2018 – Data Science and Marketing

From Tuesday, February 27th, 2018, onwards, we demystify data science by giving the stage to practitioners with profound experience in applying quantitative skills on a daily basis.

During this guest lecture series, guest speakers from well-known companies will discuss three key question:

• Which business problems do the firm solve with the help of the data science team?
• What’s the toolbox of the firm’s data science team?
• How does the data science team collaborate with other departments to redesign a business process?

Our guests for this series are:

• McKinsey & Company
  Dr. Holger Hürtgen, Partner and Dr. Sebastian Kerkhoff, Advanced Analytics Expert and Project Manager
• Cembra MoneyBank
  Salome Lang, Data Scientist
• walderwyss Rechtsanwälte
  Dr. David Vasella, Specialist IT / Data Protection Law
• UZH Digital Society Initiative
  Dr. Markus Christen, Managing Director UZH Digital Society Initiative
• NZZ
  Markus Barmettler, Head of Analytics and Market Research
• Credit Suisse
  Tanvi Singh, Head of Analytics (Compliance & Regulatory)
• King Digital Entertainment PLC
  Dr. Xinyu Zou, Senior Data Scientist
• eBay
  Dr. Elias Ron, Data Science Lead
• SBB
  Katharina Mellert, Head Data Lab Fahrweg and Dr. Nima Riahi, Senior Data Scientist
• Swiss Re
  Dr. Claus Horn, Data Scientist
• Squirro
  Dr. Dorian Selz, Co-Founder & CEO
• Advertima
  Nebojsa Andjelkovic, Head of Research

Talks are public. For an overview of all guest speakers, see the schedule here.

In case of any questions, please contact Margot Löwenberg.