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AI for Business Invests in Wharton Startup, Félix

Technology is a critical component of Félix, a chat-based platform for sending money from the United States to Mexico that will launch later this year. However, founders Bernardo Garcia and Manuel Godoy believe trust in the product is just as essential.…Read More

Spring 2021 Analytics Accelerator

Analytics at Wharton News Spring 2021 Analytics Accelerator Despite disruptions caused by the pandemic, Wharton AI & Analytics for Business successfully hosted its sixth (second virtual) Analytics Accelerator. Over the course of nine weeks, student teams, comprised of undergrads and graduates across the University, worked with real-world data to solve…Read More

Customers of A Feather Engage Together: Using K-Means Clustering to Maximize Retention

Analytics Accelerator Case Study Customers of A Feather Engage Together: Using K-Means Clustering to Maximize Retention Objective NeuroFlow is a healthcare technology and analytics company enabling behavioral health access and engagement to improve outcomes, overall wellness, and costs of care. High user engagement rates set NeuroFlow apart from the increasingly…Read More

Building a Career in Data Science: Lessons from the Journeys of Three Leaders

Demand for data scientists is exploding. At such a time, what can women do to build successful careers in this fast-growing field? A panel of industry experts, moderated by Mary Purk, Executive Director of AI and Analytics for Business and AIB for Business, discussed this issue at the recent Women in Data Science @ Penn conference. …Read More

Six Tips for Women in Data Science from the Chief Data Officer of Poshmark

When Barkha Saxena, WG’11, came to Wharton’s EMBA program in San Francisco, she was working in sales and strategy at FICO. Having started her career as a hands-on data scientist, she hoped to transition into an executive-level data science role, focusing on technology. Today, she is chief data officer of Poshmark and an advisory board member of AI and Analytics for Business (AIAB). She also was a featured speaker at the Women in Data Science @ Penn Conference, where the theme was “This is what a data scientist looks like.”…Read More

Case Studies at a Glance: McDonald’s

Analytics Accelerator Case Study Case Studies at a Glance: McDonald's About the Analytics Accelerator Every fall and spring semester, Analytics at Wharton hosts the Analytics Accelerator, an experiential learning program that pairs students with a company to solve a real-world business problem using the company’s actual datasets and the latest…Read More

5 Questions for Katherine Lin: Data Scientist in Training

This story sits at the intersection of challenge and opportunity. First, the pandemic. While a time of crisis, it has also been a year of revealing numbers. Take, for instance, all the data generated from this very unique moment in our world’s history that can help us reflect on various outcomes and better prepare for comparable crises in the future.…Read More

What Does it Mean to Be a Courageous Leader? Ask Microsoft’s Kate Johnson

At the recent Penn/Wharton Women in Data Science conference in Philadelphia, Kate Johnson, president of Microsoft US, spoke with AI and Analytics for Business Executive Director Mary Purk about her career journey, managing and leading change, and Microsoft’s efforts to drive diversity and inclusion.…Read More

Women in Data Science with Tessa Cook, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine

On February 9, 2021, Tessa Cook, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, presented her talk, “Data Science in Radiology and Imaging Informatics,” at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference.…Read More

How Women in Data Science Rise to the Top

In Taoist philosophy, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This saying has certainly held true for four women whose careers have taken them all the way to the top of the field of data science.…Read More