We'll be taking a break, but expect the next episode back from us on 14 May!

Sonia Ingram is a freelance AI consultant, currently the interim Global Director of AI at the world’s largest jewellery brand, where she leads their AI transformation. Her PhD was focused on biomedical immunology, and her data science career includes many notable names such as Lloyds Banking Group and Harrods. In her spare time, she enjoys snowboarding, scuba diving, and hiking.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-louise-ingram-phd-0383354a/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Eyal Kazin is a Lead Data Scientist at Zimmer Biomet, global manufacturer of medical products and technologies. He is an ex-cosmologist turned data scientist with 20 years experience in solving challenging problems and a colleague of his once said that one of his strengths is “facilitating stakeholders to make data driven decisions”. His claim for fame is living in four different continents between the decade of 2004-2014, including three tennis Grand Slam cities: NYC, Melbourne, and London.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-kazin

Medium Publications: https://eyal-kazin.medium.com

Selected articles:

🚪🚪🐐 Lessons in Decision Making from the Monty Hall Problem

https://bit.ly/mh-lessons

Introducing the problem and its history, various ways of solving, and discussing lessons learnt in data decision making.

🚅 Information Theory for People in a Hurry

https://bit.ly/info-theory-hurry

A series of intro articles on quantifying information and its applicability data analysis and machine learning.

➡️ Start Asking Your Data “Why?” — A Gentle Intro To Causality

https://bit.ly/start-ask-why-medium

An intro to causal thinking with links to follow up articles for making one's first steps.

Video diaries:

-blog post on concept: https://eyalkazin.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/video-diaries

-blog post about 2020 video "The Year We Stayed Home" including link to YouTube: https://elzurdo.github.io/2021/01/01/video_diary_2020.html

"Half a joke in the New York Times"

-Link to article, see under "one young employee offered an affectionate toast": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/cambridge-analytica.html

-Full context in autobiography, see under SCL Group / Cambridge Analytica (2014-2018): https://elzurdo.github.io/autobiography/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Thank you for listening to Science to Data Science and Beyond! We will have a new episode ready in 2 weeks time, but none this week as we were busy preparing for the start of the S2DS Spring 2025 programme. Please comment in the description about any topics you'd like to hear about or any questions you have!

Julia Förster is currently a Software Engineer at PwC, a network of firms providing assurance, tax, and advisory services using AI and technologies. She studied mathematics and holds a PhD in Psychophysics before going on to work as a freelancer in a few tech startups. In her spare time, she likes to practice Olympic lifting.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-f-2596338a/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Damian Rumble is the Global Head of Data Science and Analytics at Laing O'Rourke, a multinational construction company. He has a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Exeter enjoys playing ultimate frisbee in his spare time. Last year, he even attended the European Masters Ultimate Club Championships in Vienna.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-rumble-69025336/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Pavan Sangha is the Head of Data Science at Halfords, the UK's leading retailer of automotive and cycling products. He did his PhD in Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Liverpool. In his spare time, he enjoys playing football.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-pavan-sangha-b598b9141/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Ana Solaguren-Beascoa is the Lead Machine Learning Researcher at CoSyne Therapeutics, an AI Drug Discovery company creating precision medicine through AI. She was born in Barcelona where she did her bachelor’s and master’s before moving to Munich for her PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics. She has since spent 7 years in London before returning to live in Barcelona and enjoys cooking in her spare time.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anasolagurenbeascoa/

Medium: https://medium.com/@ana.solagurenbeascoa

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Former S2DS technical mentor Jon Leslie, now Big Data & AI Manager at Vodafone, and S2DS alum Andras Szabo, current Senior Data Scientist at Trilateral Research, join for a special Christmas episode. We discuss Advent of Code, an online advent calendar of coding challenges with fun Christmas themes that anyone can try and use to improve their coding skills.

https://adventofcode.com/

Jon Leslie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-leslie/

Jon Leslie X: @jlesliedata

Andras Szabo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andras-szabo-5a283024/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org

Vasiliy Demchenko is a Senior Data Scientist at the Stepstone Group, a world leading online recruitment company. He did his PhD in Cosmology at the University of Edinburgh. In his spare time, Vasiliy likes to read (mostly fiction), practice yoga, and travel to see new cities or go on hikes and walks.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasiliy-demchenko-a49aba17b/

Pivigo: pivigo.com

S2DS: s2ds.org