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James Scott is Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Texas at Austin. James is a statistician and data scientist who studies Bayesian inference and computational methods for big data. His has collaborated with scientists in a wide variety of fields, including health care, nuclear security, linguistics, political science, finance, management, infectious disease, astronomy, neuroscience, transportation and molecular biology. He has also worked with clients across many different industries, from tech startups to large multinational firms. James lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Abigail.
His academic research has been featured in The New York Times, the Washington Post, ABC, NBC, Fox, the BBC UK, BBC World News, Radio 4, The Guardian and many other prominent media outlets.

Books by James Scott

AIQ

How intelligent machines operating on massive data sets are changing the world around you, and how you can use this knowledge to make better decisions in your own life. Essential reading for every citizen of the 21st Century.

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The Kept

How far would you go for your family, for love, for survival, for revenge?

A debut novel of big skies, deep snow, and open wounds.

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