
Applying AI and Machine Learning To Media and Entertainment
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 27 2018
The Data Science Salon is a destination conference which brings together specialists face-to-face to educate each other, illuminate best practices, and innovate new solutions in a casual atmosphere with food, drinks, and entertainment.
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Data Science Salon unites the brightest leaders in the media and entertainment in New York data science fields. We gather to educate each other, illuminate best practices, and innovate new solutions. Data Science Salon NY is the only industry conference that brings together specialists in media and entertainment data science field to educate each other, illuminate best practices, and innovate new solutions in a casual atmosphere. Learn from practitioners, technical experts and executives how to solve real-world problems by harnessing disruptions in data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cutting-edge technologies.Speakers
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Meet our speakers


Mollie Pettit
Data Scientist & Visualization Engineer,
Mollie Pettit LLC


Amit Bhattacharyya
Vox Media


Amy Yu
VP of Product Strategy &
Data Science,
Viacom


Friederike Schuur
Sr Data Scientist & Researcher,
Fast Forward Labs


Sophia Tee
Principal Data Scientist,
Verizon


Boris Yakubchik
Data Scientist and Engineer,
Forbes


Ling Huang
Sr. Data Scientist,
Tumblr

Olivia Do
Associate Director, Data Products,
Condé Nast


Sunish Shah
Director of Analytics & Strategy,
Thomson Reuters


Eyal Pfeifel
CTO & Co-Founder,
imperson


Igor Uzilevskiy
Senior Data Scientist,
Nielsen


Christopher Whitely
Senior Director, Applied Analytics,
Comcast


Jennifer Shin
Director of Product,
NBCUniversal


Gilad Lotan
VP, Head of Data Science,
BuzzFeed


Michael Kaminsky
Data Strategist,
Independent


Scott Breitenother
Former VP of Data & Analytics,
Casper


Vipin Chamakkala
Principal,
Work-Bench

Sriram Subramanian
Head of Data Sciences,
Condé Nast


Chris Wiggins
Chief Data Scientist,
New York Times


Anna Coenen
Data Scientist,
New York Times
Schedule
08:55 – 09:00
Registration


09:00 – 09:30
Next-click Recommendations for Loyal Audiences
Amit Bhattacharyya – Head Of Data Science, Vox Media

09:30 – 10:00
Data Science at Scale for 21st Century Media
Amy Yu – VP of Product Strategy & Data Science, Viacom

10:00 – 10:30
Putting science to work: Tracing multi-task learning from research to applications
Friederike Schuur – Sr Data Scientist and Researcher, Fast Forward Labs

11:00 – 11:30
Time series forecasting using Facebook’s prophet model
Sophia Tee – Principal Data Scientist, Verizon11:40 – 12:10
BUILDING the data Quality Flywheel


Scott Breitenother – VP of Data and Analytics, Casper


Michael Kaminsky – Data Strategist, Independent


12:10 – 12:40
Our New Publishing Platform Will Make You a Better Writer: using AI to assist the newsroom
Boris Yakubchik – Data Scientist and Engineer, Forbes

12:40 – 13:10
Data Science and Analytics At Tumblr
Ling Huang – Sr. Data Scientist, Tumblr13:10 – 14:10
LUNCH BREAK
& Networking14:10 – 14:55
2018 Recap: Machine Learning and AI in Media and entertainment

Olivia Do – Associate Director, Data Products, Condé Nast


Sunish Shah – Director of Analytics & Strategy, Thomson Reuters


Eyal Pfeifel – CTO & Co-Founder, imperson


Igor Uzilevskiy – Senior Data Scientist, Nielsen


Vipin Chamakkala – Principal, Work-Bench


14:55 – 15:25
The Freewheel Flywheel: How Addressable Advertising and Machine Learning are Transforming the Television Landscape
Christopher Whitely – Senior Director, Applied Analytics, Comcast

15:55 – 16:35
Edit meets AI: matching content with audiences
Gilad Lotan – VP, Head of Data Science, BuzzFeed

16:35 – 17:05
A Visual Journey through Illinois Traffic Stops Racial Bias Analysis
Mollie Pettit – Data Scientist and Visualization Engineer, Mollie Pettit LLC

17:05 – 17:35
This Is Us = Is This Us? Quantifying Similarity in Machine Learning and AI
Jennifer Shin – Director of Product, NBCUniversal17:35 – 18:05
Data Science at the New York Times


Chris Wiggins – Chief Data Scientist, New York Times


Anna Coenen – Data Scientist, New York Times
18:05 – 19:00
CLOSING RECEPTION
& NetworkingWhat people are saying
“The Data Science Salon series is the most important new conversation happening in the industry right now.”
“Their conferences are smaller, more intimate, with lots of opportunities for workshops and networking, which helps fill that need in the data science community to get together from time to time.”
“I think it’s easy to get preoccupied with the project of the day. What I appreciate about the Data Science Salon is that it’s a conference I actually want to go to – it’s fun, you learn some great things, you meet some great people, and at the end of the day you feel energized rather than drained. It’s taken me out of my silo and put me in the community. I think it’s great.”



DATE AND TIME
Thursday, September 27, 2018
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT
LOCATION
Galvanize, 303 Spring St
New York, NY