Chris Wiggins (data scientist)

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][4]

Chris Wiggins
Alma mater	Columbia College (New York) (BA) Princeton University (PhD)
Employer	Columbia University
Known for	co-founding hackNY Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times

For the late British TV and movies actor, see Chris Wiggins.

Career

In 2017, Chris Wiggins, along with Matthew L. Jones, introduced a new course to Columbia called "Data: Past, Present, Future".^[5] The course syllabus, lectures, labs, and resources are available online.^[6]

Notable works

• "ARACNE: an algorithm for the reconstruction of gene regulatory networks in a mammalian cellular context"^[7]

Awards

In 2007, he received the Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award at Columbia University.^[8]

Bibliography

• Spector, Alfred Z.; Norvig, Peter; Wiggins, Chris; Wing, Jeannette M. (2022). Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009272230.^[9]
• Jones, Matthew L.; Wiggins, Chris (2023). How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms. W.W. Norton. ISBN 9781324006732.^[10]