For those who attended the BIWA Summit a few weeks ago, you would have seen the data scientist certification. BIWA just listed the first batch of data scientists it certified:
Instructor Level Certificate - Brendan Tierney
Oracle Data Scientist Certificate
Don Ferguson, CherryRoad Technologies
Jorge Anicama, IBM (GBS)
Tim Vlamis, Vlamis Software Solutions
Vijayalakshmi Muthukrishnan, Motorola
Sicheng Liu, Deloitte Consulting
Avik Bhattacharya, Printpack Inc.
Ari Kaplan, Ariball
Paul Mitchell, Oracle
Associate Level
Suresh Anand, Sashatech LLC
Participation Certificate
Ahmed Kopap
Ekine Akuiyibo
Khader Mohiuddin
More on the program, see here: http://oraclebiwasig.blogspot.com/2013/01/oracle-data-scientist-at-biwa-summit.html