Liberty Vittert is a Professor of the Practice of Data Science at the Olin Business School at the Washington University in St. Louis. She is a graduate of MIT as well as Le Cordon Bleu Paris and the University of Glasgow. Liberty is a regular TV and Radio contributor to many news organizations including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, PBS, and FNC, as well as having her own TV series on STV (ITV). She is a regular opinion editorial contributor for the Fox News Channel, and has been featured in Popular Science, US News, Newsweek, Business Insider, International Business Times, CBS News, and The Conversation. As a Royal Statistical Society Ambassador, BBC Expert Woman, and an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, Liberty is writing a popular science book on data science that will be published this fall 2019. She is also an Associate Editor for the Harvard Data Science Review and is on the board of USA for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as well at the HIVE, a UN Refugee Agency data initiative for refugees.
Liberty Vittert
Professor of practice in data analytics
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In the media
AI girlfriends are ruining an entire generation of men
While the concept of an AI girlfriend may seem like a joke, it really isn’t that funny. It is enabling a generation of lonely men to stay lonely and childless, which will have devastating effects on the U.S. economy in less than a decade, writes Liberty Vittert.
The 2024 (Un)Popularity Contest
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice at Olin Business School
What is actually killing Americans and how to solve it
The only way we are going to solve an exponentially growing crisis that spans all socioeconomic classes is to come together again like we did for COVID, writes Liberty Vittert, professor at Olin Business School.
As COVID deaths mount, greatest gift we can give our loved ones is to stay away
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
Biden should halt sales to China of US tech used to persecute and enslave Uighur Muslims
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
Wash U Professor Explains Why Political Polls Were Wrong — Again
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
Trump is wrong — pollsters didn’t deliberately make inaccurate election forecasts
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
So, what happened with the polling?
While the next president of the United States remains unknown, there is clearly one big loser: the pollsters, most of whom were touting the high likelihood of a Joe Biden blowout. So how did they get it so wrong? Several issues combined to throw off pollsters’ models again, writes Liberty Vittert.
Social distancing for coronavirus will save lives – look at these numbers
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
Got a resolution for the New Year? Here’s a statistician’s advice on how to keep it
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Opinion: The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
Uber’s data revealed nearly 6,000 sexual assaults. Does that mean it’s not safe?
While any sexual assault is one too many and one can never diminish the seriousness of these issues, critics need to take a closer look at the statistics to make a truly informed decision about Uber’s safety, writes Liberty Vittert.
You’d be better off lighting your money on fire than giving it to a politician to spend on TV ads
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
What’s your actual chance of getting a mosquito bite? A statistician crunches the numbers
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data analytics
The opioid crisis is real but don’t punish patients with life-threatening pain
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Stories
AI is no match for Cyrano
Dating apps make no secret of their use of artificial intelligence to help users find their perfect match. But now some users are employing it to strike up conversations and flirt with potential matches. Olin Business School’s Liberty Vittert, a data and cybersecurity expert, explains the limits of AI and how to know when you may be chatting with a bot.
Vittert named among top undergrad business professors by Poets & Quants
Liberty Vittert, professor of practice of data science at Olin Business School, was recognized by Poets & Quants for her engaging teaching style and ability to bring real-life examples to the classroom.
Americans must prepare for cyber warfare
With the war in Ukraine only seeming to ramp up, instead of down, and Vladimir Putin’s aggression against those who defend the Ukrainian people increases, Liberty Vittert, a data science expert at Olin Business School, said it’s only a matter of time until the U.S. faces a cyber attack. But that begs the question: What constitutes an act of war against the United States?
The historic 2020 election, and what’s next
After the contentious 2020 presidential election, Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts offer their predictions and perspectives on the legal battle ensuing, the election process, the transition of power and the future for both President-elect Joe Biden’s administration and President Donald Trump’s.
So, what happened with the polling?
Pollsters don’t ask every American for their vote decision, but instead they ask a smaller portion of the population and infer from that what the entire population is going to do. That means there is inevitably plus or minus error in their predictions.
The good, the bad, the ugly of big data
Big data is changing the world, but is it for the better? Liberty Vittert, professor of practice in data science at Olin Business School, discusses big data’s even bigger impact.
Your March Madness chances, or putting a quintillion into focus
You — as part of the 10 percent of the American population who participates in this form of technically illegal gambling — have a 1-in-9.2 quintillion chance of picking the perfect March Madness bracket, says a statistical expert from Washington University in St. Louis.