Project Program is a month-long experience where University of Waterloo students are supported by the UW Data Science Club and the UW Computer Science Club to create their own project! Groups of mentees go through brainstorming project ideas, creating roadmaps with milestones and achievements, and finally presenting their project for chances to win prizes. If you want to know what it takes to win Project Program, listen to the Codies, Winter 2022’s first place Project Program winners, as they explain the ups and downs of their project, WatIAmLost! Welcome Waterloo CS students, Marcus Chan, Sat Arora, Bonnie Peng, and Haley Song. 

How does domain specific knowledge help data scientists to perform better? How is data science used in the digital media industry? To answer these questions, we invited the President of Polar, Matt Crenshaw, on our podcast. If you are interested in the marketing sector of companies and how data is used to make business decisions, give this episode a listen!

What makes up a good data team? How is machine learning and AI used at companies? What is the future of data science? To answer these questions, we invited the CTO and Head of AI at Branded Entertainment Network on this week’s episode. If you are interested in data science and machine learning, make sure to check this episode out!

On this episode, we invited David Jeong, the Vice President of Quantitative Research at Morgan Stanley, as our guest. We are very thrilled to have him on this episode as we have wanted a quantitative analyst on our podcast since Season 1. If you want to learn more about different types of trading, the role of a quantitative researcher/analyst, and the skills required to become a quantitative analyst, make sure to check this episode out! 

We are excited to announce that our Season 3 has begun! We have a slight change in the team compared to last season. We have a new co-host, Jay, who will be joining Vedant to run the podcast episodes. On our season premier, Jay and Vedant talk about their journey of becoming the co-host of Unlabelled Unstructured and what they are looking forward to in Season 3. Get to know more about our co-hosts by listening to this episode!

Do you know what goes on in the multi-billion dollar industry? How do people become esports players? On the final episode for Season 2 of our podcast, we invited Adin Abdollahzadeh, an esports player on the Mcmaster University League of Legends team, to talk about the esports industry, what it is like to become a esports player, and how to win the game of League of Legends. If esports is what you are interested in, make sure to check out this episode!

 On this episode, we invited Winnie Luong, a Senior Actuarial Analyst at intactlab, to be our guest. We discuss different factors that led to her current profession and role. We also talk about her love and passion for food! To learn more about Winnie’s story and tips on a successful co-op term, check out this episode!

Do you want to know what gaming analysts do at their work? What are some perks and challenges that gaming analysts face? To answer these questions, we invited Jessie Chen, a data analyst at Square Enix. If you love gaming, you should give this episode a try!

With the world changing faster than ever, many people choose to transition between professions in their career. On this week’s From the Vault episode, we invited Jonah Lam, a machine learning engineer, to talk about his journey from an actuarial analyst to a data scientist, and finally to his current profession. To learn more about his story and gain insights about adapting to different professions and skills, check out this episode!

Do you want to know how computer models are used to understand scientific discoveries and reasoning? Do you want to know how animals and AI’s are performing compared to human intelligence? On this episode, we invited Paul Thagard, a professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo, to talk about his new book Bots and Beasts, the nature of philosophy and cognitive science, and computational models. If these topics interest you, head over to our podcast channel and listen to our latest episode! Also, if you want to learn more about Professor Thagard’s publications and research, visit paulthagard.com for more information.