About the Conference
The theme for this conference is “Technology. Innovation. Career.” Our goal is to create a cross-campus data science learning platform and bring together business and academic leaders, young professionals, entrepreneurs and promising students. The conference will demonstrate cutting-edge technology and offer unique insight into what is possible with machine learning and data science while providing attendees with opportunities to expand their career networks.
Features
- Gain insight into the future of data science development as well as the trending technologies. Featuring speakers from Microsoft, IBM, Dell EMC, Groupon, Datascope, Uptake, Pachyderm, Dunn Solutions Group, Metis and other industry leading companies.
- Network with Data Scientists from various backgrounds and discover career opportunities.
- Topic Areas: Data Science Application, Open-source Software, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Speakers
Andrew Zhang
Watson Cloud Advocate of IBM
Dadi Xing
The Co-Founder of Shuju Technology
Daniel Theobald
Co-Founder Vecna, MassRobotics
Feng Han
Founder of Elastos
Frank Wang
Oversea Lead and Research Analyst @Xtoken
Hong Wan
Director of Purdue Blockchain Lab & Association Professor of Purdue
Huadong (Henry) Pang
Founder of Eigen Capital
Justin Fortier
Principal Data Scientist at ViralGains (Ad Tech)
Kit Pang
TEDx & Keynote Speaker | Founder of BostonSpeaks
Michael Lubavin
Lead Software Engineer at ViralGains
Ron Ribitzky, MD
Physician Executive Healthcare IT
Shahid Azim
EIR @ Harvard
SUSAN ZHOU
Co-founder and COO at Qlink Foundation
Ty McGuire
CFO of Ocean Capital Advisors
Vipul Tiwari
Partner at Reni Analytics
Xinxing Duan
The CEO & Co-Founder of Bytom
Agenda
| TIME | DESCRIPTION | TOPIC/SPEAKER |
| 09:00-10:00 | REGISTRATION | |
| 10:00-10:10 | OPENING PLENARY | International Data Engineering and Science Association |
| 10:10-10:40 | SESSION | Six Points to a Winning Supply Chain Automation Strategy
By Daniel Theobald –Co-founder Vecna, Massrobotics |
| 10:45-11:15 | SESSION | Watson Studio – Deep Learning as a Service
By Andrew Zhang –Watson and Cloud Architect at IBM |
| 11:20-11:50 | SESSION | Blockchain, Tech Start-Ups & Evolving Business Models
By Shahid Azim –President & COO, Zemcar |
| 11:55-12:30 | PANEL (Blockchain) | How blockchain has facilitated firms in the industry
Ty McGuire—CFO, OCA Frank Wang—Oversea Lead and Research Analyst @Xtoken Hong Wan–Director of Purdue Blockchain Lab & Association Professor of Purdue University |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13:30-14:00 | SESSION | Digging AI for Precision Medicine
By Ron Ribitzky,MD –Founder &CEO, R&D Ribitzky |
| 14:05-14:35 | SESSION | To Bid or Not To Bid: Machine Learning in Ad Tech
By Justin Fortier–Principal data scientist, Viralgains Michael Lubavin (co-presenter)—Lead software engineer, Viralgains |
| 14:40-15:10 | PANEL (Blockchain) | Blockchain innovations of 2018
Feng Han—Founder of Elastos Dadi Xing—The Co-Founder of Shuju Technology Huadong (Henry) Pang —Founder of Eigen Capital |
| 15:13-15:27 | SESSION |
Build the “Internet of Asset” By Xinxing Duan –-CEO & Co-Founder of Bytom |
| 15:30-16:00 | SESSION | Leveraging Blockchain and Emerging Technologies to Digitize Supply Chain
By Vipul Tiwari —Partner at Reni Analytics |
| 16:05-16:35 | SESSION | Qlink – Self-Organized Network on Blockchain
By Susan Zhou –Co-Founder and COO at Qlink Foundation |
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