NYC Data #79: McKinsey, Investopedia, making R code faster, Casper, Datasette, Right to Explanation
Hi friends: I hope your holidays were terrific! As you may have noticed, I took last week off from the newsletter. We're coming up on the end of the year and I'm expecting to miss a week or two here and there as events and job postings slow down. So expect a few gaps, but I'll send out info as long as I'm getting info to send, so please let me know if you have jobs, events, and posts you'd like me to share!
Junior Roles
My friends at Casper are looking for a Data Analyst and a more senior Marketing Analyst.
McKinsey is looking for Data Scientists.
Mid-Level Roles
Investopedia (part of IAC) is looking for a director of Data Engineering.
Upcoming Talks/Events (new listings in bold)
11/30: How to Go Serverless to Enable Faster and Simpler Analytics
11/30: Non-Conforming Data Science
12/4: Machine Learning for Business Applications
12/6: Global Cities Made Possible by Hybrid Tech & Smart Citizens
12/6: AI, ML and the Future of Finance
12/6: NYC Digital Health Forum
12/6: Regulating Informational Infrastructure
12/7: Navigating Random Forests
12/7: Trace Human Trafficking Routes Using Text Analytics
1/16/18: Data Scientist & Employer Networking Event
Upcoming Conferences/Multi-Day Events (new listings in bold)
12/5 - 12/6: The AI Summit
12/6 - 12/7: AI & Data Science in Capital Markets
12/11 - 12/12: Chief Data Officer Summit
12/11 - 12/12: Big Data & Analytics for Marketing Summit
1/22/18 - 1/23/18: Infographics and Data Visualization Workshop
4/29/18 - 4/30/18: AI Conf
5/22/18 - 5/24/18: Data Disrupt
6/25/18 - 6/29/18: QCon
7/11/18 - 7/15/18: Industrial Conference on Data Mining
7/14/18 - 7/19/18: International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining
10/25/18 - 10/26/18: Deep Learning Summit
10/25/18 - 10/26/18: Deep Learning in Finance
Good Local Posts
- Paul Ford wrote about a very cool new project, Datasette, which allows you to make csvs available as SQL web apps
- An interesting (legal) paper out of Data & Society about (searching for) the 'Right to Explanation' in Europe's new data regulations
- An awesome post on making R code faster by Emily Robinson
Miscellany
- BetaNYC sent out their annual appeal: I'm a donor and I'd encourage you to be one too.
- Deadline for applying to Open Data Week 2018 is coming up.
Please pass this email along to any good people you know who might be interested in it. To see previous job listings (many of which are still open!) and blogs, check out the archive.
If you want your job or event or blog post to be included in the next version of this email, or if you have suggestions about how this could be better, please let me know!
Josh