Chris Wiggins (data scientist)

Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University. In 2010 he co-founded hackNY, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting students with startups in New York City. Since 2014, he has been the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times.

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

Notable works

 * "ARACNE: an algorithm for the reconstruction of gene regulatory networks in a mammalian cellular context"

Awards
In 2007, he received the Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award at Columbia University.