Speaker Category: socal-2017-session

UCLA Math graduate. Wall Street Analyst & Head of data analytics at the previous company.

A professor of political science at Caltech, R. Michael Alvarez has extensive research and professional experience in statistics, research methodology, and data science. His research has focused on data science as applied to survey…

Hunter Owens is a Data Scientist for the City of Los Angeles. Prior to joining the City, he worked for the Center for Data Science and Public Policy, KIPP NJ and Obama for America.…

Mike Oren has a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction and sociology with a BA in computer science. He currently consults with Uptake and Pogorelc.

I’m currently a software engineer at Leaf Group working on web content and analytics. I look for ways to algorithmically understand and enhance user experiences on our content channels. This includes article recommendation, finding…

Patrick Atwater serves as project manager for the California Data Collaborative, a coalition of water utilities working together to share metered water use data and ensure water reliability. He has worked as a consulting…

Athanassios Kintsakis is an ECE BSc/MSc graduate, and Ph.D. Candidate in the field of statistics and machine learning applied in bioinformatics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has co-authored numerous journal publications, presented at…

Brian Dolan is well-known in the data community as a leading mathematician, data scientist, and analyst with more than 20 years of hands-on experience, including high-profile work in the US Intelligence Community, Northern Trust Bank, and…