What is Graph Data Science and Why Should You Care?

🌟 Join WWCode Silicon Valley to know more about Graph Data Science from the solution architects and engineers at Neo4j 🌟

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Did you know that relationships are strong predictors of behavior and can reveal insights that would normally be hidden in your data? Graph Data Science is a science-driven approach to gain knowledge from the relationships and structures within data.

This session will introduce you to graphs and graph data science. Katie, Cynthia, and Sydney from Neo4j will explain and demonstrate the technology behind graphs, common graph use cases and how you can get started with your first project using graph technologies. You will learn about free tools and resources to continue your graph journey. You'll also have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win an e-book!

This is an online event. Register soon! 💻

Agenda ⏰
5:30pm - 5:45pm – Welcome, Women Who Code and Speaker Introduction
5:45pm - 6:45pm – Neo4j presentation
6:45pm - 7:15pm – Q/A

Speakers 🎤
Katie Roberts PhD completed her graduate degree in Cognitive Neuroscience at Harvard University in 2016. Passionate about people and problem solving, she transitioned to helping organizations leverage data and machine learning for impactful outcomes. As a customer-facing data scientist at Neo4j, she helps teams adopt and up-level their graph data science practice. Outside of work she enjoys skiing, hiking and paddle boarding - for the latter two she is often joined by her dog Maple!

Cynthia Femano is a long time data enthusiast and data architect. Based near Washington, DC, Cynthia supports US Public Sector customers. Over her career, Cynthia has worked for database companies such as Sybase, HP Vertica, Teradata, and Neo4j, along with consulting for numerous government and commercial establishments. She also served as a practitioner faculty at The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. Currently, she is working as a Senior Solutions Architect at Neo4j. Her hobbies include skiing, swimming, cycling and helping her son with his Algebra I homework.

Sydney Beckett “Syd” became a graph enthusiast through her work with clients to build graph-based solutions and supporting data science teams when she was a consultant. Now, as a Senior Solution Engineer at Neo4j, she uses her graph expertise to help customers realize the value of graph technology for their organization. She also contributes by teaching Neo4j graph database and data science training. Syd’s hobbies include interior design and defeating the car navigation system’s estimated drive time.

Neo4j enables organizations to unlock the business value of connections, influences and relationships in data: through new applications that adapt to changing business needs, and by enabling existing applications to scale with the business. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Neo4j has offices in Sweden, Germany, Singapore, and the UK. Their vision is to help the world make sense of data.

About Women Who Code 👩‍💻
We are a global nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. We envision a world where women are proportionally represented as technical leaders, executives, founders, VCs, board members, and software engineers.

The events we offer are: technical workshops, networking events, hackathons, social events, panel discussions, lightning talks and collaborative events with others. We help you build the skills you need to raise your professional profile and achieve greater career success. New people to the field are welcome. Or if you want to see what it could be like in this field, come to our events and we will help you!

Code of Conduct 📃
In order to make our events inclusive and a safe place for people to come learn, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form.

Please refer to the WWC Code of Conduct which can be found here: https://www.womenwhocode.com/codeofconduct