The HDSI Data Science in Industry seminar series provides the opportunity for Harvard students, faculty and postdocs to hear directly from industry data scientists about the role data science plays in their organization, the methods and techniques being used, and their own career trajectory. Speakers are invited from companies spanning a broad range of sectors, including finance, tech, sports, pharma and media. Each talk typically lasts around 45 minutes, followed by 45 minutes for Q&A with the speaker.
If your organization would like to participate in our Data Science In Industry series, please contact us at datascience@harvard.edu.
Upcoming Seminars
COVID-19 Impact
HDSI Industry Seminars have moved to a virtual format for the duration of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We will continue to announce new speakers on this page. Join us while staying safe!
| May 6th, 2021 | BayerAG CropScience | Arwa Al Dilaimi-Wendler | Event Page | Registration |
| October 7th, 2021 | Indigo Ag | Event Page | Registration | |
| November 4th, 2021 | Oxfam | Event Page | Registration | |
| December 12, 2021 | Montai Health / Flagship Pioneering | Nathan Sanders | Event Page | Registration |
Past Seminars
| April 15th, 2021 | Microsoft | Juan M. Lavista Ferres | Recording |
| March 11th, 2021 | Surgo Ventures | Peter Smittenaar | Recording |
| February 18th, 2021 | City of San Jose | Christine Keung | Recording |
| December 3rd, 2020 | MGH | Cecilia Zenteno and Martin Copenhaver | Recording |
| November 10th, 2020 | SBG Sports | Gareth Griffith | Recording |
| November 5th, 2020 | Elsevier | Kaushik Raha and Constanza Villalba | Recording |
| October 8th, 2020 | Kensho | Chester Curme | Recording |
| September 15th, 2020 | Elsevier | Brad Allen and Daniel Kershaw | Recording |
| February 26th, 2020 | Microsoft | Francesca Lazzeri | Slides |
| February 12th, 2020 | Thomson Reuters | Zac Kriegman | |
| February 3rd, 2019 | Uber | Dan Svirsky | |
| December 3rd, 2019 | Jupiter Intel | Steve Sain | |
| November 19th, 2019 | Wayfair | Tomer Weiss | |
| November 13th, 2019 | Esri | Estella Geraghty | |
| October 29th, 2019 | Peak6 | Mike Treacy and Matt Hulsizer | |
| September 25th, 2019 | QuantumBlack | Jordi Diaz | |
| September 5th, 2019 | Penguin Random House | Justin Boelio | |
| March 28th, 2019 | SignalFire | Adam Vogel | |
| February 28th, 2019 | Kensho | Maxim Sokolov and Yulia Shchadilova | |
| February 4th, 2019 | Thoughtworks | David Johnston | Slides |
| November 26th, 2018 | Novartis | Eric Ma | Slides |
| November 1st, 2018 | Boston Celtics | David Sparks | |
| September 24th, 2018 | Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg |