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Excited to announce our Goals & Careers event!💼📇

Join us at the Data Science Club to hear from our esteemed guest speaker, Sidharth Macherla! With over 18 years of industry experience🧑‍💼, Sidharth is a seasoned data scientist 📊and independent consultant at FOYI, one of DSC's bronze sponsors✨.

Delve into the world 🌎 of data science with Sidharth's presentation, focusing on navigating career paths and setting goals in this dynamic industry💼. Discover how to strategically select job opportunities that align with your long-term aspirations and gain valuable insights into the path ahead of you🛣️. This session is a must-attend for anyone aiming to excel in the field of data science!💻

⏰ When: Thursday, 21st of March.

6:30PM -8PM with food provided at the end (Arrive at 6:15 PM)

📍 Location: OGGB 260-005

Exciting news! Join us for an upcoming event featuring Andrew Probert, the Chief Data Scientist at Harmonic Analytics!

Are you preparing for a data science consulting role and feeling overwhelmed? Don't worry, we've got you covered! Join us for our upcoming data science consulting workshop where you'll learn the essential skills and techniques needed to ace your next interview.

Our Silver Sponsor Harmonic Analytics is a data science company based in New Zealand with offices in Wellington and Auckland. The company specializes in providing data-driven solutions to complex problems across a range of industries, including healthcare, finance, and government.

With a team of experienced data scientists and consultants, Harmonic Analytics offers a range of services, including data analysis, predictive modelling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Their solutions are designed to help organizations make data-driven decisions, optimize business processes, and improve customer experiences. 👏👏

This event will include:

Learning about real-life projects and problem-solving, as well as some practical industry tips and internship advice.

Andrew and other data scientists from Harmonic Analytics will share their experiences and insights on how data science is applied to solve real-world problems.

There will be food and drinks provided with Networking Session after the event!

Sign up below and take the first step towards your dream job!

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⚡Electricity Demand Forecasting at TESLA Asia Pacific⚡

Join us for an insightful event featuring a distinguished speaker, Henry Chen, Senior Forecasting Analyst at TESLA Asia Pacific, who will provide valuable insights into electricity demand forecasting in the dynamic energy sector of Asia Pacific.

Tesla Forecast Asia Pacific is a leading provider of electricity demand forecasting services to the energy industry. The company uses advanced modelling techniques and cutting-edge technology to help clients optimize their energy supply and demand, manage risk, and make informed decisions in a rapidly changing market.

This event will include:

An overview of the intricacies of electricity demand forecasting, including the various models employed by industry professionals.

Discuss the challenges presented by the recent proliferation of renewable energy, climate change, and electric vehicles, and how industry professionals are tackling them.

Advice and guidance for students aspiring to build a career in the Analytics and Data Science field from the TESLA team, several of whom are recent graduates from UoA and AUT.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from Henry and network with other professionals in the industry!

There will be food and drinks provided after the event!

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About This Event!

Attention all data enthusiasts! We're excited to announce our upcoming speaker event featuring Hubert Liang, a principal data engineer at Rocket Lab. Join us as Hubert shares his career journey and insights into the different career opportunities in the data industry.

During the event, Hubert will give a presentation on the various career opportunities in the data industry, drawing from his experience at Rocket Lab, a global leader in the space industry. He will also discuss how he got started in the data industry and the skills that have helped him succeed in his career.

After the presentation, there will be a Q&A session where attendees can ask Hubert questions about his career journey, the data industry, or anything else related to the field.

💰 Cost:

Members: FREE

Non-members: A $3 entry/membership fee applies

If you're not already a member, this is a great opportunity to join our community and connect with other data professionals.

👨‍💼 About Hubert Liang: Hubert is a principal data engineer at Rocket Lab, where he works on developing solutions for the company's mission control systems. He has over 10 years of experience in the data industry, having previously worked at companies like Genesis and Ports of Auckland.

