ACM event: Supporting Hyderabad Data Sciences seminar on "Data Scientist : The Most Glamorous Job of 21st Century! "

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Sep 3, 2013, 10:59:43 PM9/3/13

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ACM is Supporting the Hyderabad Data Sciences group’s seminar on "Data Scientist : The Most Glamorous Job of 21st Century! " . Sep 14. At Cognizant (DLF, Gachibowli).

To register:http://www.meetup.com/Hyderabad-Data-Science-Group/events/137075202/

Data Scientist : The Most Glamorous Job of 21st Century!

This event introduces the exciting world of Data Science with an intent to encourage people to choose data Science careers and create an eco-system of knowledge sharing and networking. We will explore various facets of Data Science with respect the coverage of Data Management, Analytics and Visualization. There is a separate section for exploring case studies from the users of Big data and Analytics. The aim is to build and appreciate the expanse of this umbrella term “Data Science”. The panel discussion is themed around bridging the gap for talent and up skilling strategies, and building careers in Data Science.

Agenda :

9:00 - 10:00 am Registrations, Coffee and Snacks

10:00 - 10:15 am Welcome : Ramam Atmakuri, Cognizant (Center head, Hyderabad) (Confirmed)

10:15 - 10:45 am Keynote : Kirthiga Reddy, CEO, Facebook (India) – Not Confirmed

10:45 - 11:15 am What is Data Science ? - Shailesh Kumar, Google (Confirmed)

11:15 - 11:30 am Tea/Coffee Break

11:30 - 1:00 pm Data Science Applications (15 min each)

Automotive : Susan Mani, AGM, Tata Motors

Healthcare : UHG

Pharma : Novartis

E-commerce/Retail : Vizury

Banking and Financials : Sunila Gollapudi, Sr. Architect, Broadridge

Telecom : Vodafone

1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 - 3:00 pm Discussion on Data Science

Panelists :

Jitendra Putcha, Sr. Director, Cognizant (Confirmed)

Vivek Bhatnagar, Country Head (India), actian Corporation ) (Checkign schedules)

Moderator : Ramesh Loganathan, Head, Progress Software (India) - Confirmed

3:00 - 3:20 pm Why do we need NoSQL Databases? - Surya Putchala, CEO, ZettaMine Technologies (Confirmed)

3:20 - 3:40 pm Big Data Landscape and the dominance of Hadoop - Venkat Ankam, Big Data Architect, Cloudwick Technologies (Confirmed)

3:40 - 4:00 pm A Survey of Machine Learning Techniques (yet to identify speaker)

4:00 - 4:30 The Art and Science of Visualization - S Anand, Chief Data Scientist, Gramener (In the process of confirmation)

4:30 - 4:45 pm Data Science Challenge - Ms. Karuna Gopal, President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities (Confirmed)