Data science panel at أغجز´«أ½ brings together industry leaders
أغجز´«أ½ will hold “Data Science in Everyday Life: Applicability, AI, and Other Trends,†a networking and panel event exploring data science from a range of perspectives across industry and government. The event will take place Thursday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the 4th Floor Program Room in the Andrew White Student Center at أغجز´«أ½.
A keynote address delivered by data science industry expert David Norton, MBA ’95, will begin the event. Norton is the chairman and chief marketing officer of GALE Partners, a digital and analytics-based branding agency. He was named Chief Marketing Officer of the Year in 2010 and wrote “The High Roller Experience,†a book about data-driven marketing.
Norton will moderate the panel discussion, which includes:
- Elise Beisecker, senior data scientist in the U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Amanda Muller, Ph.D., chief of responsible technology at Northrop Grumman
- Franklin Hernandez, MBA ’13, M.S. ’20, senior lead machine learning engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Joseph Girsch, M.S. ’21, machine learning analyst at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Mark Wicks, retired vice president of data science, data scientist, machine learning engineer and software developer
Hernandez and Girsch each earned an M.S. in Data Science from أغجز´«أ½.
The event is free and open to the public. Networking and appetizers will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by the keynote address and panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. and audience questions and closing remarks at 7:30 p.m. To learn more and register to attend or stream the event online, visit the event webpage.