |last2=Norvig |first2=Peter |last3=Wiggins |first3=Chris |last4=Wing |first4=Jeannette M. |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2022 |isbn=9781009272230}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-27 |title=Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities |url=https://datascience.columbia.edu/news/2022/data-science-in-context-foundations-challenges-opportunities/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Columbia University Data Science Institute}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Matthew L. |title=How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms |last2=Wiggins |first2=Chris |publisher=W.W. Norton |year=2023 |isbn=9781324006732}}{{Cite web |last=Greenawalt |first=Marc |date=2022-12-02 |title=Spring 2023 Announcements: Science |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/91035-spring-2023-announcements-science.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
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