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Show Notes (2:02) Shreya discussed her initial exposure to Computer Science and her favorite CS course on Advanced Topics in Operating Systems  at Stanford. (4:07) Shreya emphasized the importance of distilling technical concepts to a non-technical audience, thanks to her experience as a section leader and teaching assistant for CS198 . (6:26) Shreya shared the lack of representation in technical...

Show Notes (2:37) Francesca discussed her educational background in Italy, studying Economics and Institutional Studies at LUISS Guido Carli University  for her Master’s and then Economics and Technology Innovation at Sant’Anna University  for her Ph. D. She also mentioned her transition to studying in the US at Harvard Business School . (7:43) Francesca shared the anecdote behind going to HBS to...

Show Notes (2:55) Patricia talked about his interest in learning languages and living in different cultures. (4:05) Patricia talked about her experience volunteering as a translator at the International Network of Street Papers . (5:00) Patricia studied Liberal Arts at John Abbott College , English Literature at Concordia University , and Computer Science and Linguistics at McGill University  duri...

Show Notes (2:19) Eugene got his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from  Singapore Management University , in which he did a senior thesis titled “ Competition Improves Performance .” (3:29) Eugene’s first role out of school is an Investment Analyst position at Singapore’s  Ministry of Trade & Industry . (4:18) Eugene then moved to a Data Analyst role at IBM , working on...

Show Notes (2:22) Matthew shared his childhood growing up interested in the field of biology. (5:29) Matthew described his undergraduate experience studying Cellular and Molecular Biology at Brown University . He dropped out for a year and a half to work at MIT and test out a few company ideas in the biotech space. (8:13) Matthew spent a decent amount of time in biological aging research after tha...

Show Notes (2:22) Carl talked about his early exposure to programming and his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the  University of Rochester  in the late 90s. (5:12) Carl implemented his first fully connected, two-hidden-layer artificial neural network using the C programming language back in 2000 when using neural networks wasn’t nearly as cool as it is today. (8:00) Carl started his caree...

Show Notes (2:40) Brian discussed his career as a musician and his mission as a consultant to bring design principles into the analytics world. (5:25) Brian talked about his career inception as a UX designer and his interest in human-centered design. (9:48) Brian shared the backstory behind starting  Designing for Analytics  and his advice for anyone interested in becoming a consultant (hint: find...

Show Notes (2:19) Luigi got his Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Master’s in Computer Science from  Fordham University , with a break working as a Data Analyst in between. (5:41) Luigi worked as a Research Engineer at Fordham's  Wireless Sensor Data Mining Lab  for a year during his Master’s program and got exposed to Machine Learning. (9:13) Luigi’s first role out of graduate school is a Data Engine...

Show Notes (2:00) Alexey studied Information Systems and Technologies from a local university in his hometown in eastern Russia. (4:54) Alexey commented on his experience working as a Java developer in the first three years after college in Russia and Poland, along with his initial exposure to Machine Learning thanks to Coursera . (7:55) Alexey talked about his decision to pursue the IT4BI Master...

Show Notes (2:27) Ankit studied Electrical Engineering with a focus on Communication and Signal Processing at the  Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay . (3:27) Ankit then worked for three years as a Senior Field Engineer at  Schlumberger , an international oilfield services company. (4:23) Ankit then went to the US to pursue a Masters in Financial Engineering from the  Walter Hass School of Bus...

Show Notes (2:32) Ari discussed his undergraduate studying Physiology and Neuroscience at UC San Diego , while doing neuroscience research on adult neurogenesis at the  Gage Lab . (4:39) Ari discussed his decision to pursue a Ph. D. in Neurobiology at Harvard after college and extracted the importance of communication in research, thanks to his advisor Chris Harvey . (7:16) Ari explained his Ph. D...

Show Notes: (2:02) Josh studied Mathematics at  Columbia University  during his undergraduate and explained why he was not set out for a career as a mathematician. (3:55) Josh then worked for two years as a Management Consultant at McKinsey . (6:05) Josh explained his decision to go back to graduate school and pursue a Ph. D. in Mathematics at UC Berkeley. (7:23) Josh shared the anecdote of taking...

