The beginning of the year, as well as the end of the year, is traditionally the moment that a lot of companies make prediction of the year to come. So did I, when I wrote down my five Big Data trends for 2015, focusing on the major trends in the Big Data space that I foresee. Whenever a new infographic appears on Big Data trends, it is always good to share it with our Datafloq readers. This infographic was developed by Crowdflower, a crowdsourcing company and focuses on where data science will be heading in 2015.
They have come up with 8 trends in the data science space, some more spectacular than others. The rise of the Chief Data Scientist is a logical one, when more and more large organizations are developing and implementing Big Data strategies. The Chief Data Scientist, or Chief Data Officer, will be responsible for the overall big data strategy within an organization. The Chief Data Scientist will also be responsible of ultimately over seeing the data scientists within an organization. Crowdflower predicts that every team will get their own in-house data scientist teams, instead of a separate department of data scientists. This is of course only attainable by large organizations, which are able to hire multiple data scientists and analysts.
The prediction on open data is definitely a valid one. More governments (local, regional and national) are opening their data sets for organizations to use. Public data market places are becoming more available and more organizations see the benefits of using these data sets.
Another interesting trend they foresee is Data of Everything, which means the data coming from the Internet of Things. All the data that is created by devices connecting to the Internet will be form a flood of data that by 2020 will result in 40% of all data to be sensor data. Organizations need to be ready for this massive amount of data that is heading our way.
Crowdflower has gathered an interesting list of 8 data science trends for 2015, which can be viewed in below infographic. What do you think of these trends? Please let us know in the comments.
