Please come and join us for a panel discussion on the current status of AI from the perspective of career building, corporate innovation and investment

Our Speakers:

Curtis Feeny

Managing Director @ Voyager Capital
Board member @ University of Washington, CBRE, Staples, Ayla Networks etc.
First EVP @ Stanford Management Company
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Curtis Feeny has invested in data analytics, IoT, enterprise software, data center systems, wireless infrastructure and smart grid technologies. Curtis has served on 31 boards, both public and private, and has been a managing director at Voyager Capital since 2000, when he opened the Silicon Valley office. Since 2000, he was on the board of Trammell Crow Company (TCC: NYSE), which was purchased by CB Richard Ellis (CBG: NYSE) in 2006, and has remained on the board since. In 2006, Curtis was also appointed by President George W. Bush to be a Trustee of the Presidio Trust. Curtis represents Voyager on the boards of Ayla Networks, Sensys and Vidder. Curtis is also on the board of Staples (SPLS: NYSE). Curtis has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BS in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.Before joining Voyager, Curtis was the first Executive Vice President of Stanford Management Company, helping oversee the University’s endowment from 1992 to 2000, when assets under management grew from $1.5 billion to $9 billion.

Cynthia Yang

Dean of AI Research Center (DTiii) @ TalkingData

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TalkingData is largest independent data service platform & data provider in China. Prior, Cynthia worked in Detecon and Accenture, specialising in digital strategy consulting. Dr. Yang participated in the Information-Technology Supervision and Support Plan for Commercial Banks with China's Ministry of Science and Technology. During her research period, Cynthia worked with senior managers from Tencent, Netease, Bitauto, and etc. Dr.Yang received her Doctoral degree in Strategic Management from School of Business of Renmin University of China in 2010, and worked as a Postdoc in the Department of Management in Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Jake Klamka

Founder @ Insight Data Science
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Insight Data Science is an intensive six week post-doctoral training fellowship bridging the gap between academia and data science. Insight fellows are Data Scientists at companies include Facebook, LinkedIn, BlackRock, salesforce, JPMorgan, KhanAcademy and etc. Jake is an Internet entrepreneur with a passion for startups, technology, data and science. in Math and Physics and M.S. in Physics from University of Toronto.

Paul Baines

Senior Data Scienst @ Wise.io (Acquired by GE)

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Paul Baines leads the technical development of the Wise.io data science platform and is responsible for the development of Wise.io’s inspection and imaging applications. Working in collaboration with GE business units such as Oil & Gas and Healthcare, the Wise team builds intelligent, scalable industrial systems using machine learning. Paul has extensive experience in the development, deployment and maintenance of enterprise-grade machine learning applications, as well as being a core contributor to the R&D efforts of the Wise.io team. Paul has a PhD in Statistics from Harvard University and was an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of California, Davis.

Moderator:

Shuonan Chen

CEO @ Shinect

Shuo is also a guest lecuter at UC Berkeley-Haas, and an early-stage investor.

* Special thanks to DLA Piper for sponsoring the venue

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

* Marketing Partners

Silicon Valley Data Science Practitioners (svdsp.org) is a group that creates a platform for people who are interested in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence to learn and network.

Chinese Entrepreneur Organization (www.ceoceo.org) was founded in 2008 by a group of business-minded students and talented Engineering students at Stanford.

ALL Perspectives on AI/Data--from Startup, VC, Corporate and Academia

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