Schedule
April 2nd, 2022
Morning Session
Welcome to WiDS SLC
Jetta Hansen, Senior Data Analyst at Nav Inc.
Sara Song, Senior Advanced Data Analyst at BEN
Talks
Image and Text Augmentations for Machine Learning
Jes Ford, PhD, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Square
Portfolio of skill sets for a successful analytics person
Hojeong Kim, PhD, Head of Sales and Success Analytics, People Analytics at Miro
Searching Documents for Novelty with Transformers
Alexandra Cunliffe, PhD, Machine Learning Engineer at Prolego
Effective data science teams
Marissa Saunders, PhD, Associate Director, Data Science - Partnerships at Recursion
Lunch Break, Networking & Career Information Session
Zoom Breakouts Room Networking
An Introduction to the Data Science Program at the University of Utah
Prof. Bei Wang Phillips, University of Utah School of Computing
Career Information: Nav Inc.
recruiter from Nav Inc.
Career Information: BEN Group
Zoom Breakouts Room Networking
An Introduction to the Data Science Program at the University of Utah
Prof. Bei Wang Phillips, University of Utah School of Computing
Career Information: Nav Inc.
recruiter from Nav Inc.
Career Information: BEN Group
Afternoon Session
Welcome back to WiDS SLC
Jetta Hansen, Senior Data Analyst at Nav Inc.
Talks
Transforming Data Into Value: How To Create More Value Out Of Your Data Science Project?
Ekta Kapoor, Data Scientist at BEN
Using CNNs to classify text spans
Jimmy(she/her), PhD, Principal Data Scientist at BEN
Communication Tips in Data Science Projects
Amy Heinrich, Sr. Director of Data Science at Pluralsight
How to get a job using Data Science
Angel (K.) Durr, PhD, CEO and Founder at DataReady DFW
Information Session: MSIS/MSBA Program at the University of Utah
University of Utah School of Business
Panel: Diverse perspectives on Data Science & Women in Tech
Discussion led by Marissa Saunders, PhD, Associate Director, Data Science - Partnerships at Recursion
- Ekta Kapoor, Data Scientist at BEN
- Hojeong Kim, PhD, Head of Sales and Success Analytics, People Analytics at Miro
- Jimmy(she/her), PhD, Principal Data Scientist at BEN
- Angel (K.) Durr, PhD, CEO and Founder at DataReady DFW