Data scientists, too, need to have some verbal and visual communication skills, lest their insights wither away in the lab.

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Proven and sustained communication (verbal and written) skills, including ability to prepare reports and conduct presentations on key issues by clearly formulating positions and issues, articulating options concisely, conveying, the maximum nescessary information, making and defending recommendations.

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In our programme every class involved a blend of team and individual assignments, so good communication skills, both written and verbal, were essential to be successful on virtual teams.

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If 80% of human communication is non-verbal, endowing robots with those skills is going to be key.

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