NY Chapter-Yale Career Panels - AI & Data Services, Feb. 1, 2023

Although artificial intelligence and data services have been important and attractive professions for a long time and have impacted many industries, both have received a great deal of attention recently as major advances in both fields have powered tremendous business opportunities. The recent release of ChatGBT by OpenAI is just one example of rapid advances in the field.

The panel discussion will be broadcast via an interactive streaming video platform that will allow Yale students and alumni to ask questions of the panel and interact with each other. There will be a 45 minute networking period after the one hour panel where all of the attendees can see each other and mingle.

Time: Wednesday, February 1

Panel from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST

Virtual Networking from 6::00 pm to 6:45 pm EST

Webinar Panel:Streaming Video and Interactive Q&A

Networking Period:Virtual Networking after the panel ends

Registration: http://yalecareerpanels-2-1-23.eventbrite.com

Topics:

· What are the major segments of AI and Data Services from a career perspective?

· How are those segments different from each other and the different careers in each?

· Where are these professions heading (good and bad) and will it vary by sector?

· How do you get into these professions and what is the typical career path?

· What are the myths versus the realities?

· What are the characteristics of people who tend to do well and are happy in these professions?

· What types of people tend not to do well or end up unhappy and why?

· If you don’t stay in these professions until retirement, what are the exit routes to other professions?

Panelists:

Sam Hendel, Co-Founder, Dataminr (Yale, BA)

Deb Roy, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT (University of Waterloo, BA and MIT, PhD in Media Arts and Sciences)

Moderator and Organizer:

Peter Young, CEO and President of Young & Partners (Yale, BS, NYU, MS in Accounting, Harvard Business School, MBA)

Full bios of the panelists can be seen on the Eventbrite website.

Previously recorded Yale Career Panels and Fireside Chats can be viewed at www.yalecareerpanels.com. The Yale Career Conversations are not recorded.