About the Conference
The theme for this conference is “Technology. Innovation. Career.” Our goal is to create a cross-campus data science learning platform and bring together business and academic leaders, young professionals, entrepreneurs and promising students. The conference will demonstrate cutting-edge technology and offer unique insight into what is possible with machine learning and data science while providing attendees with opportunities to expand their career networks.
Features
- Gain insight into the future of data science development as well as the trending technologies. Featuring speakers from Microsoft, IBM, Dell EMC, Groupon, Datascope, Uptake, Pachyderm, Dunn Solutions Group, Metis and other industry leading companies.
- Network with Data Scientists from various backgrounds and discover career opportunities.
- Topic Areas: Data Science Application, Open-source Software, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Previous Speakers
Alexander Gutfraind
Senior Health Data Scientist at Blue Health Intelligence
Andrew Acosta
Data Scientist at Milesius Capital Resources LLC
Arnoldo J. Muller-Molina
Founder/CTO at simMachines
Brent Traidman
CRO at BRD
Carlos Chou
Founder & CEO at CLZ Health, Inc
David Giard
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Emily Riederer
Sr. Analyst at Capital One
Erik Widman
AI Product Owner at Solstice
Katherine Hampton Tong
Data Scientist at Pareto Intelligence
Kyle Polich
Host at Data Skeptic
Mandie Liu
Data Scientist at Uber
Michael A. X. Izatt
Chief Data Scientist at Hitachi Consulting Corporation
Michael Reddy
President at Digital Authority Partners
Mike Oren
Founder at Societech
Oliver Buechse
Owner at My Strategy Source
Rachel Kaberon
Management Consultant at Arkay Solutions
Utku Pamuksuz
Clinical Professor of Data Analytics at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Sr. Data Scientist at W.W. Grainger
Xin Chen
Director of Engineering at HERE Technologies
Yi (Clara) Liu
Manager, Data & Analytics at KPMG
Zachariah Miller
Senior Data Scientist at Metis
Previous Schedule
Please check back frequently to review any updates.
| TIME | DESCRIPTION | ROOM | TOPIC/SPEAKER |
| 08:00-09:00 | REGISTRATION | The Lobby, Gleacher Center, University of Chicago | |
| 09:00-09:05 | OPENING PLENARY | Room 621 | Jason Geng – Int’l Data Engineering and Science Association |
| 09:05-09:30 | SESSION | How Cloud Computing Empowers a Data Scientist
David Giard – Senior Technical Evangelist from Microsoft |
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| 09:35-10:00 | SESSION | Dispelling Data Science Myths for Beginners
Zachariah Miller –Senior Data Scientist from Metis/ Kaplan |
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| 10:05-10:30 | SESSION | Continuous Experiments at Uber
Jeremy Gu – Senior Data Scientist from Uber Mandie Liu – Data Scientist from Uber |
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| 10:35-11:15 | PANEL | AI & Data Science Industry Practices
Panelists: Katherine Tong — Data Scientist from Pareto Intelligence Dr. Alexander Gutfraind — Senior Health Data Scientist from Blue Health Intelligence Dr. Erik Widman — AI Product Owner from Solstice Moderator: Jason Geng – Int’l Data Engineering and Science Association |
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| 11:20-11:45 | SESSION | Designing Empathetic, Empowering, and Engaging Internal Tools
Emily Riederer – Sr. Analyst from Capital One |
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| 11:50-12:15 | SESSION | Machine Learning on the Blockchain
Kyle Polich – Host at Data Skeptic |
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| 12:20- 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||
| 13:05-13:45 | PANEL | Room
621
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AI & Data Science in Business Transformation
Panelists: Michael Reddy — President from Digital Authority Partners Andrew Acosta — Data Scientist from Milesius Capital Resources LLC Rachel Kaberon — Management Consultant from Arkay Solutions Oliver Buechse – Owner from My Strategy Source Moderator: Kyle Polich – Host at Data Skeptic |
| 13:50-14:15 | SESSION | Unlocking the Insights from Brands and Faces
Dr. Utku Pamksuz – Clinical Professor of Data Analytics from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / Sr. Data Scientist from W.W. Grainger |
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| 14:20-14:45 | SESSION | HD Live Maps for Automated Driving: An AI Approach
Dr. Xin Chen –Director of Engineering from HERE Technologies |
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| 14:50-15:15 | SESSION | Data Science for Anomaly Detection in Data Streams
Michael A.X. Izatt – Chief Data Scientist from Hitachi Consulting Corporation |
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| 15:20-15:45 | SESSION | Data Science in Risk, Economic, and Financial Asset Price Forecast
Dr. Yi (Clara) Liu – Manager, Data & Analytics from KPMG |
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| 15:50-16:15 | SESSION | Explaining Artifical Intelligence with Similarity Search and Metric Learning
Dr. Arnoldo J. Muller-Molina – Founder/CTO from simMachines |
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| 16:20-16:35 | SESSION | CLZ Health
Carlos Chou – Founder & CEO from CLZ Health, Inc. |
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| 16:40-17:00 | SESSION | Running a Successful ICO
Brent Traidman – CRO from bread |
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Company Representation
Hiring Pro
Venue
University of Chicago, Gleacher Center, Room 621
Ideas Sponsors
Training Sessions
(Time: May 19th, 1:00PM-5:00PM | Location: We will email to the registrants)
Machine Learning
Duration: 4h
Price: $250