Dr. Kirk Borne is a Data Scientist, providing thought leadership, global speaking, content creation, mentoring, training, and consulting activities in data science, machine learning, and AI across multiple disciplines. Kirk is the Chief Science Officer at DataPrime here he applies his extensive experience and knowledge of the trends in these critical fields to developing data-intensive professions and mentor Data Scientists of all experience levels. Most recently he was the Principal Data Scientist, Data Science Fellow, and an Executive Advisor at global technology and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton from 2015 to 2021. Before that, he was Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason for 12 years in the graduate and undergraduate data science programs. Prior to that, he spent nearly 20 years supporting data systems activities for NASA space science programs, including a role as NASA's Data Archive Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. Borne has degrees in physics (B.S., LSU) and astronomy (Ph.D., Caltech). He is an elected Fellow of the International Astrostatistics Association for his contributions to big data research in astronomy. In 2020, he was elected a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society for lifelong contributions to the field of astronomy. As a global speaker, he has given hundreds of invited talks worldwide, including keynote presentations at dozens of data science, AI, and analytics conferences. He is an active contributor on social media, where he promotes data literacy for all and has been named consistently among the top worldwide social influencers in data analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI since 2013.

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Data Analytics & Data Science advisor, consultant, trainer, mentor, educator, social influencer, TedX speaker, researcher, blogger, Data Literacy advocate, Astrophysicist, Space Scientist.

Recent Significant Honors:

• Onalytica: Who's Who in AI in 2021?

• The 100 Most Influential People In AI

• Concord USA: 11 Technology Trailblazers to Watch in 2021

• Yellowfin: Four People you need to know in data and analytics

• IPFCOnline Web Agency: 50 Top Digital Influencers to Follow at the end of 2020 and in 2021

• The Award Magazine: Top 100 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers to Follow in 2020

• IoTPremierLeague: Top IoT Thought Leader 2020

• Global Data Visionaries: Global Top 100 Data Visionaries

• Refinitiv: Top 100 Influencers in Financial Market Data

• AI Newsletter: The 100 Most Influential People in AI

• Analytics Insight: Worlds Top Artificial Intelligence Influencers in 2020

• IT Chronicles: 5 Top Data Science Bloggers to Follow in 2019

• Verdict: Biggest influencers in IoT in Q3 2020: The top individuals to follow

• Onalytica: Top Data Science and Machine Learning Influencers

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Data Scientist -- Transdisciplinary data science research, applications, and consulting across a variety of fields -- transcending traditional discipline boundaries.

Specialties: Public / Inspirational / Technical Keynote Speaking. Consulting / Advising in many disciplines, including Data Science, Machine Learning, A.I., Data Mining, Data Analytics, Big Data, X-Informatics (Discovery Informatics, Science Informatics, Anomaly Detection in diverse disciplines, and more), Scientific databases, Scientific data mining, Computational Science, Astroinformatics** (= Data Science for Astronomy), Astronomy & Astrophysics, Higher Education, Science Education, Public Outreach, Project Management, Proposal-writing.

**co-creator of the field of Astroinformatics:  Click Here to read more.