Lightning Talks
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DVDC Lightning Talks!
Kathy Qian: Founder & CEO at Tickermachine (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyqian)
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Harlan Harris: Director of Data Science at The Education Advisory Board (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harlanharris)
Amanda Traud: Senior Data Scientist at Cybraics (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-traud-44257914)
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Bill Rapp: Principal at Signal2Noise LLC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-rapp-21880642)
Join your fellow data visualizers on Tuesday, March 29th for DVDC Lightning Talks. For this March Meetup, DVDC will host Harlan Harris, Amanda Traud, Bill Rapp, and Kathy Qian for a series of lighting talks exploring the biggest ideas in data science and data visualization in under 20 minutes; Q&A welcome.
DVDC Lighting Talks will be held at Capital One’s office in McLean, Virginia (1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, VA 22102-3491), the office is across the street from the Silver Line’s McLean Metro Station, and we recommend that you take the train if you want to stay for data drinks after.
To access Capital One’s McLean Headquarters, please confirm your RSVP as soon as possible, and bring a recent government ID with you the night of the event.
We look forward to seeing you!
AGENDA
• 6:30 - Doors open, networking
• 7ish - Introductions & Announcements
• 7:15 - Kathy Qian: Founder & CEO at Tickermachine (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyqian)
• 7:35 - Harlan Harris: Director at The Education Advisory Board (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harlanharris)
• 7:55 - Amanda Traud: Senior Data Scientist at Cybraics (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-traud-44257914)
• 8:15 - Bill Rapp: Principal at Signal2Noise LLC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-rapp-21880642)
• 8:40 - Data Drinks
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Jobs / Internships
• Capital One is looking for brilliant Data Engineers (https://jobs.capitalone.com/job/mclean/data-engineering-senior-engineer-mclean/1732/1089517) to help us be a great open source tech company in banking. We're working with cool things like Spark, Kafka, Storm, Flink and have needs at all levels. If you're interested in finding out more we'd love to hear from you! (VA)
• Poise is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=%22poise+inc%22&l=). Candidates will have the opportunity to utilize the following technology: Hadoop, Impala, Hive, Pig or Spark, HQL/SQL, Java (Python, Perl, etc.), numerical and statistical packages (Pandas, Numpy, Sklearn, R). Contact Mr.Steve Roper for more details.
• (DC)The DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is looking for an Assistant Superintendent (http://osse.dc.gov/ossecareeropportunities) of Data, Assessment & Research who will play a pivotal role in helping the agency ensure that the 90,000 students in DC receive a great education. (DC)The Psychometrics and Quantitative Research team at the Center for Applied Linguistics is seeking a Data Analyst (http://www.cal.org/who-we-are/career-opportunities/jobs/quantitative-research-assistant) to support research and project-related activities for a large-scale assessment of English language proficiency. (DC)
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SPONSORS
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Lightning Talks