This is an event you won't want to miss if you're interested in a career in the data industry. Register now to secure your spot and get ready to learn from one of the industry's leading experts!

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Note: The Zoom link to join this event will be shared before the event with all registered participants.

🏦 Investments / Financial Markets Workshop

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) is a Sovereign Wealth Fund (owned by the Government); its purpose is sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders.

In this workshop:

The NZSF Data Analytics team will lead an Investments/Financial Markets workshop! You will gain exposure to data science problems within Investments and be given an opportunity to practice stakeholder management.

NZSF will be recruiting for the 2024 graduate role; this is a good opportunity to meet with the team prior to the recruitment process.

🍣 There will be sushi and drinks provided after the event! 🍣

✨ ALL ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE A SALS FREE PIZZA SLICE VOUCHER!!✨

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Are you a STEM student curious about quantitative trading and development?

Join us for an exciting and interactive workshop, brought to you exclusively by the University of Auckland Data Science Club in collaboration with Akuna Capital, a leading proprietary trading firm specializing in derivatives market making and sophisticated modelling.

In this workshop, you will:

Get an introduction to Options theory and market making, demystifying the world of quantitative trading through practical examples and hands-on activities!

Discover what life at Akuna can be like as an Intern or Graduate, as our guest speakers share their experiences and insights.

Learn about the diverse educational backgrounds that can lead to a career in quantitative trading and development.

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to learn from industry professionals, network with speakers from Akuna, and kickstart your journey in quantitative trading and development.

There will be food and drinks provided after the event!

Don't worry if you aren't currently a member, you can sign up below.

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THE FIRST 40 ATTENDEES TO SHOW UP AT THE EVENT WILL RECEIVE A FREE DRINK BOTTLE!!

𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓!

Modern data science is a powerful tool for understanding and solving of complex data related problems. However data science and data analytics continues to suffer from high project failure rates. This session will cover the role that knowledge, the almost-forgotten 'original AI', plays in ensuring data science project success, using lessons learned from 30 years of local and international work with some of the largest companies.

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

Dougal is a global expert in Data, Ontology and Semantics and a keynote speaker at the International Semantic Web Conference 2019. He is a former Chief Technologist of IBM NZ, with deep practical International technology consulting experience across some of the largest and most complex companies. In 2021 he founded Graph Research Labs, a software company building software products to solve complex data issues in the regulatory data space.

There will be 🍔🍕food 🌭and 🥤drinks 🧋provided after the event!

Don't worry if you aren't currently a member, you can sign up at the event!

GET IN THE DRAW to win a $40 prezzy card!👏👏👏

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Look forward to seeing everyone there 😉

Taitamariki Potentia is back for one final event in 2022, and we’re returning with a student favourite on Thursday 20th October! Now, it wouldn’t be a good night without lots of banter (and a hint of controversy), so we’ll be hosting a debate that’s sure to get both sides fired up:

Being a Slave to Big Brands is Overrated! Now is the Time to Embrace Startups

With two teams of two (watch this space), Abinesh on the mic, and a packed out Potentia HQ – you’re going to want to be a part of this one as we dive into startup vs big brand life and what’s best for your career. Students, graduates or anyone else that wants to come along and get amongst it…RSVP to secure your spot.

*At the risk of stating the obvious, this debate is all a bit of fun and definitely doesn’t reflect our views on the startup vs big brand argument – we just want to get our audience and panel pumped!

WELCOME BACK FELLOW DATA ENTHUSIASTS!!!  

We hope everyone is surviving in the last few weeks of the remaining semester 2, just a couple more weeks and we will be out of university for 2022!😤

To finish off our semester 2, the Data Science Club is providing one last event to finish off our journey for this year. 😮About EROAD:EROAD is a true a kiwi success story in the tech sector! From a start up they are continuing to grow rapidly, with over 750 EROADers based in NZ, Australia and the USA. Using cutting edge technology to solve complex problem, there are not many NZ business with you will get the exposure to such a wide range of technology as you will here.

