Data Chats Podcast Pragmatic Institute

Ever pondered a random data science fact? Been intrigued by data bootcamps? Wanted to know how to get hired in data science? Or what skills you must have to start? Maybe you're dying to know more about TDI?

Wonder no more! All your burning questions about data and TDI are answered in our most recent ask me anything with TDI Founder Michael Li.

Have a question that didn't get answered? Pop us an email at admissions@thedataincubator.com and we'll make sure Michael answers it next time. Don't hold back - we want to hear all your serious, wacky or challenging questions that you can't get answered anywhere else.

“It is game-changing technology, and we’re excited to bring that to market” - Awais Bajwa
 
In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Awais Bajwa founder and CEO of Ophthalytics, an applied artificial intelligence company specializing in Artificial Intelligence-based medical diagnostics.
 
His company is using AI to help detect diabetic retinopathy, which affects millions of people globally. And nearly 1 million people will experience blindness because of the disease each year. More importantly, there aren’t enough retina specialists who can diagnose patients and establish a treatment plan for them.
 
Using AI, his company is helping primary care physicians and diabetic centers detect the disease.
 
They discuss:
Where Awais sources the data for his company and ensures its accuracy
How he finds valuable feedback that informs its development
Ways to approach the architectural side of data

Continued Learning
Data Science for Business Leaders
This course teaches you how to partner with data professionals to uncover business value, make informed decisions and solve problems. Learn More
 
Business-Driven Data Analysis
This course teaches a proven, repeatable approach that you can leverage across data projects and toolsets to deliver timely data analysis with actionable insights. Learn More

Do you have unanswered questions about any of the TDI bootcamps and what they might entail? Do you want to hear from real people who have been through our bootcamps and have them spill the details on what they really think?

Listen to our most recent alumni AMA (ask me anything) to get all the nitty-gritty! TDI's fantastic alumni have a candid discussion about their time here and chat about everything from the application, to the coding challenge, to how they aced their interviews and what happened once they graduated.

“The whole point of data visualization today is to see a large amount of data rapidly, but I think it also includes interaction. Modern data visualization lets people explore.” — Lee Feinberg
 
In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Lee Feinberg, president at DecisionViz, a management consulting company specializing in data literacy and data visualization, also a certified Tableau software services partner.
 
They discuss:
How to alter data visualization approaches based on the audience
Why organizations should standardize simple data visualization elements like color
Why data doesn’t start with a conversation about software
What is wrong with using pie charts

Continued Learning
 
Data Science for Business Leaders 
This course teaches you how to partner with data professionals to uncover business value, make informed decisions and solve problems. Learn More
 
Business-Driven Data Analysis 
This course teaches a proven, repeatable approach that you can leverage across data projects and toolsets to deliver timely data analysis with actionable insights. Learn More

There is data and there is business. If we think of these in a concentric circles diagram, we often see them exist in their separate circles with some overlap. A data-guided business won’t be able to distinguish between data activities and business activities because it is embedded so closely together.
 
In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Jason Foster, founder & CEO of Cynozure, host of the Hub & Spoken podcast, and co-author of Data Means Business: Level up your organisation to adapt, evolve and scale in an ever-changing world.
 
They discuss the process of becoming a data-guided business. And during the conversation, Jason explains the importance of
Capturing the data your business is creating
Identifying data signals
Utilizing the iterative approach to business-driven data analysis
Using collaboration as a way to create a data culture

Continued Learning Data Science for Business Leaders This course teaches you how to partner with data professionals to uncover business value, make informed decisions and solve problems. Learn More
 
Business-Driven Data Analysis This course teaches a proven, repeatable approach that you can leverage across data projects and toolsets to deliver timely data analysis with actionable insights. Learn More

“It's a mistake to think that creating information from data is easy.” - Jose Berengueres
 
In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Jose Berengueres. He is an associate professor in design thinking, data visualization and computer science at the United Arab Emirates University. He is also the author of Data Viz and Sketch Thinking
 
They discuss
Why you should think beyond excel for creating graphs and charts
The importance of the DIKW pyramid (Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom)
How culture influences communication, specifically visualization decisions
The problems with pie charts and color decisions

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Email: jose@uaeu.ac.ae to receive a free PDF copy of the book Data Viz.
** Write DATAVIZ in the subject line of the email
 
Continue Learning
Data Science for Business Leaders
This course teaches you how to partner with data professionals to uncover business value, make informed decisions and solve problems.
Learn More

Business-Driven Data Analysis
This course teaches a proven, repeatable approach that you can leverage across data projects and toolsets to deliver timely data analysis with actionable insights.
Learn More