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    Vivian Zhang

    Vivian Zhang

    Vivian is a data scientist who has been devoted to the analytics industry and the development and use of data technologies for several years. She obtained expertise in data analysis and data management as a Senior Analyst and Biostatistician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Scientific Programmer at Brown University. She is the co-founder of SupStat, founder of NYC Data Science Academy and the NYC Open Data meetup. She earned her M.S. in Computer Science and Statistics and B.S. in Computer Science. Vivian is a programmer and all-around dataholic, and considers herself a visualization evangelist.

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    Hiring Partner Event at NYC Data Science Academy, January 16, 2019

    by Vivian Zhang
    Mar 7, 2019
    The NYC Data Science Academy hosts the Data Scientist & Hiring Partner Event every quarter. Company representatives and...
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    Hiring Partner Event at NYC Data Science Academy, September 26th 2018

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 11, 2018
    On September 26th, our bootcamp graduates had the opportunity to have a glimpse into their future. Over 50...
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    How JP Morgan Chase Hires Data Scientists from the NYC Data Science Academy

    by Vivian Zhang
    Mar 23, 2017
    JP Morgan Chase is one of the world’s leading financial institutions and an exciting place to work as...
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    Jan 24, 2017 Hiring partner event at NYC Data Science Academy

    by Vivian Zhang
    Jan 26, 2017
    Every quarter we invite hiring managers who have openings in Data Science to meet our students at a cocktail...
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    Student Spotlight: Samara Bliss, from NYC Data Science Academy to IBM Watson

    by Vivian Zhang
    Jan 15, 2016
    This article is contributed by CourseReport, a third party website which specialized in covering bootcamp stories.  After one year of...
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    Hiring From NYC Data Science Academy – Ben Reid of Elasticiti

    by Vivian Zhang
    Jan 15, 2016
    This article is contributed by CourseReport, a third party website which specialized in covering bootcamp stories. Ben Reid is the...
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    Alumni Spotlight: Sumanth Reddy, Data Science Engineer at DraftKings, Inc.

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 16, 2015
    This alumni interview was conducted by Liz Eggleston from Course Report. Course Report recently caught up with NYC...
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    Why Data Science?

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 15, 2015
    Oh how the world has changed in the past few years. Organizations across the globe are becoming ever...
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    An Ode to R

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 14, 2015
    When starting out as a data scientist, one of the hardest things is deciding where to start. R is the jewel of...
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    Data Science Bootcamp Pre-Work

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 13, 2015
    Data Science Andrew Nichols, NYC Data Science Academy July 9, 2015   Where to Start Setup Overall Goals...
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    Python Spotlight

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 13, 2015
    Python's strength lies in its use as a general purpose programming language. Data scientists often work in environments...
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    Alumni Spotlight: Punam Katariya, contributed by CourseReport.com

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 12, 2015
    This alumni interview was conducted by Liz Eggleston from Course Report. Punam Katariya had a background in data from...
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    Alumni Spotlight: Jason Liu, contributed by CourseReport.com

    by Vivian Zhang
    Oct 10, 2015
    This alumni interview was conducted by Liz Eggleston from Course Report. What is a Data Science interview like? Do...
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    Five Top Data Science Github Repos You Should Watch

    by Vivian Zhang
    Sep 19, 2015
       1. Owen Zhang   #1 on kaggle.com Check out Owen’s winning solution to the Avito CTR Kaggle competition (plus...
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    Watch: Kaggle Talks Competitions

    by Vivian Zhang
    Sep 19, 2015
    Kaggle’s Founder and CEO, Anthony Goldbloom, discusses recent competitions, fields questions, and highlights Kaggle’s most recent developments and insights.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PMHNc_2RrY
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    Learn from the Kaggle Master: Owen Zhang Discusses Winning Solution

    by Vivian Zhang
    Sep 19, 2015
    Owen Zhang, #1 on Kaggle.com, recently released his winning solution for the Avito Context Ad Click competition. As the...
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    NYC Data Science Academy Presents: Kaggle-Winning XGBoost Algorithm Author, Tong He

    by Vivian Zhang
    Sep 19, 2015
    Speaker Bio: Tong He was a data scientist at Supstat Inc. He has been an active R programmer...
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    Sources and Meta-Sources of Open Data: Kirk Bourne on Open Data Repositories

    by Vivian Zhang
    Sep 19, 2015
    The following is re-posed from Kirk Bourne’s Data Science Central blog. Access the original posting here. Open data repositories...
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    NYC Open Data: Streaming Python on Hadoop

    by Vivian Zhang
    Sep 19, 2015
    Our upcoming 12-Week Data Science bootcamp starts on January, 11th, 2016. Apply now to secure a spot in our winter cohort!...
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