Becoming A Data Scientist Podcast
Becoming A Data Scientist Podcast
Renee Teate
Every two weeks, we air an interview with a data scientist or someone on their way to becoming a data scientist, to learn about their path to get to where they are today. We also discuss a data science learning activity for the Becoming a Data Scientist Learning Club. Topic tags: data science, data analysis, databases, careers, education, learning, technology, python, R, computer programming, statistics, business, machine learning
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 17 – Andrew Therriault
In the first episode of this podcast recorded in front of a live audience, Renee interviews Andrew Therriault, who was formerly the Director of Data Science for the Democratic National Committee & Chief Data Scientist for the City of Boston, and is currently Data Science Manager at Facebook.
May 29, 2019
34 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Episode 16 – Randy Olson
Renee interviews Randal S. Olson, Senior Data Scientist in the Institute for Biomedial Informatics at UPenn about his path to becoming a data scientist, his interesting data science blog posts, and his work with non-data-scientists and students.
Mar 21, 2017
47 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 15 – David Meza
David Meza is Chief Knowledge Architect at NASA, and talks to Renee in this episode about his educational background, his early work at NASA, and examples of his work with multidisciplinary teams. He also describes a project involving a graph database that improved search capabilities so NASA engineers could more easily find "lessons learned".
Jan 29, 2017
41 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 14 – Jasmine Dumas
In this first episode of "Season 2" of Becoming a Data Scientist podcast, we meet Jasmine Dumas, a new data scientist who tells us about going from biomedical engineering into a data science project experience and then finding her first job as a data scientist.
Jan 10, 2017
36 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Special #2 – The Future of AI with Dr. Ed Felten
Renee interviews Dr. Ed Felten, the Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, about the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Dec 28, 2016
40 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Special Episode
I was invited to join in with 7 other data people to talk about the US election and the subsequent major questions surrounding the forecasts, since basically all of them heavily leaned toward a different overall outcome. You will recognize many of the people in this chat from other podcasts and publications online, and I'll link to all of their profiles in the show notes for this episode. Enjoy!
Nov 13, 2016
1 hr 21 min
A Few Quick Announcements
Website link: http://www.BecomingADataScientist.com/ Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmOQb6DTma7RTSciAiDP3li-9eTvqq4fwEFcAKDdPLq7OYNw/viewform
Aug 13, 2016
2 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 13 – Debbie Berebichez
In this interview, we meet physicist Debbie Berebichez, who you might recognize from her TEDx talks, her appearances in Discovery Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science and other TV shows! Debbie grew up in Mexico City and was discouraged by her family and teachers from studying science, but later went on to become the first Mexican […]
Jul 5, 2016
1 hr 1 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 12 – Data Science Learning Club Members
Verena, David, Kerry, and Anthony are members of the Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Data Science Learning Club! They appear in the order in which they joined the club, and each discuss their starting points before joining, their participation in the activities, and advice they have for new data science learners. Episode Notes & Links
Jun 14, 2016
1 hr 3 min
Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast Episode 11 – Stephanie Rivera
Stephanie Rivera has worked in machine learning and data science for academic research (at University of Tennessee), for the government (Department of Defense), for a large consulting firm (Booz Allen), and now for a startup (MyStrength). In the interview, she discusses her career path, her experiences with mentorship, and her role in authoring The Field Guide to Data Science and the Explore Data Science online course. Links and Resources
Jun 2, 2016
42 min
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