I know someone will like to attend this and give a report back...someone with more technical skill than I... - Troy M. " You are the source of Freedom. The price of freedom is awareness and action." -----Original Message----- From: "School of Information" <events(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> Sent: ‎9/‎10/‎2014 3:52 PM To: "i-announce(a)ischool.berkeley.edu" <i-announce(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> Subject: [i-announce@ischool] Don't miss next week's Tech Talk: Data Analyticsat Facebook Don't miss next week’s tech talk at the UC Berkeley School of Information: Tech Talk: Data Analytics at Facebook With Jake Peterson Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm 210 South Hall The event will be recorded and posted here two to five days after the event Jake Peterson will talk about the Facebook analytics team and how they perform large scale data analysis, identify actionable insights, suggest recommendations, and influence the direction of the business. The Facebook analytics team serves as the voice of data that drives success throughout the company, including product development, user engagement, growth, revenue, and operations. Learn about their typical day-to-day responsibilities, challenges, and how best to succeed as a data scientist in analytics. MIMS students Jason Ost and Timothy Meyers will also be on hand to discuss their experiences as Facebook Analytics interns. Jake Peterson is a data scientist and analytics engineering manager at Facebook and has been working in data science for more than ten years — longer than “data science” has been a term. At Facebook, Jake has led data science for four different Facebook product teams, most recently for the Graph Search product. Prior to Facebook, Jake led analytics functions at several tech startups and spent six years in the direct marketing industry as an analytics consultant at Acxiom. He holds a B.S. in computer science and a B.A. in philosophy from Santa Clara University. More information: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20140917facebookdatasc… Coming up at the I School: October 8, 2014 - "Securing Cyberspace: A National Priority", Dean's Lecture with Dr. Fred Chang October 29, 2014 - "Leveraging Workforce Science to Unlock Employee Value", Dean's Lecture with Michael Houseman Upcoming Friday afternoon Information Access Seminars: Sign up here for regular email reminders September 12, 2014 - "Mobile Persuasion Design: Combining Information Design with Persuasion Design to Change Behavior", Information Access Seminar with Aaron Marcus (Aaron Marcus and Associates) September 19, 2014 - "If You Could Design A Museum From Scratch, What Would It Be Like?", Information Access Seminar with George Oates (Good, Form & Spectacle) October 3, 2014 - "California Digital Library: Calculating Scholarly Journal Value", Information Access Seminar with Chan Li & Jacqueline Wilson October 17, 2014 - "Editorial Practices and the Web", Information Access Seminar with Michael Buckland October 24, 2014 - "Ontology Mapping: A concept hub for storing mapping data and linguistic methods for producing mappings", Information Access Seminar with Dagobert Soergel, University at Buffalo -- _____________________________________________ UC Berkeley School of Information http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu Facebook: http://facebook.com/BerkeleyISchool Twitter: http://twitter.com/BerkeleyISchool