. . . . "Symbolic approaches to artificial intelligence represent things within a domain of knowledge through physical symbols, combine symbols into symbol ex- pressions, and manipulate symbols and symbol expressionsNN through inference processes. While a large part of Data Science relies on statistics and applies statisti- cal approaches to artificial intelligence, there is an increasing potential for success- fully applying symbolic approaches as well. Symbolic representations and sym- bolic inference are close to human cognitive representations and therefore compre- hensible and interpretable; they are widely used to represent data and metadata, and their specific semantic content must be taken into account for analysis of such in- formation; and human communication largely relies on symbols, making symbolic representations a crucial part in the analysis of natural language. Here we discuss the role symbolic representations and inference can play in Data Science, high- light the research challenges from the perspective of the data scientist, and argue that symbolic methods should become a crucial component of the data scientists’ toolbox." . "2017-04-10" . "Data Science and Symbolic AI: synergies, challenges and opportunities" . . . . . "robert.hoehndorf@kaust.edu.sa" . "Robert Hoehndorf" . . "Núria Queralt-Rosinach" . "Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia" . "Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA" . . . . . "Robert Hoehndorf" . "Tobias Kuhn" . "Núria Queralt-Rosinach" . "2025-05-26T10:11:16.457Z"^^ . . . . . . . "Preprint: Data Science and Symbolic AI: synergies, challenges and opportunities" . . . . . . . . . "RSA" . "MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQD4Wj537OijfOWVtsHMznuXKISqBhtGDQZfdO6pbb4hg9EHMcUFGTLbWaPrP783PHv8HMAAPjvEkHLaOHMIknqhaIa5236lfBO3r+ljVdYBElBcLvROmwG+ZGtmPNZf7lMhI15xf5TfoaSa84AFRd5J2EXekK6PhaFQhRm1IpSYtwIDAQAB" . "S3Pf7DoAm7J/m7GOGcFvqBYZhytCuW1kzfklTUe74Lh5mKqJ5mKnuRt0S3xspsioltqxA54Pquvd7sZ5pko02hiqt9sdEwKBT26XTmAt0f1O6yHttM3f/mOtNKFOD8xaFa0MtBps6TWKpOVvTR7t+ArRsUpNb8o6Fw6qn512lzI=" . . .