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Chris Wiggins
Born1971 Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationMathematician, scientist, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata
EmployerColumbia University
Known forco-founding hackNY
Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times

Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University.[1] In 2010 he co-founded hackNY, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting students with startups in New York City.[2] Since 2014, he has been the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times.[3][4]

Career[edit]

In 2017, Chris Wiggins, along with Matthew Jones, introduced a new course to Columbia called "Data: Past, Present, Future".[5] The course syllabus, lectures, labs, and resources are available online.[6]

Notable works[edit]

  • "ARACNE: an algorithm for the reconstruction of gene regulatory networks in a mammalian cellular context"[7]

Awards[edit]

In 2007, he received the Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award at Columbia University.[8]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Spector, Alfred Z.; Norvig, Peter; Wiggins, Chris; Wing, Jeannette M. (2022). Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009272230.[9]
  • Jones, Matthew L.; Wiggins, Chris (2023). How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms. W.W. Norton. ISBN 9781324006732.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chris H. Wiggins". datascience.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  2. ^ Ovide, Shira (2015-02-02). "Steering Grads to Start-Ups - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  3. ^ Hunter, Leah (2014-07-24). "New York Times Chief Data Scientist Chris Wiggins On The Way We Create And Consume Content Now". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. ^ "NY Times Taps Prof. Wiggins as Chief Data Scientist". Columbia Engineering. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ^ "How the Core Curriculum Inspired the NYT's Chief Data Scientist's Latest Project". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. ^ "data: past, present, and future". data-ppf.github.io. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  7. ^ Margolin, Adam A.; Nemenman, Ilya; Basso, Katia; Wiggins, Chris; Stolovitzky, Gustavo; Favera, Riccardo Dalla; Califano, Andrea (2006-03-20). "ARACNE: An Algorithm for the Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Networks in a Mammalian Cellular Context". BMC Bioinformatics. 7 (1): S7. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-7-S1-S7. ISSN 1471-2105. PMC 1810318. PMID 16723010.
  8. ^ "Wiggins Wins Avanessians Diversity Award". apam.columbia.edu. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  9. ^ "Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities". Columbia University Data Science Institute. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  10. ^ Greenawalt, Marc (2022-12-02). "Spring 2023 Announcements: Science". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
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