Breadcrumb

Events

Throughout the year, the MDS program hosts a series of virtual information sessions that allows you to learn more about our three programs so you can make an informed decision if the MDS program is right for you.

Check out our upcoming events below.

    Upcoming Events

    Upcoming Events

     

    There are currently no upcoming events.

    Click on the "Past Events" tab to view videos from our recent series of virtual information sessions to learn more about the UBC Master of Data Science programs.

    Subscribe for Updates.

    There are currently no upcoming events. 

    Past Events

    Hear directly from the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver, Okanagan and Computational Linguistic Program Directors and instructors.

    Recording of Zoom webinar event from December 2023, moderated by Milad Maymay, Director, Program Operations and Student Management, MDS Vancouver. Participants include:

    • Tiffany Timbers, Co-Director and Assistant Professor of Teaching, MDS Vancouver
    • Jeff Andrews, Principal Co-Director and Associate Professor, MDS Okanagan
    • Miikka Silfverberg, Assistant Professor, MDS Computational Linguistics.

    Hear directly from UBC Master of Data Science Computational Linguistics students and alumni about their experience during the program.

    Recording of Zoom webinar event from October 2023, moderated by Sonya Thomlinson, Career Advisor, MDS Computational Linguistics. Participants included:

    • Jata MacCabe, Data Scientist at Rocketbrew, Alumna, Class of 2023
    • Juan Roesel, Senior Software Engineer at LexCheck, Alumnus, Class of 2021
    • Millie Lou, Senior Data Scientist at SAP, Alumna, Class of 2020

    Hear directly from UBC Master of Data Science Okanagan alumni about their experience during and after the program.

    Recording of Zoom webinar event from October 2023, moderated by Khalad Hasan, Co-Director and Assistant Professor, MDS Okanagan. Participants included:

    • Madison Greenough, Data Engineer with the St. Louis Blues, Alumna, Class of 2023
    • Vimaljeet Singh, Data Analyst with Alpaca, Alumnus, Class of 2023
    • Mayukha Bheemavarapu, Senior Strategy Analyst, Data & Insights with Lululemon, Alumna, Class of 2022

    Hear directly from UBC Master of Data Science Vancouver alumni about their experience during and after the program.

    Recording of Zoom webinar event from October 2023, moderated by Milad Maymay, Director, Program Operations and Student Management, MDS Vancouver. Participants included:

    • Reiko Okamoto, Methodologist at Bruyère Research Institute, Alumna, Class of 2020
    • Daniel Ortiz, Product Owner - North America Region at VW Credit, Inc., Alumnus, Class of 2021
    • Ritisha Sharma, Strategic Initiatives Data Analyst - Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia, Alumna, Class of 2023