Amir Feizpour

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Amir is the Co-founder of Aggregate Intellect, which is a platform that makes AI research more accessible to all practitioners.

Prior to founding AISC, he worked as a data scientist, senior manager, and NLP product lead in industry, after finishing a postdoc in quantum computing at university of Oxford, and his PhD in the same field at university of Toronto.

To hear more insights from Amir, you can watch the full video below. The time sequence and the full list of Q&A questions are listed for you:

  • What we do at 12 Coffee and introducing Amir - 00:03

  • Amir’s wonderful presentation on Bridging the AI Translation GAP and the organization of Aggregate Intellect - 4:10

  • Q&A with Amir - 28:27

  • Amir’s amazing post on becoming a Data Scientist - 1:02:13

Q&A Questions: 

Technical Questions: 

  1. What do you think are the most important skills for data scientists? -28:30

  2. How to get started learning about AI and working on AI projects - 31:59

Career questions: 

  1. Have you experiences getting ‘pigeonholed’ into technical roles? - 35:45

  2. Did you find your graduate school experience transferable to your NLP product lead position? At RBC what was your experience progressing from technical work into leadership? - 39:15

Slido questions: 

  1. How important is it for data scientists to practice algorithms (eg. leetcode) for job search? - 44:11

  2. How do I connect with the team (the team I intend to apply)? Should I connect with the team before or after applying? -45:50

  3. How can students with MSc. Engineering background (data science-focused) improve their knowledge for the job markets? Where should they focus on more? - 48:06

  4. Do the hiring managers actually go through all the resumes? Will those with referrals get a higher chance to get through the system? - 50:05

  5. What skills/ methods do you believe will be most relevant in the DS field for the future (eg. next 10 years)? - 52:54

  6. How many hours do you generally spend on reading research papers each week and how would research contribute to making daily business decisions? - 55:06

  7. What advice would you give to those students looking to get a job/ internship during the pandemic? - 59:03

 

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