Twitter Data Science Event at Plugin@Blk71
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Data Scientist Linus Lee will be speaking about tackling big data at one of the fastest growing companies in the world, Twitter. His talk will cover:
- Analytics stack at Twitter
- Problems faced by data scientists
- How to be a data scientist
About the Speaker: Linus Lee is a Senior Data Scientist at Twitter, where his job is to derive insights from large amounts of data to help guide business and product decisions. Prior to that, he worked as an algorithmic trader, specializing in international exchange traded funds. He graduated with a B.Sc in Physics and M.Sc in Statistics from Stanford University, and is currently based in San Francisco, California. He hopes to return to Singapore one day to be a part of the upcoming technology startup scene there.
Event details
Date: Jan 24 2013 Time: 6pm - 8pm Venue: Plugin@Blk71 Sign up here: //twitterdatascience.eventbrite.com/
This event is co-organized by Plugin@Blk71, NUS Hackers and Infocomm Investments. We’ll be hosting!