Dr. Alex Smith is an academic director for the University of Wisconsin Master of Science in Data Science. Currently a mathematics professor at UW-Eau Claire, Dr. Smith joined the faculty in 1990 and has served as the UW-Eau Claire Math Department Chair since 2007. His research interests are in computational science, differential geometry, and symbolic computation.
We spoke with Dr. Smith to ask his thoughts on this new master’s degree program, what makes it unique among other data science programs, his suggestions for prospective students, and his predictions about the impact of data science over the next 20 years.
