Data Science Webinar/Tutorial Series
Objective: the goal of the Data Science Webinar/Tutorial Series is to fill the gap between the knowledge, skills and solutions pursued by industry and those covered in the university curriculum.
Rationale/Motivation: The rapidly changing landscape of data science---with new methods, applications and demand emerging every month---has outpaced how fast the existing school curriculum can evolve (to cover the breadth of emerging knowledge/skills, and provide students with relevant perspectives and insights on their career paths)
Approach: The seminars/tutorials series will feature the latest applications, methods, software and analytics platforms, which have not yet been covered in the existing curriculum.
Title: Data Science in Practice
Date: Apr 16, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Reza Hosseini, Staff Applied Researcher (Data Science) at LinkedIn
Short Abstract: The talk discusses how data science is used in practice and its huge impact on business and value generation, particularly in the technology industry. The talk provides an overview the general areas where data science is being used including predictive modeling using Machine Learning (e.g., recommendation systems), forecasting and anomaly detection, human evaluations, and online experimentation (A/B testing)
Title: Reliability Engineering --- An Exciting Career and Adventure in Tesla
Date: Oct 20, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Frank Sun, Technical Lead and Principal manager of Reliability Engineering at Tesla Inc.
Short Abstract: Tesla was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers who wanted to prove that people didn’t need to compromise to drive electric – that electric vehicles can be better, quicker and more fun to drive than gasoline cars. Today, Tesla builds not only all-electric vehicles (Roadster, Model S, Model X, Model 3, Model Y, Semi Truck, and Cyber Truck), but also infinitely scalable clean energy generation (Solar Roof) and storage products (Power Wall, Power Pack, etc.). They are built by our Fremont Factory, Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, and Gigafactory Shanghai, and pretty soon Gigafactory Berlin, and Gigafactory Texas, etc. Tesla believes the faster the world stops relying on fossil fuels and moves towards a zero-emission future, the better. Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. To accomplish this mission, safety and reliability are extremely important and critical. This talk will give a brief introduction of Tesla culture, major product lifecycle reliability activities and departments, including data-driven and model-driven (failure physics driven) Design for Reliability, Manufacturing Reliability, Field Reliability, etc. For those who are interested in joining Tesla Reliability family as full-time engineer or intern, this presentation will also touch upon skills and qualifications we are looking for.
Title: Views on Data Science
Date: Apr 28, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Peng Liu, Principal Research Statistician Developer, JMP Division, SAS Institute Inc.
Short Abstract: The talk is about perspectives on data science based on the speaker’s career development, starting as a trained statistician, specialized in computation statistics and time series, then growing into an expert in multiple disciplines.