TAG Data Talk

TAG Data Talk

By TAG Data Science & Analytics

This is TAG Data Talk where we discuss news, trends, and ideas in the world of Data Science and Analytics. TAG Data Talk is hosted by the Technology Association of Georgia's Data Science and Analytics society.
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Importance of Involving Analytics Stakeholders Early

TAG Data TalkJul 13, 2021
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Applying AI Technologies for Business Operations
Jul 02, 202517:11
The challenging nature of making everyone an AI expert
Jul 02, 202523:44
Leveraging AI to optimize energy consumption of renewable energy
Jul 02, 202522:51
Exploration of When and Where to Leverage GenAI in Knowledge Work
Jul 02, 202520:51
AI in the Real World: Balancing Innovation & Risk in a Regulated Landscape
Jul 02, 202525:26
Back to basics: Essentials for Product Development in the Age of AI
Jul 02, 202527:26
AI for the Rest of Us
Jul 02, 202524:19
Analytics Challenges Specific to the Manufacturing Sector
Jul 02, 202521:27
The Criticality of Mature data and AI for Accurate GenAI
Jul 02, 202522:12
How AI Impacts How We Develop and Grow Data Teams
Jul 02, 202527:01
Leveraging AI Technology in Healthcare
Jul 02, 202521:50
Getting the Absolute Best Data Science Talent to Solve Marketing Problems

Getting the Absolute Best Data Science Talent to Solve Marketing Problems

-Describe the marketing / data science dance - do we need data science for successful marketing? -What are the types of jobs for data scientists in marketing? -What are the key skills for a marketing data scientist? -What about other types of non-technical skills? Like domain knowledge or personal attributes? -How should data science talent vary based on Marketing context? -Describe your final piece of advice for anyone getting into the marketing data science space?

Apr 16, 202418:46
The Role of the CAIO

The Role of the CAIO

<ul>
<li>What is this</li>
<li>How this interacts with other C”suite</li>
<li>Technical business culture</li>
<li>What can this solve for us</li>
</ul>
Mar 15, 202419:04
Reducing Barriers to Complex Data Science Entry by Leveraging AI

Reducing Barriers to Complex Data Science Entry by Leveraging AI

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Hua Ai:


  • What are the types of data science work able to get automated, managed with AI?
  • How can AI help, what steps are reduced 
  • How does this change the necessary skill set?
  • Are we writing ourselves out of a job?
  • Final piece of advice for leveraging AI to reduce data science barriers 
Feb 16, 202418:08
Defining and Adapting your Data Science Career

Defining and Adapting your Data Science Career

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Giang Do:

  • What is a Data Science career?
  • Value of Experience, Exposure and Knowledge.
  • What are the tricks to a successful career?
  • Tips you wish you had known.
Jan 22, 202425:41
Building Data Science and AI Capabilities to Last

Building Data Science and AI Capabilities to Last

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Deepac Jose:

  • what are some of the capabilities
  • importance of challenging status quo
  • breaking silos
  • how to know you’ve won
  • final piece of advice
Jan 22, 202422:14
Applying a Data-Informed Approach to Influence Leaders and Business Decision-Makers

Applying a Data-Informed Approach to Influence Leaders and Business Decision-Makers

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Ned Caron:

  • What do we mean by data-informed?
  • How does this differ from data-driven or other philosophies?
  • What are the challenges and benefits for adopting data-informed decision making?
  • What advice would you offer to someone trying to move in the data-informed direction?
Nov 24, 202324:03
Evolution of Data Science: Enhancing Productivity, Not Replacing You

Evolution of Data Science: Enhancing Productivity, Not Replacing You

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Jorge Figueroa:

AI Monopoly - Join or fight. Some developers are scared about AI being monopolized instead of thinking about the possibilities and opportunities new AI platforms represent in their projects.

