Join us for COMBINE’s 4th Annual Career Symposium
Join us Friday, November 19th at 11am for 3 talks by data scientists about their careers
beyond academia, followed by a panel with the speakers.
To expose graduate students, postdocs, and other early-stage researchers to various career paths beyond academia, we are organizing the 4th annual COMBINE career symposium. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the entire event would be online. Over the course of 2 sessions, our accomplished speakers will share their experiences and insights working in diverse emerging fields and transition from traditional science backgrounds.
FRI, 19 NOV 2021
Session-I
- 11:00 am – 11:30 am
Sam Goldberg
Data Scientist at New York Red Bulls
Talk: “Network Analysis in Soccer: The Quarterback Theory”
- 11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Emily Larkin
Program Manager at NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Talk: “Supporting Science: A Career in Science Policy, Budget, andCommunication”
– Break –
Session-II
- 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Jesse Dunietz
Program Coordinator and Instructional Designer at MIT Communication lab
Talk: “From AI to Science Communication and Back”
- 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Panel Discussion
All three guest speakers
Sponsored by: COMBINE (Computation and Mathematics for Biological Networks), an NSF-funded Research Traineeship program
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