{"id":1218,"date":"2021-08-30T01:46:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T01:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:25:21","slug":"meet-a-data-scientist-lecture-series-begins-exciting-second-year-9-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/meet-a-data-scientist-lecture-series-begins-exciting-second-year-9-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Data Scientist Lecture Series Begins Exciting Second Year 9\/30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Thursday, September 30, 2021, as we launch the second year of our fascinating Meet a Data Scientist lecture series. We are pleased to welcome former IDSC Director of Outreach and Engagement <strong>Athena Hadjixenofontos<\/strong>, now head of the Wells Fargo Quantitative Analytics Center of Excellence on AI Model Development in Phoenix, Arizona, for a talk on how she uses data science in her new role.<\/p>\n<p>Athena leads the NLP (natural language processing) Risk &amp; Compliance team at the AI Model Development Center of Excellence within Wells Fargo\u2019s Enterprise Analytics and Data Science organization. Under Athena\u2019s leadership, the talented data scientists on the team have developed models that improve risk mitigation efforts across business lines and ensure regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n<h4>Register Now<strong>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, 4-5 PM via Zoom<\/h4>\n<p>The Meet a Data Scientist Lecture Series is a chance to get up-close and personal with top-level experts in a wide variety of fields that use data science.\u00a0 The purpose of this series is to introduce you to the people behind the data, their lives, interests, career choices, their work, and their passion for how they use data to solve grand challenges in their respective fields.\u00a0 Join us as we peer behind the curtain and meet the data scientists behind the data! <strong>This virtual lecture series is free and open to the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Athena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Athena got her PhD in statistical genetics from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and went on to complete her postdoctoral training at Yale University. She lives in Phoenix with her neuroscientist wife, their curious toddler, and one very relaxed cat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Upcoming Lectures<\/h4>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\" width=\"252px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39020\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Athina-Hadjixenofontos-250x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Athina Hadjixenofontos\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>September 30, 2021 \u2022 <strong>Athena Hadjixenofontos<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom<br \/>\nTalk Title: <strong>&#8220;Model Development with High Dimensional Data&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\" width=\"252px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39021\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lindsay-thomas-250x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsay Thomas\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>October 20, 2021 \u2022 <strong>Lindsay Thomas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom<br \/>\nTalk Title: <strong>\u201cWhen Are Texts Data? Views from a Data Humanist\u201d<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\" width=\"252px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39022\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kim-Grinfeder-250x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Grinfeder\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>October 28, 2021 \u2022 <strong>Kim Grinfeder<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom<br \/>\nTalk Title: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong><strong>XR: From theory to practice&#8221;<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\" width=\"252px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39024\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Luis-Ruiz-Pestana-250x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Ruiz Pestana\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>November 16, 2021 \u2022 <strong>Luis Ruiz Pestana<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom<br \/>\nTalk Title: <strong>\u201cCan data science help us understand the laws of nature?\u201d<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\" width=\"252px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39034 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ChinghuaChuan_cropped-300x278.jpeg\" alt=\"Ching-Hua Chuan\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>December 8, 2021 \u2022 <strong>Ching-Hua Chuan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>12:00-1:00 PM via Zoom<br \/>\nTalk Title:<strong> &#8220;Human-Machine Collaboration and Communication&#8221;<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39017 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Meet-a-Data-Scientist-2021-FLYER-outlines.jpg\" alt=\"University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing, Meet a Data Scientist Lecture Series, year 2 FLYER\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Thursday, September 30, 2021, as we launch the second year of our fascinating Meet a Data Scientist lecture series. 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