Scott Cook
Chief Data Scientist
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Cook is Chief Data Scientist for University Strategy and an Associate Professor of Mathematics with nine years of applied data science and academic leadership experience. He founded Tarleton's Data Science team for the Center for Agribusiness Excellence, co-created the university's Masters in Data Science, and established the office of Chief Data Scientist to drive data-informed decisions for the Executive Cabinet. A trained mathematician (PhD) and former aerospace reliability engineer, he applies rigorous modeling and coding to diverse problems from fighting insurance fraud and gerrymandering to simulating earth–moon formation and modeling crop growth. He has mentored over 75 students in original research, transforming careers by combining pedagogy, domain expertise, and hands-on data projects. Notably, he launched and now co-chairs the university-wide AI Council to coordinate AI activity and governance across campus. Based in Fort Worth, Scott blends deep theory, practical systems thinking, and institutional strategy to turn math+data+code into measurable impact.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics at Washington University in St. LouisBachelor of Science - BS, Physics and Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics and Chemistry at Southern Nazarene UniversityHigh School Diploma - Valedictorian, High School Diploma - Valedictorian at Centennial High School
Github Skills (28)
jupyter7
javascript7
visualization7
python7
ipywidgets6
browser6
data-visualisation6
bokeh6
altair5
pyodide5
gpu5
automatic-differentiation5
machine-learning5
pytorch5
autodiff4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
drscook/helpers
Jul 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 396 pushes in 5 years 2 months
drscook/m5364_19fl_Data_Mining1
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:108 commits, 107 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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