Somewhat Overfitting - Data Science & Digital Transformation: Recent Episodes

Jonas Vitt

In this podcast, Jonas Vitt is talking with data professionals and scholars about how they are using data and data science in their day to day work. The goal is to give professionals ideas on how to manage and utilize their data in the best way possible.

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AI can be used in many areas. From finding the best search results based on a keyword over recommending the next movie to watch to driver-less vehicles. This Episode discusses if and how AI can help in each step of the innovation process.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode9

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In his managing role Albert is not only trying to make his team data-driven, he also mainly uses a tool most likely everyone used before: Microsoft Excel.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode8

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In this conversation, Angela and Jonas dug deeper into what process mining is, where it can be applied, and how Celonis' Product is supporting Process Mining. They also discussed some of the challenges and the future of Process Mining.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode7

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Matt and Jonas discussed where Marketing Research fits into the Data Science field and how it differs from Market Research. They talked about how the EDCUtah uses Surveys, Focus Groups, and one-on-one interviews for their research. Matt also gave some tips for students and companies on how to start with Data Science.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode6

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Andrea, Matt, and Jonas talked about how the UEPC uses data and how it is used to optimize education programs. As a lot of their data is collected offline, we also talked about their problems in the data collection problems. In the end, we talked about using data when planning a curriculum and privacy in education.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode5

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In this episode, Jonas is trying something new. Instead of talking to a data professional, he will talk about one topic he researched. Jonas tackles the question of what Data Literacy is, why it is essential, and how to become more data literate.

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Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode4

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Thomas and Jonas talked about how his team at Deloitte is set up and how their workflow goes. Thomas also described the outcome his team is generating for their clients. Finally, we discussed how Deloitte is embracing the use of data with their clients, and Thomas' team is measuring the value created through their projects.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode3

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Jetta and Jonas talked about how the Data Team at Nav Inc. operates and about Jetta's experiences starting ou in Data Analytics.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode2

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Adam Whalen is a Data Analyst at Love Communications. He and Jonas talked about how he started in data science, how Love Communications uses data, and what he thinks about algorithms in marketing. We also discussed, how he embraces the use of data at the agency and how he shows the value of his work.

Show Notes: somewhatoverfitting.com/episode1