The Citizen Data Science program at Dow

Abstract

We present the Citizen Data Science (CDS) program, a data literacy program aimed at a Research and Development (R&D)/Technical Service and Development (TS&D) population from a heterogeneous background of traditional disciplines such as chemistry, materials science, engineering and others. The CDS program aims to facilitate the culture change required for maximizing researcher productivity and wellbeing by equipping every researcher with the skills to best manage, analyze, and communicate their data, enabling them to thrive in R&D/TS&D organizations that themselves are going through profound structural transformation induced by the pressures of digitalization. The Dow CDS program is going through its fourth year of implementation and improvement; we share the program and our learnings in the hope that they may be useful to other researchers in the materials development and adjacent spaces.