"My passion is to understand and empower business through data science approaches."
Previous Degree: Bachelor of Management, Beijing Forestry University Prior Experience: Xiaomi, Publicis Media Program: MDS Vancouver, Class of 2017
Two years ago, I decided to make a bold career change moving from human resources into data analysis. I made it happen through the UBC MDS program. MDS helped me gain the knowledge and skill sets required as a data science professional. The final capstone ...
"I am excited to participate fully in the sweeping changes in data science, and the ideal next step is to use my MDS knowledge for social good. I am interested in exploring factors that contribute to youth homelessness; using hard data to shed light on social patterns may help alleviate problems of teenagers and their families."
Previous Degree: Master of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo Prior Experience: Deloitte Program: MDS Vancouver, Class of 2017
In the MDS program, I learned to extract and analyze data from both unstructured and structured forms and communicate the findings to enable organizations to make informed decisions based on data. We were well trained in Python, R, and SQL. Projects included working ...
"My goal is to empower management to make better and more informed data driven decisions for the organization."
Previous Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University Prior Experience: EY Program: MDS Vancouver, Class of 2017
My background as a management consultant as well as my MDS degree have made me aware of the value a data scientist can drive from large amounts of information already present inside an institution. This program has allowed me to amass a large amount of ...
"My capstone project involved Natural Language Processing using topic modelling tools, where I learned about not only model and feature selection, but also collaboration, exploratory data analysis process, and much more."
Previous Degree: Bachelor of Science, University of British Columbia Prior Experience: University of British Columbia, Bioinformatics Laboratory Program: MDS Vancouver, Class of 2017
I realized early on in my undergraduate studies that I also have a strong interest in mathematics and computer science. I took many math and algorithm electives while studying Life Sciences, and decided that I'd like to ...
"MDS gave me a great insight into the data science value chain, and provided me with a deep understanding of algorithms, statistical models and development practices."
Previous Degree: Bachelor of Management Information Systems, Technologico de Monterrey Prior Experience: Hewlett Packard, Microsoft Program: MDS Vancouver, Class of 2017
With my background in business and global enterprises, combined with the data science experience I gained in MDS, I’m eager to pursue a strategic role translating the benefits of data science into business value. I’m passionate about ...