Show Notes: (2:20) Sara shared her childhood growing up in Africa. (4:05) Sara talked about her undergraduate experience at Carleton College  studying Economics and International Relations. (9:07) Sara discussed her first job working as an Economics Analyst at Compass Lexecon  in the Bay Area. (12:20) Sara then joined  Udemy  as a data analyst, then transitioned to the engineering team to work on...

Show Notes: (1:58) Colleen gave a brief overview of her professional background and her path to data science. (3:27) Colleen explained how her background in medicine and social science contributes to her success as a data scientist working in different domains. (5:20) Colleen share her thoughts on how data science varies by sector. (7:02) Referring to her consulting company Staticlysm LLC, Colleen...

Show Notes: (2:12) Parul talked about her educational background, studying Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur . (3:18) Parul worked as a Business Analyst at Tata Power India for 7 years. (4:29) Parul talked about her initial interests in writing about data science and machine learning on Medium . (6:30) Parul discussed her first blog series “A Guide to Machine...

Show Notes: (2:18) Leonard discussed his undergraduate experience at  Carnegie Mellon  - where he studied Biology and Computer Science. (5:10) Leonard decided to pursue a Ph. D. in Bioinformatics at the University of California - San Francisco . (6:27) Leonard described his Ph. D. research that focused on finding hidden patterns in genetically-linked diseases. (9:42) Leonard went deep into cluster...

Show Notes: (2:25) Vincent talked about his educational background, in which he studied Information Systems at the Singapore Management University .  (4:20) Vincent talked about the capstone project on Data Analytics Practicuum that he completed for his degree.  (5:47) Vincent went over his Software Development and Business Intelligence internship experience with  VISA . (9:30) Vincent landed a Da...

Show Notes: (2:17) Ben talked about his past career working in the golf industry - working at the National Golf Foundation and the PGA of America . (4:12) Ben discussed about his first exposure to machine learning and data science. (5:06) Ben talked about his motivation for pursuing an online Master’s degree in Data Science at Southern Methodist University . (6:02) Ben emphasized the importance of...

Show Notes: (2:00) Arthur talked about his undergraduate studying  Psychology at North Carolina State University . (3:28) Arthur mentioned his time working as a research assistant at the LACElab  in NCSU that does human factor and cognition research. (5:08) Arthur discussed his decision to pursue a graduate degree in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oregon  right after college. (6:35) A...

Show Notes: (2:27) Alex talked about his undergraduate experience studying  Applied Mathematics at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute . (3:15) Alex quickly went over his time working remotely as a Machine Learning Engineer for a US-company called Inma AI during university. (4:24) Alex mentioned his decision to pursue a Master’s degree in Mathematics at the University of Verona . (6:21) Alex went over...

Show Notes: (2:08) Mael recalled his experience getting a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from HEC Lausanne in Switzerland. (4:47) Mael discussed his experience co-founding Wanago , which is the world’s first van acquisition and conversion crowdfunding platform. (9:48) Mael talked about his decision to pursue  a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science , also at HEC Lausanne. (11:51) Mael talk...

Show Notes: (1:57) Jannes discussed his undergraduate experience studying International Business Administration at Rotterdam School of Management - Erasmus University  (one of Europe’s top 10 research-based business schools). (3:06) Jannes talked about his work on the IHS Global Green City Index , a set of measurements that can give majors actionable insight in where cities stand in sustainability...

Show Notes: (2:15) Jan discussed his undergraduate experience studying Business Administration and Economics from Goshen College in Indiana. (3:48) Jan went over his first job out of college: working as a Strategy and Enterprise Intelligence consultant at the EY office in Berlin , a Big 4 consulting firm. (6:09) Jan talked about his decision to pursue a part-time Master’s degree in Computer Scienc...

Show Notes: (2:17) Admond described his undergraduate experience studying  Applied Physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. (3:02) Admond talked about the importance of learning multivariate calculus and linear algebra in college. (3:38) Admond shared his research internship experience at CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva after his junior year. (4:...

Show Notes: (02:05) Sunanda discussed her Master’s degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras . (03:05) Sunanda talked about her decision to go to the US to pursue a Ph. D. in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at Purdue University . (04:22) Sunanda went in-depth into her Ph. D. thesis that focused on spin transport . (06:51) Sunanda accepted a Materials Science Postdoc...