The Oracles of Big Data
Summary
As ancient man gazed upon the impenetrable vastness of the heavens, he created pantheons, myths and constellations to make some sense out of it all and to bring it into the realm of human understanding. Slovaks Juraj Kapasny and Lukas Toma got into the data-science field “accidentally.” While studying mathematics at the Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic, they were inspired by one course taught by a FinTech professional. All of our school friends are now in data science because of him.” After years of developing their skills in the private sector, the pair founded a consulting company called Knoyd in Vienna in 2015. While acquiring clients, they discovered that many companies’ in-house data analysts were underqualified or that CEOs and HR managers had no idea what type of talent to hire. VDSG hosts monthly “knowledge feeds” – meetups where international and local data scientists and entrepreneurs come together to exchange ideas – as well as regular workshops and “hackathons” to hone their coding skills.