AI for managers

Nicholas Cifuentes-Goodbody (The Data Incubator)

Monday, Sep 9 & Tuesday, Sep 10,
9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: 111

AI Business Summit

Secondary topics: Ethics, Security, and Privacy

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Participants should plan to attend both days of this 2-day training course. To attend training courses, you must register for a Platinum or Training pass; does not include access to tutorials on Tuesday.

Nicholas Cifuentes-Goodbody leads you through a nontechnical overview of AI and data science. You’ll learn how to apply common techniques in organization and common pitfalls. You’ll pick up the language and develop a framework to effectively engage with technical experts and use their input and analysis for your business’s strategic priorities and decision making.

What you'll learn, and how you can apply it

Identify and prioritize which projects your company should pursue and identify potential pitfalls in your projects before you start
Learn to communicate business objectives to data professionals and translate data science insights for business professionals and decision makers
Understand the business implications of technical decisions
Be able to assess the risk-reward trade-offs of different projects

Who is this presentation for?

You're a business professional who wants to learn about big data.
You work with data scientists or analysts regularly.
You manage teams or projects with a significant data component.
You find yourself translating between data and management.

Level

Beginner

Outline

Introduction to AI and data science

Terms and definitions: What does machine learning mean?
Historical context and present day
Drivers for AI and data science
What’s so different about big data?
AI is eating the world
Making AI practical

Algorithms and techniques

Data formats, databases, and schemas
Evaluating model performance and validating models
Terminology: Regression, classification, supervised, and unsupervised
Advanced models: Random forests, support vector machines, deep learning, and neural networks

Industry use cases

Finance
Healthcare
Industrial
Technology

AI within the organization

Maturity levels for AI
Evaluating good projects for AI
Build versus buy and hire versus train
Skills, tools, and platforms needed for AI
Structuring data and AI initiatives within your organization: Successful and cautionary tales

Common pitfalls and fallacies in AI and data science

AI and data science in the headlines: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Legal and regulatory implications
Litigation and liabilities of bad data science
Common fallacies in data science and AI
Lying with statistics and how to spot it

About your instructor

Nicholas Cifuentes-Goodbody is a data scientist in residence at the Data Incubator. He’s taught English in France, Spanish in Qatar, and now data science all over the world. Previously, he was at Williams College, Hamad bin Khalifa University (Qatar), and the University of Southern California. He earned his PhD at Yale University. He lives in Los Angeles with his amazing wife and their adorable pit bull.

Conference registration

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Nicholas Cifuentes-Goodbody | Data Scientist in Residence

09/03/2019 9:09am PDT

Hi everyone. Looking forward to meeting you all in San Jose.

There is nothing that you need to download in preparation for our course. Just bring something to take notes. After the conference, I will post the slides on our training page. If you have questions before next week, please feel free to share them here.