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University of Cincinnati Center for Business Analytics Data Science Symposium: Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, 12:00-2:30PM EDT

  • 1.  University of Cincinnati Center for Business Analytics Data Science Symposium: Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, 12:00-2:30PM EDT

    Posted 09-23-2020 12:00

    Please join us for this year's University of Cincinnati Data Science Symposium 2020 which will be presented as four consecutive weekly online Zoom webinars on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 12:00-2:30PM EDT. The webinars are *FREE* to attend, but you must pre-register at the link below. The webinars feature keynote speakers each week: Jason Pontin (Contributing Editor to Wired Magazine), Marshall Fisher (UPS Professor, Wharton School), Radhika Kulkarni (Retired VP, SAS Institute), and Jude Schramm (CIO, Fifth Third). Other scheduled speakers are from companies such as Amazon Web Services, McDonald's, University of Cincinnati, 84.51 and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

    More information and registration link are below.

    Registration Link

      

    OCTOBER 6

          KEYNOTE
         Jason Pontin
    , Contributing Writer to Wired and Senior Advisor at Flagship Pioneering     
         "Future Impacts of Technology"

          OTHER SPEAKERS

    • Jaime Windeler: Associate Professor, Lindner College of Business
      "Data Science Teams: Fundamentals and Future of Virtual Collaboration"
    • Ryan Kaplan: Director Data and Analytics, Fifth Third Bank
      "Devops for Data Science"

     

    OCTOBER 13

         KEYNOTE
         Marshall L. Fisher
    , UPS Professor of Operations and Information Management, Wharton School     
        "Sell what you've made vs make what's selling.  Where is the world headed?"

         OTHER SPEAKERS

    • Matt Brems: Managing Partner, Beta Vector
      "Good Fast Cheap: Doing Data Science with Missing Data"
    • Pavan Chundi: Senior Analyst, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
      "Improving Patient Family Experience: A Machine Learning Approach"


    OCTOBER 20

         KEYNOTE
         Radhika Kulkarni,
    Retired VP, Advanced Analytics R&D, SAS Institute, Inc. 
         "Data Science Organization Effectiveness: A Perspective From Two Sides"

         OTHER SPEAKERS

    • James Lee: Associate Vice Provost for Digital Scholarship and Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of Cincinnati
      "Sentiment Analysis 2.0"
    • Dan Shah: Senior Consultant, SEI Consulting, Rob Dodd; Digital Customer Insights, 84.51, Reid McCreary: Digital Customer Insights, 84.51
      "Understanding and Improving Kroger Customer Experience During COVID"


     OCTOBER 27

         KEYNOTE
         Jude Schramm
    , Exec VP/CIO,  Fifth Third Bank:
         "Adopting Data and Analytics into the Fiber of a Company"

           OTHER SPEAKERS

    • Yangsu Chen: Data Scientist, Amazon Web Services 
      "Leveraging Forecasting Power of Classic Time Series Models and Deep Learning"
    • Panel Discussion: "Future Impacts of Data Science"
           Jason Pontin  Moderator
           Jude Schramm
           Craig Brabec: VP/Chief Data Analytics Officer, McDonald's
           Carlos Amesquita: Founder and President, CEA-Advisory


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    Michael Fry
    Professor and Academic Director, Center for Business Analytics
    University of Cincinnati
    Cincinnati OH
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