Talkdesk & Geek Girls Portugal - How Data Science Is Changing The World

Talkdesk has partnered with the Geek Girls Portugal community to highlight what some of the brightest female data scientists are working on nowadays and how their work contributes to the success of the industry. Join us for an evening of tech talks focused on Data Science at scale. 👀 Register now for this free event at https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/bilhetes-g2pt82-82o-geek-girls-portugal-lisboa-75831974477

TALK #1

→ Title: "Application of Data Science in E-commerce Fraud"

→ Description: It all began in 1994 when people started buying from the internet. With that came the first e-commerce fraudsters, who were making purchases with false names and real, but stolen, credit card numbers. Merchants started to realize that Mickey Mouse and Bill Clinton were common names cropping up on their orders, so they started investigating their customer data. This cat-and-mouse race has evolved, with fraudsters buying stacks of real credit card numbers from the dark-web or creating fake sites to make phony sales. Companies have evolved too, by putting in place several mechanisms to avoid fraud-related losses and damages. In this presentation, I will delve into the fascinating world of fraud and show the application of data science as a viable strategy to detect and prevent fraudulent payments in e-commerce.

By Ana Mendes, Data Science Engineer at Farfetch

→ Bio: A long, long time ago Ana received a PhD in Information Systems and Computer Engineering from Técnico, Lisboa. Since then she has been working on data-focused teams at Sapo, Talkdesk, and Farfetch, where she is currently a Data Science Engineer. She has been focusing on the topic of fraud and data science applied to fraud detection for the past two years. Ana likes to join running competitions and she is proud to have completed a few on the top 3... counting backwards.

TALK #2

→ Title: "Digging into Portuguese Political Manifests using Text Mining"

→ Description: One of Talkdesk’s main lines of research in the Data Science area has been around topic extraction and analysis of calls’ transcriptions. Although we have faced many challenges that are specific to oral conversations, the methods we have used can be applied to other domains. In this talk, we’ll share some of the results and insights we obtained from applying topic modeling and text summarization techniques (e.g., LDA and Sum Basic algorithm) to the Portuguese political parties’ legislative election manifests.

By Manuela Almeida & Susana Quartin - Data Scientists at Talkdesk

→ Bio: Susana Quartin and Manuela Almeida are both Data Scientists and have both joined Talkdesk in 2017. Although they have the same academic background in Applied Mathematics, Manu enjoys mostly digging into data and working side-by-side with Product, while Susana prefers to wear the developer hat and build production solutions out of prototypes. Outside of work, Manu loves to immerse herself in vegan baking (and eating it afterward). Susana, on the other hand, is a couch potato who likes to watch dubious Netflix series.

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Agenda

6.30pm - 6.50pm - Welcome and check-in
6.50pm - 7pm - Introducing G2PT & Talkdesk
7pm - 7.30pm - "Application of Data Science in E-commerce Fraud" - Ana Mendes from Farfetch
7.30pm - 7:45pm - Coffee Break + Group Photo
7.45pm - 8.15pm - "Digging into Portuguese Political Manifests using Text Mining" - Susana Quartin & Manuela Almeida from Talkdesk

Food and drinks will be on us, so come by & enjoy the ride!