Marsal Gavaldà, PhD, Connects Data to Human Behavior for Economic Empowerment
Accelerate AICareer InsightsTechnologyposted by Kaylen Sanders, ODSC August 14, 2018
Marsal Gavaldà, PhD, heads the machine learning team for the commerce platform at Square, a financial services company that helps facilitate transactions for millions of business owners. Working out of Square’s Atlanta office, Gavaldà pursues automated solutions to a variety of internal operations that revolve around the company’s ethos... Read more
Favorite MOOCs for Data Scientists
Career Insightsposted by Kristen Kehrer August 9, 2018
I had asked on LinkedIn recently about everyone’s favorite MOOCs in data science. This post started a lot of great discussion around the courses (and course platforms) that people had experience with. Certain courses were mentioned multiple times and were obviously being recommended by the community. Here was the... Read more
5 Signs Your Application Needs Better Reporting and Analytics
Career Insightsposted by Dean Yao August 8, 2018
Every business needs business intelligence – and to acquire the information that drives decision making on all levels in small and large companies, every business needs an efficient reporting and analytics platform that is capable of keeping up with the changing goals and needs of the company landscape. Business... Read more
Catherine Havasi, PhD, Helps Computers Uncover the Quirks of Language
Accelerate AICareer InsightsTechnologyposted by Kaylen Sanders, ODSC July 26, 2018
Dr. Catherine Havasi has no typical day. She bounces around between technology strategy, product research and development, and constantly talks to customers in an effort to know what path to go down next. Now, she’s working to help computers undercover the quirks of language. As co-founder and chief strategist... Read more
Starting a Data Science Project
Career InsightsData WranglingModelingposted by Kristen Kehrer July 18, 2018
I spoke in a Webinar this past Saturday about how to get into Data Science. One of the questions asked was “What does a typical day look like?” I think there is a big opportunity to explain what really happens before any machine learning takes place for a large... Read more
Why Every Business Should Have a Data Protection Officer
Accelerate AICareer InsightsGDPRGovernmentposted by Alex Amari July 17, 2018
It’s been over a month since the tumultuous installment of GDPR. This marks a sea change for data protection and privacy regulation worldwide. But in contrast to the commotion during the lead-up, the first month of the GDPR era has been mostly silent. Brussels has yet to announce any... Read more
Graduate Programs in Social Data Science to Commence at Oxford and the London School of Economics
Career Insightsposted by Alex Amari July 10, 2018
This fall, new interdisciplinary master’s programs integrating social sciences and data science will commence at two of the UK’s top universities. Oxford University’s Oxford Internet Institute, a multi-disciplinary center for the study of social and computer sciences, will offer a 1-year MSc in Social Data Science to approximately 25... Read more
Benefits of Data Science Focused Career Fairs
Career Insightsposted by ODSC Team June 27, 2018
Since the early 2010s, opportunities and positions in the data science field have been considered everything from “in-demand” to “sexy.” LinkedIn’s 2017 Emerging Jobs Report once again confirms this by illustrating how there are 9.8x more machine learning engineers and 6.5x more data scientists today than there were 5 years... Read more
How to Ace the In-Person Data Science Interview
Career Insightsposted by Kristen Kehrer June 14, 2018
I’ve written previously about my recent data science job hunt, but this article is solely devoted to the in-person interview. That full-day, try to razzle-dazzle em’, cross your fingers and hope you’re well prepared for what gets thrown at you. After attending a ton of these interviews, I’ve found... Read more
The Best Practices For Building Strong Data Science Teams
Career InsightsConferencesposted by Alex Amari May 16, 2018
Key Points: Hiring managers and business leaders often overestimate data scientists’ capabilities, resulting in inefficiencies in the hiring process and poor performance from data science teams The pre-interview process is crucial. It should involve thoughtful contemplation about the role and why it’s needed, and effective phone screens to ensure... Read more
Why the Government of Tomorrow is Also a Data Organisation
AIGovernmentAccelerate AIposted by Mark van Rijmenam Aug 20, 2019
Nowadays, every organisation is a data organisation. This not only applies to commercial organisations, but also to governments. Governments...
AI and Small Business: It’s Not Just for Enterprises
ai and small businesssmall businessAccelerate AIposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC Aug 20, 2019
Small business is the backbone of the US economy, creating as many as two out of three new jobs...
Watch: Imitation Learning: Reinforcement Learning For The Real World
Imitation LearningReinforcement LearningConferencesposted by ODSC Team Aug 19, 2019
This talk will introduce the formal Imitation Learning problem and discuss two main categories of agent training in the...
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