DataTalk

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 and how to effectively bring data science models into production.

In this DataTalk, we spoke with Favio Vázquez about the future of data science.

Favio Vázquez is the founder of Ciencia y Datos and data science instructor for Business Science University. He also serves as the chief data scientist at Iron AI and Raken Data Group.

He has his Master of Science degree in physics, cosmology and data science for cosmology, and he also has his bachelor's in science and computational engineering.

In this #DataTalk, we're talked with Saurabh Johri about using AI to make healthcare universally accessible and affordable.

Prior to Babylon, Saurabh spent five years as a post-doctoral research fellow at the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London. Working with the CDC and Gates Foundation, he helped develop new methods and mathematical models for estimating the transmission of poliovirus from genetic sequence data. Prior to this, he completed a PhD in population and statistical genetics at Imperial College London.

Ameen Kazerouni is the Lead Data Scientist at Zappos Family of Companies and Founding Partner at Bumblebee Analytics.

Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameenkazerouni/

Ameen earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Biology at the University of West Georgia. He then earned his Master of Science degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Computational Life Sciences from Emory University.

Dr. Seth Dobrin, Chief Data Officer at IBM Analytics, shares steps for launching successful data science projects in an organization. He also discusses the types of leaders and data scientists you need to hire to drive innovation.

Dr. Djamilia Amimer is the CEO and founder of MindSenses Global. She discusses the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence. You can learn more about her work here: https://mindsenses.co.uk/

13 year old Emma Yang is passionate Machine Learning, Robotics, Science, Computer Science, and Technology Innovation. In 2015, Emma won first place in the US and second place globally in Technovation Challenge, a global technology entrepreneurship competition for girls, out of 400 teams from more than 60 countries.

Barry Libert is a digital board member, strategic advisor, angel investor and author. He has also advised companies such as Microsoft, GE Healthcare, SunLife, Deloitte, ESPN and the US Army on how to improve their business models by using today’s digital technologies and networks.

He has written for NYT, WSJ, Barrons, Harvard Business Review, Businessweek, Institutional Investor, Financial Times as well as other leading periodicals. He has also been on CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg TV.

Sam Ransbotham is an associate professor of information systems at Boston College and the MIT Sloan Management Review Guest Editor for the Data and Analytics Big Idea Initiative. In 2014, he was awarded an NSF CAREER Award for his analytics-based research in information security.