Data Science & ML

Jinseog Kim

Jinseog Kim is a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Dongguk University, WISE Campus. He previously worked as a professor in the Department of Big Data and Applied Statistics. He received Ph.D of Statistics from the Department of Statistics at Seoul National University in 2003. His main research areas are machine learning, data science, and text mining.

History of Data Science (from ChatGPT)

• 1960s: The term “data science” was first used in the 1960s to describe a new profession that would support the understanding and interpretation of large amounts of data.
• 1962: John Tukey’s influential paper, “The Future of Data Analysis,” highlighted the merging of statistics and computers, laying the groundwork for modern data science.
• 1974: Peter Naur proposed “data science” as an alternative name for computer science².
• 2001: William S. Cleveland’s paper, “Data Science: An Action Plan for Expanding the Technical Areas of the Field of Statistics,” emphasized the integration of statistics with data analysis.
• 2000s: The rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence further propelled the field of data science, making it a crucial discipline for data-driven decision-making.

Data science has evolved from its roots in statistics and computer science to become a multidisciplinary field that supports data-driven decision-making across various industries.

Seongsan Ilchulbong - my hometown

Address: 123 Dongdaero, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, 780-714, South Korea,
Phone: +82-54-770-2247,
Email: jinseog.kim @ gmail.com, jskim @ dongguk.ac.kr