Name: Roni Kobrosly, Distinguished Engineer - AI/ML (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering) @ Capital One
Title: Data Science in the Real World: Why Efforts Succeed or Fail and What Students Should Know
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Talk Summary: Join Roni as he pulls back the curtain on what data science actually looks like in industry. Drawing from his extensive experience spanning epidemiology, AI/ML engineering, and data leadership at Capital One, this talk explores why data science efforts succeed or fail in real organizations — and what students need to know before entering the field. He will also touch on AI evaluation and causal inference, offering practical insights for anyone looking to make an impact with data.
Bio: Hello! I'm Roni and I'm a Washington, DC-based Distinguished Engineer of Data Science @ Capital One. Previous to that, I've been a fractional CTO, Head of Data Science, an AI/ML engineer, and statistician in the tech industry. Before working the in the tech industry, I was a PhD environmental epidemiologist carrying out research @ the Icahn School of Medicine @ Mount Sinai in New York City.