Analytics>Forward 2017 was March 11, 2017
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Session 1: 9:25am - 10:15am
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Practical Countersurveillance (Mary-am Abkar)
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Lots of Data, Little of it Relevant: Imbalanced Datasets (Lucia Gjeltema)
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Data and the Future of National Security (Lyle Burgoon)
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Session 2: 10:25am - 11:15am
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Design Thinking for Data Science (Zeydy Ortiz)
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Your Data is ____ and You Should Feel ____: Missing Values (Dan Kelly)
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The Role of the Research Software Engineer in Data Science (Chris Calloway) slides
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Session 3: 11:25am - 12:15pm
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When Do I Stop Analyzing? An Epidemiologist's Three-Step Approach (Whitney Robinson)
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Changes in TV Audience Measurement (Gerald Belton)
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Analytical Mind Bugs (Xan Gregg)
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Alteryx (Sarah Golnik)
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Keynote: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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IBM in the Cognitive Era (Steve Geringer)
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Session 4: 2:40pm - 3:30pm
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How Would You Build an Analytics Program? (Chris Mathews)
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Categorical: Harder Than You Think (Melinda Thielbar)
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Topological Data Analysis (Scott Gerard)
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Analytics for Infosec and/or Infosec for Analytics (Tim Cranny)
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Session 5: 3:40pm - 4:30pm
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"Yes" Party vs. "Don't" Party (Julia Kuznetsova)
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Data Science Interview Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion (Mark Hutchinson) notes
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SQL Window Functions (Ian Cook)
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Analytics Forward 2017 was sponsored by:
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, who graciously donated the event space.
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