About speaker: Yin Long has been working as a data scientist since 2017 and has great experience with Air NZ , Auckland Transport and now at Eroad.  He has worked and led on a wide range of projects including traditional  data science projects such as predictive modelling, natural language processing and telematics data at Eroad.  Exclusively,  GIS data has been used to address important issues of the road network and provide insights and research, aiming at improve the safety and efficiency of the road network. This Thursday, Yin is going to talk about how Eroad uses data science to improve NZ road network.

Pizzas 🍕 and drinks 🥤 will be provided after the event, so come and hear stories from EROAD and socialise! 🤝Please RSVP for the catering purpose (and also to receive the latest news about our upcoming events!)

📣📣📣 We are getting ready for our AGM, the yearly gathering of our executive teams, current members and anyone who is interested in the Data Science Club!!!

At the AGM, we will be recapping 2022 through the report showcase from our DSC committees, and more importantly, there will be elections for next year's executive! 🙌🏻

Being an executive on UoA Data Science Club with the awesome opportunity of leading one of the largest professional networking student club on campus. We are aiming for connecting students and professionals to provide an opportunity for networking, skills development, and exposure to the industry they will be stepping into, empowering aspiring data specialists and future leaders.

👉 We are hiring for positions across all teams including President, Vice-president, Secretary, Public Relation Team, Marketing Team, Events Team and General Executive. We welcome students from all backgrounds to apply. You don't necessarily need a data science or marketing degree - as long as you have interest in data science and want to gain some experience outside of uni.

If it sounds like you, fill out the application forms here:

President

Vice-president

Secretary

Treasurer

Public Relations Director

Marketing Director

Event Coordinator

General Executive

Recruitment is open and elections will be held during the AGM.

Loyalty New Zealand is New Zealand’s expert in loyalty and runs the largest and most comprehensive coalition loyalty programme in New Zealand, Flybuys. 

You will hear about the background of who Loyalty New Zealand is, the Flybuys Programme & what they believe makes their Data Science Practice successful. Also, what it looks like as an Insights Analyst at Loyalty NZ with a Client Partnership focus.

🗣 Speaker intro: 

Speaker 1 - Tim: Insights AnalystTim is an enthusiastic member of the Loyalty NZ Data team. Before starting this role he studied commerce and science at the University of Auckland, while also working various jobs at UoA, EY, PwC and ANZ. In his spare time, he volunteered in the Business School Careers Department and various UoA clubs - including a number of the Data Science clubs early events. Also every now and then he makes time to get to the beaches and water holes across New Zealand. 

Speaker 2 - Duncan: Insights & Analytics Chapter LeadDuncan is an experienced people leader and analyst with over a decade in the data and analytics industry, and over five within a technical and functional leadership position. Duncan believes in the power of translating data-speak into business-speak at all levels and has a passion for building a high preforming team to deliver tangible outcomes. Duncan loves to bring his enthusiastic attitude and demonstrated abilities to a role to make a real difference.Pizza and drinks are provided as usual.

Please RSVP for the catering purpose (and also to receive the latest news about our upcoming events!)

First of all, thank you to everyone who have attended our last event on our ANZ Expectation x Reality! 😁It was great having to see everyone there and interact with our guest speakers.

Don't worry if you haven’t made it to our previous event because there is more coming! 😉

🙌🏻 Want to stay out in your Data Analytics/ Data Science internship application to big Tech companies, or even the Big 4 but don't know how?

🙌🏻 Want to learn about Cloud Computing but money is an issue?

DSC, in collaboration with AWS - Amazon Web Services, present you with our FREE workshop "Data Science in the Cloud"!!!

