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Chris Wiggins
Alma mater

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]

Career

In 2017, Chris Wiggins, along with Matthew Jones, introduced a new course to Columbia called "Data: Past, Present, Future".[4] The course syllabus, lectures, labs, and resources are available online.[5]

Notable Works

  • "ARACNE: an algorithm for the reconstruction of gene regulatory networks in a mammalian cellular context"[6]

Awards

In 2007, he received the Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award at Columbia University.[7]

References

  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. ^ "How the Core Curriculum Inspired the NYT's Chief Data Scientist's Latest Project". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  5. ^ "data: past, present, and future". data-ppf.github.io. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  7. ^ "Wiggins Wins Avanessians Diversity Award". apam.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
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