AI - A new danger to some professions or a new tool?  
Will use reporting as an example. Reports were created by IT specialists and were fixed and timely to create. These were mostly replaced by BI tools. Surely there were report-experts how thought BI was a danger to their work at some point in time that later migrated to using BI tools and found them a great evolution from basic reporting. Even when integrating ML or Data Science projects is faster and easier with newly available platforms and resources, experts are still needed to work out these integrations. You should not consider your expertise replaced but empowered by these new tools. Millions of research hours and dollars in investment are now at your disposal to expedite your work. I recently had a talk with some friends from the art community and they feel threatened by tools like Dall-e, Stable Diffusion, Craiyon, etc. I explained new tools often look threatening to some professions but are an opportunity. Those who learn to use them faster and better have an advantage over others. As an example, Prompt Engineering is now an important competence.

Oct 19, 202317:40
Ensuring Scalable Data Science Solutions

Ensuring Scalable Data Science Solutions

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Dinakar Deshmukh:

  • what does it mean for a solution to be scalable
  • how have we lacked in this area as an industry 
  • why it’s important to make solutions that last
  • the future of data science products and scalability
Sep 15, 202315:52
Successfully Leveraging AutoML to Solve Complex Problems

Successfully Leveraging AutoML to Solve Complex Problems

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Chad Harness:

  • describe automl to the business person
  • how do these types of tools work
  • what are the right ways to leverage automl
  • expectations for the future of automl tools
Sep 07, 202321:18
Getting the Education Right: Choosing academic programs to stimulate a successful career in data

Getting the Education Right: Choosing academic programs to stimulate a successful career in data

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, host Dr. Beverly Wright talks with Justin Grieshop:

  • Describe the backgrounds and disciplines in data science and analytics
  • How to show the importance of diversity of thought
  • Advice for understanding the right education and how to extract value from those resources
Sep 07, 202316:28
Building and Managing the Data Science Product Development Process

Building and Managing the Data Science Product Development Process

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Patrick Halpin about Building and Managing the Data Science Product Development Process

May 18, 202318:43
Evolution of Data Scientists: The Transitioning Role of Data Scientist

Evolution of Data Scientists: The Transitioning Role of Data Scientist

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Lyndsey Padden about the Evolution of Data Scientists: The Transitioning Role of Data Scientist

May 18, 202323:25
Dispelling the AI Hype

Dispelling the AI Hype

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Nan Li about Dispelling the AI Hype

May 18, 202321:15
Developing and delivering a quick data science project

Developing and delivering a quick data science project

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Kevin Enyekwe and Chanyong Yoo about Developing and Delivering a Quick Data Science project

Dec 15, 202226:30
Enabling an Analytics Culture through Transformative Processes

Enabling an Analytics Culture through Transformative Processes

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Stephanie Dean about Enabling an Analytics Culture through Transformative Processes

Nov 17, 202221:47
Leading Data Scientists

Leading Data Scientists

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Ken Viciana about Leading Data Scientists

Oct 15, 202222:51
Power Up with Data

Power Up with Data

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Johnny Howze on how to Power Up with Data

Sep 14, 202218:02
Leveraging Data Science for Actionable Insights

Leveraging Data Science for Actionable Insights

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Eric Friedman about Leveraging Data Science for Actionable Insights

Sep 01, 202217:47
Connecting and Leveraging Academic Partnerships in Data Science

Connecting and Leveraging Academic Partnerships in Data Science

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Anqi Zou about connecting and leveraging academic partnerships in data science 

Jul 14, 202231:41
Unlocking Data along the Value Chain in Manufacturing

Unlocking Data along the Value Chain in Manufacturing

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Frank Borovsky about Unlocking Data along the Value Chain in Manufacturing

Jun 13, 202220:53
Identifying the Why Why: Strategies to understand true problems and questions for data science projects

Identifying the Why Why: Strategies to understand true problems and questions for data science projects

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Selma Dogic about strategies to understand true problems and questions for data science projects

May 14, 202218:46
Building and Advancing a Data Science Career

Building and Advancing a Data Science Career

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Christina Stathopoulos about building and advancing a data science career.