🧑‍💻AWS will be talking about:

Journey through Uni to AWS

How to pitch yourself and get hired in the real world

AWS Internship Program

Cloud Crash-Course (0 to 1 in 100 minutes)

There will be a follow-along cloud demonstration, all students are encouraged to bring your own 💻 if you would like to follow along. (Free AWS account provided for duration of the event😎😎😎)

🗣Speakers intro:

Our speaker is Purnesh Tripathi from Amazon Web Services. He worked as a Data Scientist at multiple organizations in New Zealand before joining AWS as a Solutions Architect (what’s that you ask, well he’ll talk about that in the chat too, so don’t miss it). Since then he’s done a few career transitions and currently leads the growth of Digital Native Businesses at AWS New Zealand.

As usual, we got you over with food and drinks. This time, we will do a T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY 🎁for those attending in person, so mark it on your calendar today!

Please RVSP for the catering purpose (and also to receive the latest news about our upcoming events!)

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Welcome back everyone! Hope everyone got to stretch back, get your mind off some workload during the mid semester break and the first week back to uni has been going well! Now it’s time to get back to finishing the last remaining six weeks of semester 2😉

Hear about the realities of your first Data Scientist job from a recent graduate at ANZ. Plus, the skills you can hone to make sure your work gets traction in the real world.

‼️GIVEAWAY ATTENTION‼️ As this is our first event after the semester break, if you attend the event in person, you will be in the draw to win one of 2*$20 Pb tech cards.

👀 ANZ will be talking about:

- What to expect in your first role as a Data Scientist out in the real world; from dealing with Imposter Syndrome to the realities of working on nuanced, live business problems.

- A range of techniques you can use to make sure your work gets the attention it deserves.

🏅Speakers intro:

- Kayle Ransby:

Kayle Ransby gained a spot in a summer internship for ANZ last year and has since taken a full-time Data Scientist role in their Enterprise Analytics team. Based on his experience, Kayle will share his view on what to expect in your first role as a Data Scientist out in the real world – from dealing with Imposter Syndrome to the realities of working on nuanced, live business problems.

- Kimberley Smyth:

With 15 years' experience in Marketing, Product Management and Data Storytelling, Kimberley Smyth has built the softer skills that are essential for making sure analytical work is delivered in an engaging way that inspires action. In the real world, your work will most often be produced for people who don’t understand what you do, so Kimberley will share a range of techniques you can use to make sure your work gets the attention it deserves.

Pizzas 🍕 and drinks 🥤 will be provided after the event, so come and hear stories from ANZ and socialize! 🤝

Please RVSP for the catering purpose (and also to receive the latest news about our upcoming events!)

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Coming up for week 4, DSC presents the first instalment of our Workshop Series - Storytelling with Data provided by Data Insights!!

Data Insights’ goal is to empower every person and organisation to achieve more with data. Data is becoming more important on people’s life, and so does the need to ensure data is communicated in a way that everyone can understand. On this session we will go through how perception works, to help you communicate in a way where the important information gets to your audience. We will be covering:

Design Principles

Data Visualisation principles

Your different options available

And we will put that into practice with a few exercises!

About the speakers:

Eric Font (Analytics Manager)

• Eric has over 9 years’ experience in Data Analytics and Business Processes, including previously 8 years at PwC.

• Eric's areas of expertise include Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, Data Governance and Process Improvements.

• He organised the PwC Data Academies in New Zealand to upskill all PwC employees on the use of data automation and data visualisation to support their day to day jobs. He was one of the coaches on the external data academies and since joining Data Insight has also organised Data Visualisation trainings for some of our clients.

• He is also a certified PowerBI Data Analyst and is passionate about communicating through data

Ryan Feyter (Lead Analyst)

• 7+ years experience as a data analyst with strong technical skills in SAS, SQL and Power BI.

• Worked across a broad range of sectors including banking, utilities, telecommunications and retail.

• Passionate about helping clients solve their problems and embody an "Anything is possible" attitude.

Please RVSP for the catering purpose (and also to receive the latest news about our upcoming events!)

Link for RSVP: https://forms.gle/ZaDcbEJcBypP7Rcu9