Penn Data Science Group

Hi, everyone!
Just a quick reminder that we have our talk with Mr. Heath right now!
Zoom link:

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Hi y'all,
We have our SECOND TALK of the semester planned for November 9th! Zoom link TBA!

Our speaker is **Mr. Brian Heath**. Brian Heath is the Data and Machine Learning Lead at Tortuga AgTech, a startup whose mission is to build a healthier society and thriving planet through smarter farming. At Tortuga he leads the organization responsible for machine learning model design, integration of CV/ML technologies on robotic platforms, and the systems that support data pipelining, warehousing, and analytics. He joined Tortuga in July of 2019 after completing his Masters in Computer and Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied machine learning applications in the program analysis space.

Here’s some info about the talk: As machine learning understanding becomes more mainstream and its applications more commercially viable, we see a greater demand to address the challenges of applying CV/ML solutions to natural and biological domains. In this conversation, we discuss the exciting AgTech industry and how machine learning has allowed robotic systems to compete with humans at tasks that have taken millennia to perfect like harvesting and agronomics. With deliberate and iterative problem formulation alongside practical techniques like machine learning pipelining, Tortuga AgTech in Denver is creating innovative solutions for an industry experiencing a technological evolution. We will also discuss career planning in the data science and machine learning spaces, and how to prepare for the transition from academia to the professional workplace.

Hi, everyone! Reminder that our first talk of the semester is happening in ~12 minutes! Please drop by! 😄

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Hi, everyone!
GBM happening RIGHT NOW!
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PDSG is participating in The Opportunity Project (https://opportunity.census.gov/), organized by the US Census Bureau. The Opportunity Project is a 12-week sprint that brings together technologists, government, and communities to rapidly prototype digital products powered by federal open data that solve real-world problems for people across the country. The current sprint focuses on problem statements related to the environment posed by various environmental agencies.

PDSG is inviting applications for students with skills in the following areas :
Data Science
Graphic Design, UI/UX
Data Visualization
Front end / Back end Development


The selected team will have a chance to represent UPenn and present their ideas and solutions to the government, industry, and other officials. Other participating universities include Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, Rutgers, and George Mason.

Application Form: https://forms.gle/VEWecVq9Mo7GTrjm8

The Opportunity Project Bringing together government, technologists, and communities to create digital tools that help strengthen American economic opportunity.

PDSG Newsletter 2/26/20 - https://mailchi.mp/0baa9c1b2bd9/pdsg-newsletter-22620

We are excited to announce that the ACLU team’s paper has been accepted for the Data Science for Social Good track of the Web Conference 2020! As part of PDSG’s Data Science for Good initiative, we spent the past few months working with the ACLU of Pennsylvania. Our work culminated in a paper that talks about our exploration of bias within this system of cash bail assignment.

Project Members : Roshan Santhosh, Nupur Baghel, Yi-Nung Huang, Marc Rauckhorst, Shweta Chopra, Shubham Annadate

PDSG Newsletter 2/19/20 - https://mailchi.mp/0d6f7bb7128b/pdsg-newsletter-21920

PDSG Newsletter 2/10/20 - https://mailchi.mp/d96014e2f074/pdsg-newsletter-21020

2020 Startup, VC and Data Analytics Career Fair
Thursday, February 13th, 2020
11:00 AM – 3:00PM
Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania
3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104