Fireside chat with Srivas - Uber Chief Data Architect

Please note of our new attendance policy (https://www.meetup.com/DataScience-SG-Singapore/events/228169542/). Attendees are REQUIRED to RSVP to the event to be allowed into the venue. People who are neither in the "going" nor "wait" lists will be turned away. Registration is necessary due to the security clearance to access the location.

RSVP

• Opens: 1200, 25th February 2017
• Closes: 2000, 1st March 2017

In this upcoming meetup, we are having a fireside chat with M. C. Srivas, who is the Chief Data Architect at Uber.

Post (Data Only Related) questions you have here:

https://goo.gl/LmsqzY

Potential topics include:

• overview of data at Uber.

• how integral is it to the business,

• is there a philosophy?

• how accessible is it for the average staff member,

• Data Architecture.

• Platform stack and s caling.

• New frontiers: what are Uber's challenges?

• What do you think that people that are going from "small" big data to "big" big data should know?

Event details

• 1830-1900: Networking [casual; small talk]
• 1900-2000: Topic to be confirmed
• 2000-2030: Networking [casual; small talk]

[] : Suggested rating and topic; ranges from:
newbie - casual - core - hardcore.

Speakers

As chief data architect at Uber, M. C. Srivas worries about all data issues from trips, riders and partners, and pricing to analytics, self-driving cars, security, and data-center planning. Previously, M. C. was CTO and founder of MapR Technologies, a top Hadoop distribution; worked on search at Google, developing and running the core search engine that powered many of Google’s special verticals like ads, maps, and shopping; was chief architect at Spinnaker Networks (now Netapp), which formed the basis of Netapp’s flagship NAS products; and ran the Andrew File System team at Transarc, which was acquired by IBM. M. C. holds an MS from the University of Delaware and a BTech from IIT

Linkedin profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/msrivas/)

Please note of our new attendance policy (https://www.meetup.com/DataScience-SG-Singapore/events/228169542/). Attendees are REQUIRED to RSVP to the event to be allowed into the venue. People who are neither in the "going" nor "wait" lists will be turned away. Registration is necessary due to the security clearance to access the location.