In this episode, we chat with Yannet Interian, an Associate Professor of Data Science at University of San Francisco. Yannet reflects on her academic and professional odyssey from Mathematics to Data Science, a journey which takes her from Cuba through Europe and eventually to the Bay Area. We also discuss the value of mentoring and teaching young data scientists and how to best guide students to success in their careers.

In this episode, we engage in a conversation with Scott Coffin, who shares his extensive experience in Data Science at the California State Water Resources Control Board. During our discussion, we discuss data science in the context of microplastics and their far-reaching impacts on aquatic organisms and human health. Scott also shares strategies and opportunities for aspiring Data Scientists looking to build a rewarding career in the government sector.

In this episode we talk to two of our graduating MSDS students, Patricia and Ben, about tracking fitness workouts and researching neural network training strategies as part of their MSDS Practicum projects, and dealing with imposter syndrome and other challenges when moving to SF and completing a one-year intensive data science program.

Hosts: Cody Carroll and Robert Clements
Guests: Patricia Ornelas Jauregui and Ben Chen
Editing: Cody Carroll
Mixing: Joshua Lehrer

In this episode we talk to two of our graduating MSDS students, Jessica and Xin, about identifying tweets about California Black Bears and monitoring "AirBnBs" for birds in California that are used for bird migration as part of their MSDS Practicum projects, and getting through an intensive one-year MS program while parenting kids.

Special thanks to Joshua Lehrer for editing this episode.

In this episode we talk to two of our graduating MSDS students, Rushil and Guru, about their experiences in the MSDS program, living in the SF Bay Area, exploring the city in autonomous cars, and the best Indian food in SF.

In this episode we talk to two of our graduating MSDS students, Chenxi and Kyle, about their experiences in the MSDS program, their Practicums in Agriculture and Risk Intelligence, moving to SF, and building an app for summarizing restaurant opinions in the Entrepreneurship course.

Cody Carroll is an Assistant Professor in the MSDS program at USF, and talks about his background, his teaching, and his time-warping research. He's also a DJ and the songs you hear in this episode were chosen by him, and they are (in this order): Sunseeker by Zuma Dionys; Epic Resurrection by Space Motion; and This Time Baby by Jackie Moore.

Paul Kim talks about his journey studying Film, TV, Media Studies, and Data Science, and how these topics will forever be interrelated.

Learn more about the MSDS program at the Data Institute here:

MSDS: https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/programs/graduate/data-science

MSDS: https://twitter.com/usfca_msds

Data Institute: https://twitter.com/DataInstituteSF

Data Institute: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-data-institute-university-of-san-francisco/

Recent MSDS graduate Kooha Kwon talks about his favorite part of the MSDS program at the University of San Francisco as well as his job search process, successes, and failures since graduating.

Zan Armstrong talks about how she became a data viz professional, what makes a good visualization, and surveys the job landscape for those looking to get into the field.

Learn more about the MSDS program at the Data Institute here:

MSDS: https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/programs/graduate/data-science

MSDS: https://twitter.com/usfca_msds

Data Institute: https://twitter.com/DataInstituteSF

Data Institute: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-data-institute-university-of-san-francisco/