Pandora presents Calculating Artist Search Rank on Next Big Sound Platform

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Calculating Artist Search Rank on Pandora's Next Big Sound Platform

Have you ever wondered how your favorite artists get ranked for music search? At Pandora, they start with a common goal: to enrich lives by delivering effortless personalized music enjoyment and discovery. Join Galvanize and the amazing data team behind Next Big Sound for an inside look at the data science of music discovery. Learn about how Galvanize's Data Science Immersive can prepare you for an exciting new career in data science! Click here for more information on our upcoming cohort!

The data teams at Pandora are responsible for the services and infrastructure capable of processing and making available the extensive volume of data produced on its platform each day. Analytics developers build the infrastructure needed to enable analysts and scientists to query and author data products that operate against our largest collections (billions of events per day). At Pandora, the Analytics team supports a variety of business functions including our science, marketing, product, finance, and sales teams.

Prerequisites:

None. This talk is an information session to explore data science career options and Galvanize's programs.

What to bring:

Nothing special required.

Meet your Speaker:

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Brian Femiano, Senior Data Engineer at Next Big Sound

About Pandora

Pandora will change the way you discover and listen to music. Powered by the Music Genome Project®, the most comprehensive music analysis ever undertaken, Pandora gives you personalized radio that plays what you love and continually evolves with your tastes.

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