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This lecture covers the evolution of data science at EPFL, focusing on the development of the Swiss Data Science Center and the impact of digital revolution on education. It also delves into the initiatives like MOOCs for Africa, the challenges in education technology, and the efforts to bridge the gap between data scientists and domain experts. The speaker discusses the importance of reproducibility in research, the role of the Scala Center in promoting education and community around Scala programming language, and the future plans for data science at EPFL.