Cathy O'Neil
Cathy O'Neil is a renowned data scientist, mathematician, and bestselling author who aims to uncover the dark secrets of big data to show how objective algorithms could reinforce human bias. She taught mathematics at Barnard College before switching over to the private sector, working as a quantitative analyst for D.E. Shaw in the middle of the credit crisis. O'Neil left finance in 2011 and started working as a data scientist in the New York start-up scene, building models that predicted people’s purchases and clicks.
Cathy O'Neil Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
Academic History
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PhD in Mathematics
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Bachelor's Degree
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Math Department
- O'Neil has been an independent data science consultant since 2012.
- She has worked as a data science t for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and Consumer Reports.
- She emerged as an investigative journalist with her popular blog mathbabe.org.
- She started the Lede Program for Data Journalism at Columbia University.
- She published a number of research papers in arithmetic algebraic geometry while at Barnard College.
- She is a columnist for Bloomberg View.
- She appears weekly on the Slate Money podcast.
- She appeared as a guest on Real Vision.