Apr 04, 202224:44
Aligning IT data function with data science efforts

Aligning IT data function with data science efforts

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Scott Taylor about Aligning IT data function with data science efforts.

Mar 12, 202227:04
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence from a CTO's perspective

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence from a CTO's perspective

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Manuj Aggarwal about Data Science and Artificial Intelligence from a CTO's perspective.

Jan 19, 202219:36
The Many Faces of Data Science

The Many Faces of Data Science

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Alex Yurchenko, SVP, Chief Data Science Officer at Black Book, about The Many Faces of Data Science.
Dec 15, 202120:56
Enabling AI Efforts by Improving Data Governance

Enabling AI Efforts by Improving Data Governance

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Peggy Tsai about Enabling AI Efforts by Improving Data Governance. 

Nov 11, 202123:55
Enterprise Data Literacy to Scale Analytics Solutions

Enterprise Data Literacy to Scale Analytics Solutions

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jerry DiMaso and Ryan Gertenbach about enterprise data literacy to scale analytics solutions.

Oct 04, 202128:19
Making Analytics a Business as Usual Function

Making Analytics a Business as Usual Function

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Monica Kedzierski about Making Analytics a Business as Usual Function.

Sep 02, 202129:43
Data Ops for Dynamic Business Needs

Data Ops for Dynamic Business Needs

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Arvind Prabhakar, Chief Technology Officer at StreamSets, about Data Ops for Dynamic Business Needs.

Aug 06, 202116:44
Importance of Involving Analytics Stakeholders Early

Importance of Involving Analytics Stakeholders Early

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jason Poovey, Director of Data Science and Analytics at Greenlight Financial Technology, about the Importance of Involving Analytics Stakeholders Early.

Jul 13, 202121:43
Advanced Analytics for Financial Functions

Advanced Analytics for Financial Functions

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jim Haller about advanced analytics for financial functions.

Jun 01, 202118:50
The Lost Art of Listening for Improved Analytics

The Lost Art of Listening for Improved Analytics

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with LaRae Bennett, Sr. Director, Data & Analytics at Premier Research, about the lost art of listening for improving analytics.

May 11, 202117:03
Leveraging Workforce Analytics for Strategic Advantage

Leveraging Workforce Analytics for Strategic Advantage

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with a panel of experts about leveraging workforce analytics for strategic advantage.

Apr 02, 202131:07
Stimulating Data Science Innovation

Stimulating Data Science Innovation

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Doug Laney about the stimulating data science innovation and getting beyond the process.

Mar 02, 202119:26
The Value of Imperfection: Embracing the Realities of Model Building

The Value of Imperfection: Embracing the Realities of Model Building

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Shelly Kunkle about the challenges and imperfections encountered during the model building process, and how to derive value despite the imperfections within the models.

Feb 01, 202120:25
Landing a career in the AI field

Landing a career in the AI field

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jason Schlachter about landing a career in the AI field.

  • Describe the AI field
  • What are some of the roles within the AI field
  • Skills and strategies for gaining access to a career in AI
Jan 04, 202124:59
The Criticality of Understanding Business Context in Analytics

The Criticality of Understanding Business Context in Analytics

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Winn Martin, Chief Data Officer at Steady about The Criticality of Understanding Business Context in Analytics.

Dec 01, 202018:36
Encouraging Model Adoption among the Executive Suite and Beyond

Encouraging Model Adoption among the Executive Suite and Beyond

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with T. Scott Clendaniel, Lead Data Scientist at Franklin Templeton Strategic Artificial Intelligence Labs, about Encouraging Model Adoption among the Executive Suite and Beyond.

Nov 16, 202025:26
Data Management in a Global Marketplace

Data Management in a Global Marketplace

In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Juan Gorricho, Executive Data Science Leader in Financial Services, about Data Management in a Global Marketplace.

Oct 20, 202021:43