DataTalk

In this week's #DataTalk, we spoke with  Lexy Kassan  about her love of math, medieval renaissance studies, blogging about data, leading data science projects and hosting the  Data Science Ethics podcast . Lexy Kassan  is a data scientist and general advocate for math and stats to anyone who will listen. She currently shares her numerical passion as Product Owner and Community of Practice Lead for...

In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with  Dr. Kartik   Hosanagar  about his new book, " A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence ."  how algorithms are shaping our lives. This data science video series is part of Experian's effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions. Kartik Hosanagar  is the John C. Hower Professor of Technology and...

In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with  Michiel Rauws  about conversational AI chatbots for mental health. This data science video series is part of Experian's effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions. Michiel Rauws  used to be a mental health patient 10 years ago, and that is why he founded X2 AI – a company that provides emot...

This data science video series is part of Experian's effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.  In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with P.V. Kannan about using A.I. to deliver superior customer service. P. V. Kannan co-founded 24/7 Inc. in 2000 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. At [24]7.ai, Mr. Kannan was a pioneer in i...

In this week's #DataTalk , we chat with Felipe Flores about leading data science teams and managing successful data projects. Felipe Flores is the founder and host of Data Futurology, a podcast featuring experienced Data Science Leaders from around the world sharing their stories, challenges, and lessons learned throughout their career. Flores is a customer-focused technologist and data science le...

Dr. Liu Lichuan received her B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and 1998 respectively from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ in 2006. She joined Northern Illinois University in 2007 and is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Dire...

Dr. Teri Fisher is a Sport & Exercise Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Fisher has a particular interest in e-health innovation and the intersection of voice technology and healthcare. He is the Founder and host of "Voice-First Health", a website and podcast that highlights the rapidly expanding int...

In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with  Bradley Metrock  about voice-first technology and its impact on industry and consumer behavior. Bradley Metrock  is CEO of Nashville-based  Score Publishing , which helps creators find voice. Metrock founded podcast network  VoiceFirst. FM , hosts the popular show This Week In Voice, published the audiobook Perspectives on Gender in #VoiceFirst Technology, p...

In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with  James Vlahos  about his latest book,  Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think . James Vlahos   is the author of TALK TO ME: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way that We Live, Work, and Think (Houghton Mifflin, March 26, 2019). Covering the business, technological, and cultural ramifications of the voice revolutio...

Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert, and faculty member at UC Irvine. With 20+ years of business experience, he works with clients and business partners to create next generation products/solutions powered by emerging technology. He is also the author of the new book, Own the A.I. Revolution: Unlock Your Artificial Intellige...

Emily Hough-Kovacs is a data scientist at Spotify. She is an alumnus of Metis Data Science Bootcamp from the NYC DS6 (Winter 2016) cohort. Prior to Metis, Emily worked in Business Intelligence at Tumblr. She is a proud alumna of Barnard College, the liberal arts college for women in New York City, where she studied Mathematics-Computer Science.

Dr. Sarah Aerni is a director of data science at Salesforce Einstein, where she leads teams building AI-powered applications using autoML. Previously, she led teams in healthcare and life sciences at Pivotal building models for customers and cofounded a company offering expert services in informatics to both academia and industry. Sarah holds a PhD in biomedical informatics from Stanford Universit...

Leandro talks about his love of data science -- and how he leads innovative data and analytics projects. He also discusses his process for dealing with unstructured data. Leandro Guerra is the Head of Data Science in EMEA for Experian. He is working on innovative data and analytics projects applied to Credit Risk, Collections, Marketing, Fraud, Insurance, HR, Health Care and CRM. He has a bachelor...

We spoke with Alex Siegman, AI Technical Program Manager at Dow Jones. He talks about his academic background, data science interests and how he helped develop the Dow Jones AI Center.  Alex's expertise includes successfully managing projects, products, and people as well as studying and perfecting the constants—those skills and techniques necessary to design, develop, and deploy revenue-driving t...

Jonathan is the Chief Data Officer for Experian UK&I and EMEA, with overall responsibility for all data related aspects including governance, insight, strategy and performance. Jonathan Westley talks about his role as Experian's Chief Data Officer in UK&I & EMEA. Jonathan also shares insights from a recent white paper: Making the Invisibles Visible. https://www.experian.co.uk/blogs/latest-thinking...

We talked with Tim S. Sweeney about how his passion for data science, entrepreneurship, and steps he takes to continually improve his business and leadership skills. Tim Sweeney is a Product Manager on the Machine Learning team at Twitter. He is helping to build a unified ML Platform to amplify Twitter's ability to leverage ML at massive scale. He specializes in: modelling libraries, training & se...

We spoke with Greg Satell about his new book: Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change. Learn more: GregSatell.com This data science podcast series is part of Experian's effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.

In our latest #DataTalk, we spoke with Paul Malyon and Jordan Morrow about the Data Literacy Project, a global community launched by industry leaders which aims to ignite discussion and develop the tools needed to shape a successful, data literate society.

In our latest #DataTalk, as its International Women's Day , we're talking with Payal Jain, Roisin McCarthy & Rachel Keane about the work Women in Data UK is doing to help more women succeed in data science careers.

In today's #DataTalk, we're spoke with Dr. Emre Sahingur about Consumer Credit Risk Insights. Emre is the SVP of Predictive Analytics at VantageScore Solutions. Emre has a vast range of expertise in risk management, modeling and quantitative analysis to successfully drive strategic and operating decisions in consumer lending. 

In today's DataTalk podcast, we spoke with Dr. Scott Page about his latest book "The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You." Dr. Page is a social scientist and Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is known for his research on and modeling of diversity and complexity in the soci...

Andriy is a Machine Learning Team Leader at Gartner, the world's leading research and advisory company. He has his PhD in computer science for artificial intelligence, and he also has his Master of Science degree in computer science for artificial intelligence. He is also the author of "The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book."  http://www.themlbook.com/

In this #DataTalk, we talked with Chloé Bakalar and Ben Zevenbergen about a human values approach to AI design and deployment. Chloé Bakalar is Assistant Professor of Political Science. She is also a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). Ben Zevenbergen is a visiting professional specialist at CITP. His work mostly consists of mul...

In this #DataTalk, we're talking with Dr. Djamila Amimer about moving from narrow artificial intelligence to general artificial intelligence. Dr. Djamila Amimer is the CEO and Founder of Mind Senses Global – a management consultancy specializing in artificial intelligence. Djamila received her PhD in Energy Economics and Operations Research from the University of Dundee.

In this #DataTalk, we spoke with Giovanni Lanzani about science challenges for non-tech companies, and how to solve them. Thanks to his background in Theoretical Physics and consultancy in the Big4 world (KPMG), Giovanni can bridge the business and data science world with ease. As Chief Science Officer and Director of the GoDataDriven Academy, he advises clients on how to extract value from data a...