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Data Science, Data-Driven Research, Data-Intensive Science
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Biography

Chris is executive director of a newly formed data science effort at Stanford University, which engages the entire campus community in developing and leveraging new data science theory and practice to accelerate research.

Previously, Chris started and led the Moore Foundation's Data-Driven Discovery Initiative, an $80 million effort within the Science Program to enable data scientists to turn the scientific data deluge into opportunities to address some of today's most important research questions. He also led the grants administration department and worked as senior network engineer for the foundation. Chris has held positions as a systems engineer and integrator at the University of California, Berkeley, and at various Internet consulting firms in the Bay Area. An active member of the broader big data and open science communities, Chris serves on a number of advisory boards and program committees and speaks frequently at conferences and workshops on topics related to data-driven research.

Chris received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an M.Sc. in management science and engineering at Stanford University.

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Employment (4)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2019-08 to present | Executive Director (Data Science Institute)
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Palo Alto, CA, US

2001-08 to 2019-08 | Program Director (Science / Data-Driven Discovery Initiative)
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Persistant Web Technologies: San Francisco, CA, US

2000 to 2001 | Network Engineer / Consultant
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University of California Berkeley School of Law: Berkeley, CA, US

1998 to 2000 | Programmer / Analyst Supervisor (Information Systems and Technology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2015 | MSc (Management Science and Engineering)
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University of California Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA, US

1997 | BA (Mathematics)
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Works (3)

The principles of tomorrow's university [version 1; referees: 1 approved]

2018-12-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2046-1402
Contributors: Daniel S. Katz; Gabrielle Allen; Lorena A. Barba; Devin R. Berg; Holly Bik; Carl Boettiger; Christine L. Borgman; C. Titus Brown; Stuart Buck; Randy Burd et al.
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A preliminary review of influential works in data-driven discovery

SpringerPlus
2016-08-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark Stalzer; Chris Mentzel
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A Preliminary Review of Influential Works in Data-Driven Discovery

arXiv
2015-03-30 | Journal article
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1503.08776

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