Cassie Kozyrkov
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Cassie Kozyrkov | |
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![]() Kozyrkov speaks at the opening day of Web Summit 2019 | |
Alma mater | University of Chicago, Duke University |
Known for | Decision Intelligence |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Data science, AI, statistics, decision science |
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Website | medium |
Cassie Kozyrkov is a South African data scientist and statistician. She founded the field of Decision Intelligence at Google, where she serves as Chief Decision Scientist.[1][2][3]
Early life and education[]
Kozyrkov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[4] As a child, Kozyrkov became interested in data when she discovered spreadsheet software and later became interested in the relationship between information and decision-making.[5] She began her studies in economics and mathematical statistics at Nelson Mandela University at the age of fifteen, and transferred to the University of Chicago to complete her undergraduate degree.[4] After graduation, Kozyrkov worked as a project manager and researcher at the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, then enrolled in graduate studies at Duke University in psychology and cognitive neuroscience with a focus on neuroeconomics.[4] Her research involves the neural processing of value and economic preferences.[6] After completing her graduate studies in the decision sciences, Kozyrkov studied data science, but was recruited by Google before she completed her PhD in mathematical statistics.[6][better source needed]
Career[]
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Kozyrkov joined Google as a statistician in the Research and Machine Intelligence division in 2014.[5] She originally worked for Google in Mountain View, before moving to New York City a few months later.[5] After two years, she was promoted to Chief Data Scientist in the Office of the CTO at Google in 2016 and to Chief Decision Scientist in 2017.[6] Her area of focus at Google is on applied AI and data science process architecture.[7]
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Kozyrkov is also a technology evangelist and has been called a data science thought leader.[8] She has been a keynote speaker at large conferences, including Web Summit,[9] the world's largest technology event.[10][11] She publishes data science articles on her own blog,[4] and her writing also been featured on Harvard Business Review[12][13] and Forbes.[14] She was selected by LinkedIn as the #1 Top Voice in Data Science and Analytics for 2019[8] and appeared on the cover of the Forbes AI data science issue.[15]
References[]
- ^ Ciara Byrne (2018). "Why Google defined a new discipline to help humans make decisions". fastcompany.com. FastCompany.
- ^ Emma Sheppard (2019). "Google's got a chief decision scientist. Here's what she does". Wired UK. WIRED.
- ^ Adrian Bridgewater (2019). "Google Decision Scientist Splits AI Science, From Science Fiction". Forbes.
- ^ a b c d "Cassie Kozyrkov's Data Science Blog on Medium". medium.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ a b c Shaikh, Reshama. "Interview with Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google". mlconf.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ a b c "Cassie Kozyrkov: Chief Decision Scientist for Google". LinkedIn. 2020.
- ^ Decision Intelligence Podcast with Cassie Kozyrkov
- ^ a b "LinkedIn Top Voices 2019: Data Science & Analytics". LinkedIn. 2019.
- ^ "AI and Decision Intelligence and Keynote". Web Summit. 2019.
- ^ "Web Summit - What is Web Summit?". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ DW - Lisbon hosts Web Summit: the Davos of the tech world
- ^ Kozyrkov, Cassie (2018). "What Great Data Analysts Do — and Why Every Organization Needs Them". Harvard Business Review.
- ^ Kozyrkov, Cassie (2019). "The First Thing Great Decision Makers Do". Harvard Business Review.
- ^ Kozyrkov, Cassie (2019). "Automated Inspiration". Forbes.
- ^ "Forbes AI Issue 6". Forbes. 2019.
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- Living people
- South African women computer scientists
- Google people
- North Carolina State University alumni
- People from Port Elizabeth