January 8, 2020

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Making data science useful

Making data science useful

Despite the rise of data engineering and data science functions in today's corporations, leaders report difficulty in extracting value from data. Many organizations arent aware that they have a blindspot with respect to their lack of data effectiveness, and hiring experts doesnt seem to help. Join Cassie Kozyrkov to talk about how you can change that.
Talk Title Making data science useful
Speakers Cassie Kozyrkov (Google)
Conference Strata Data Conference
Conf Tag Making Data Work
Location London, United Kingdom
Date April 30-May 2, 2019
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Despite the rise of data engineering and data science functions in today’s corporations, leaders report difficulty in extracting value from data. Many organizations aren’t aware that they have a blindspot with respect to their lack of data effectiveness, and hiring experts doesn’t seem to help. Join Cassie Kozyrkov to talk about how you can change that.

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