Contact: Yuri Demchenko <y.demchenko@uva.nl>Steve Brewer <S.Brewer@soton.ac.uk>

AcknowledgementEDISON project is supported by the Horizon 2020 ProgrammeGrant number 675419 (INFRASUPP-4-2015: CSA).

For more information refer to EDISON documentsEDSF - http://edison-project.eu/edison-data-science-framework-edsfCF-DS: http://edison-project.eu/data-science-competence-framework-cf-dsDS-BoK: http://edison-project.eu/data-science-body-knowledge-ds-bokMC-DS: http://www.edison-project.eu/data-science-model-curriculum-mc-dsDSP Profiles: http://www.edison-project.eu/data-science-professional-profiles-dsp

Data Science and Data Handling Professions Family

Data Scientist Professional (DSP)

Definition based on NIST Big Data WG (NIST SP1500 - 2015)A Data Scientist is a practitioner who has sufficient knowledge in the overlapping regimes of expertise in business needs, domain knowledge, analytical skills, and programming and systems engineering expertise to manage the end-to-end scientific method process through each stage in the big data lifecycle, till the delivery of expected scientific and business value to science or industry.

Other commonly recognized workplace and personal effectiveness skills:

• “Social intelligence” or inter-personal skills and team work, cooperativeness• Problem solving, Business fundamentals, communication and story telling

Data Science Competences includes 5 areas/groups• DSDA - Data Analytics• DSENG - Data Science Engineering• DSDM - Data Management• DSRM - Scientific and Research Methods• DSBPM - Business Process Management• DSDK - Domain Knowledge/Expertise

Data Science Competence Framework (CF-DS)and DSP Profiles Mapping

Building the Data Science Team

Data Science Professional Profile Groups

DSP profiles defined in compliance with the European Skills, European Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) Taxonomy and CWA 16458 (2012) European ICT Professional Profiles Family Tree.

DSP Profiles mapping to ESCO Taxonomy High Level Groups and corresponding CF-DS Competence Groups (relevance level from 5 – maximum to 1 – minimum)