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Note: SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ORGANIZER
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DAY 1 ( 11/3 ) - SCHEDULE
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8:00 - 9:00AMRegistration and Breakfast
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9:00 - 9:15AMWelcome, announcements & track host intros
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9:15 - 9:50AM Keynote #1: Data Science: Past, Present, Future
Speaker: Hilary Mason - Founder, Fast Forward Labs
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TRACK 1 - Data EngineeringTRACK 2 - Data ScienceTRACK 3 - Office Hours
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10:00 - 10:40AMApache Kudu: Fast Analytics on Fast Data
Speaker: Will Berkeley - Apache Kudu PMC & Solutions Architect, Cloudera		Bias, Variance, and Adaptive Products
Speaker: George Davis - Founder & CEO, Frame.ai		Rm 1: Hilary Mason-
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10:45 - 11:25AMKafka Streams: Stream Processing Made Easy
Speaker: Guozhang Wang - Kafka Committer & Software Engineer, Confluent		Forecasting with Chaotic Models and Sparse Data: Lessons from Numerical Weather Prediction
Speaker: David Kelly - Assistant Professor, NYU		Rm 1: Will BerkeleyRm 2: George Davis
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11:30 - 12:10PMBuilding a Cloud-Native SQL Database
Speaker: Alex Robinson - Member of Technical Staff, Cockroach Labs		Anomaly Detection Algorithms for Real-World Systems
Speaker: Manojit Nandi - Lead Data Scientist, STEALTHBits		Rm 1: Guozhang WangRm 2: Jeremy Nilmeier
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12:15 - 1:15PMLunch--
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1:15 - 1:55PMUnified Pipeline Architecture: The Evolution of Data Processing at Spotify
Speaker: Erin Palmer - Applied Data Scientist, Spotify		Statistical and Computational Aspects of News Article Clustering
Speaker: Jeiran Jahani - Research Data Scientist, Chartbeat		Rm 1: Alex RobinsonRm 2: Manojit Nandi
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2:00 - 2:40PMPeloton: The Self-Driving Database Management System
Speaker: Andy Pavlo - Assistant Professor of Databaseology, Carnegie Mellon University		Relevance in Twitter's Home Timeline
Speaker: Parag Agrawal - Principal Software Engineer, Twitter		Rm 1: Erin PalmerRm 2: Jeiran Jahani
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2:45 - 3:15PMCoffee Break--
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3:15 - 3:55PMProcessing Geographic Data at Internet Scale
Speaker: Peter Lenz - Senior Geospatial Analyst, Dstillery		A/B Testing is Hard: Lessons from Ad Exchanges
Speaker: Sergei Vassilvitskii - Research Scientist, Google		Rm 1: Andy PavloRm 2: Parag Agrawal
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4:00 - 4:55PMCareer Panel - Leveling Up in Your Career as a Data Engineer/Scientist
Panelists: Nick Chamandy, Lyft; Jonathan Lenaghan, PlaceIQ; Josh Schwartz, Chartbeat
Moderator: Jared Polivka, Galvanize		VC Panel - The Present Future of Data-Oriented Startups
Panelists: Matt Hartman, Betaworks; David Beyer, Amplify Partners; Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital; Tim Devane, Next View Ventures
Moderator: Pete Soderling		Rm 1: Peter LenzRm 2: Sergei Vassilvitskii
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5:00 - 7:00PMCONF PARTY - Lightning Talks, Drinks & Food + Mingle with Smart People
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DAY 2 ( 11/4 ) - SCHEDULE
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8:00 - 9:00AMRegistration and Breakfast
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9:00 - 9:15AMDay 2 - Welcome, announcements & track host intros
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9:15 - 9:50AM Keynote #2: Computational Social Science: Exciting Progress and Future Challenges
Speaker: Duncan Watts - Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
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TRACK 1 - Data EngineeringTRACK 2 - Data ScienceTRACK 3 - Office Hours
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10:00 - 10:40AMGenomic Data Analysis with Spark
Speaker: Ryan Williams - Software Engineer, Mt. Sinai's Hammer Lab		Reinforcement Learning for Data Scientists
Speaker: Brian Farris - Data Scientist, Capital One		Rm 1: Duncan Watts-
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10:45 - 11:25AMElastic Big Data Platform @ Datadog
Speaker: Doug Daniels - Director Engineering, Datadog		Experimental and Observational Causal Inference in Massive Data
Speaker: Sinan Aral - David Austin Professor of Management, MIT		Rm 1: Ryan WilliamsRm 2: Brian Farris
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11:30 - 12:10PMPython Data Wrangling: Preparing for the Future
Speaker: Wes McKinney - Senior Vice President, Two Sigma		SystemML & Spark: A Framework for Scalable Data Science Algorithm Development
Speaker: Jeremy Nilmeier - Chief Data Scientist, IBM Spark Technology Center		Rm 1: Doug DanielsRm 2: Sinan Aral
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12:15 - 1:15PMLunch--
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1:15 - 1:55PMThe Trials and Tribulations of Scaling Data Science and Engineering
Speaker: Ashley Miller - Software Engineering Manager, BuzzFeed		Causal Inference in Data Science
Speaker: Amit Sharma - Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research		Rm 1: Wes McKinneyRm 2: David Kelly
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2:00 - 2:40PMLessons Learned Optimizing NoSQL for Apache Spark
Speaker: John Musser - VP Engineering, Basho		To Get the Value, Ditch the Hype
Speaker: Nick Ursa - Data Scientist, The New York Times		Rm 1: Ashley MillerRm 2: Amit Sharma
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2:45 - 3:15PMCoffee Break--
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3:15 - 3:55PMThe Future of Column-Oriented Data Processing with Arrow & Parquet
Speaker: Julien Le Dem - Principal Architect at Dremio, Apache Parquet Co-founder & PMC Chair		Stop Obsessing About Data Infratructure
Speaker: Yair Weinberger - Founder & CTO, Alooma		Rm 1: John MusserRm 2: Nick Ursa
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4:00-4:45PMKeynote #3: How to Change a City with Data Science
Speaker: Ben Wellington - Quantitative Researcher, Two Sigma		Rm 1: Julien Le DemRm 2: Yair Weinberger
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5:00 PMConference Day 2 End
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