Hi everyone,

I prepared this keynote by asking myself a question : what topic would I have mentioned, if I had to do the introduction talk of the last year edition ? Would it have been still relevant today ? Or already totally outdated ?

Last year, for instance, I definitely would have tried — yes, I say tried — to describe what is a data scientist. You know, this fictional role, half math nerd, half software geek, and half communication skilled. Three halves showing that it doesn’t really exists. Today, I’m still even more confused. A recent survey depicted a data scientist as a spider with …. 25 feets ! Maybe after this conference day, we will know a bit more about this new role. And understand how broad it is.