2022

Ibrokhim Sadikov is a NLP Data Scientist with Premier Inc where he works primarily on building augmented intelligent nlp systems for information extraction to support real-time clinical decision support and research. He has extensive financial and healthcare industry experience using ML and NLP to solve challenging business problems. He pursued his Master’s degree in Data […]

Paul Saffer is a Manager at Sia Partners with 5 years of industry experience and is a key contributor to the Data Science team. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Centrale Nantes with a focus on metadata. Paul brings expertise in the energy, water, and hospitality sectors as well as proficiencies in data preprocessing, data […]

Glenn Seagraves is a data scientist in the Chief Data Science Organization working on research and innovation in the Innovation Lab focusing on exploratory data science. Prior to working at Bank of America, he has worked in various roles such as developer, solution architect, data analyst, instructor and infrastructure specialist at Microsoft, McKesson, AT&T, Vector […]

Adam Silva is a scientist with a passion for solving real-world problems and a history of leveraging analytical techniques and cutting-edge technologies to design and implement data-driven solutions. He has diverse work experience that includes academic research, high-tech industry, space, pharmaceutical development, and environmental conservation.

Pankaj Telang is a Principal Staff Scientist in the Computer Vision team at SAS. He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, cybersecurity and software development. He enjoys research and development in the areas of computer vision and deep learning. He received a Ph.D. degree in […]

Dr. Weidong Tian is currently a professor of finance and a distinguished professor of risk management and insurance. Prior to coming to UNC Charlotte, Dr. Tian served as a faculty member at the University of Waterloo and a visiting scholar at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, University of […]

Gunce E. Walton is a manager of a development team at SAS. She researches, implements, and oversees econometric techniques in SAS Econometrics procedures and action sets for cross-sectional and panel data analysis. She also plays a critical role in promoting SAS Econometrics products. Her recent research focus has been on implementation of machine learning techniques […]

Kendji Wolf, Principal of QADS at Qintess. He has a Master degree in Business Administration at Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil), post graduate degree in Marketing at Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil), with specialization in Team Management at IEDE (Spain), with specialization in the Internet of Things at MIT (USA) and has a bachelor’s degree in Statistics […]

Dr. Jun Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the director of Vehicle Energy & Safety Laboratory. Dr. Xu obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University major in environmental engineering/engineering mechanics and returned to China in 2014. In 2018, […]