PredictHQ's ranking systems and event impact analysis with R

Arrival and networking: 6pm
Talk commences: 6.30pm

Dr Xuxu Wang is the Chief Data Officer at PredictHQ. She leads a team of data scientists and analysts that works on complex challenges such as event impact prediction models to make sense of millions of events worldwide. Xuxu brings advanced machine learning and deep learning expertise; as well as industry-leading intelligence product development insights after more than a decade of experience of leading teams at Baidu in Beijing and Workday in California. She has also held leadership roles at Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ data practice.

At this talk, Xuxu will share about how they built Aviation Rank’s prediction models and the data science that ensures the quality of the core PredictHQ data set. She will dig into how her team uses R to do events impact analysis across three different ranking systems, from general impact rankings to sector-specific rankings such as for airlines.

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A huge thanks to PredictHQ for hosting the meetup!

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