Past Events | CMU Data Science Club

March 24

Workshop Competition Technical

PokerAI: Reinforcement Learning Workshop

Learn about how to use reinforcement learning to build a poker-playing AI bot!

Slides

March 22

Competition

PokerAI Competition Opener

Join us for the opening of our PokerAI competition! Compete against your peers to build the best poker-playing AI bot.

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March 21

Workshop Competition Technical

Poker AI: Poker/Game Theory Workshop

Learn the basics of poker, game theory, and tips on where to start building your PokerAI bot!

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March 19

Workshop Competition Technical

Poker AI: Monte Carlo Workshop

Learn how to use Monte Carlo simulations to model complex systems and make informed decisions for the upcoming PokerAI competition!

Slides Notebook

March 14

Career Technical

Building the Future of the Terminal: Ian Hodge, Warp

Discover Warp's AI-powered terminal and startup insights from early engineer Ian Hodge (ex-Facebook).

February 27

Career Technical

Inside Deep Research: Zhiqing Sun, OpenAI

Explore agentic AI systems and AI alignment with Zhiqing Sun (Research Lead, OpenAI Deep Research & CMU PhD).

Slides

February 24

Career

MLOps in Industry: Naval Katoch, PPG

Learn about MLOps in industry from Naval Katoch (ML Ops Lead, PPG), drawing on 6+ years driving AI initiatives.

February 14

Career

Breaking into ML Research - Maxwell Jones

Hear from Maxwell Jones (CMU PhD) on breaking into machine learning research and succeeding in the field.

Slides

February 7

Workshop Technical

Data Cleaning Workshop

Learn how to clean and prepare data for analysis using Python and Pandas.

Slides Notebook

January 31

Workshop Career

Career Workshop

Get tips on resume building, interview preparation, and navigating the data science job market.

Slides

January 24

Social

DSC S25 Intro Social

Meet the board, learn about upcoming events, and connect with fellow data science enthusiasts at the Spring 2025 intro social.

November 22

Workshop Technical

NLP Workshop

Explore fundamental text processing techniques like n-grams, Bag of Words, and TF-IDF for feature extraction.

November 20

Guest Speaker Technical

Perplexity AI Tech Talk

Learn about the technology behind Perplexity AI from Nikhil Birmiwal (Software Engineer, Perplexity & CMU Alum).

November 15

Guest Speaker Technical

Joy Zhang, Airbnb: Artificial Intelligence: The Past, Present and Future

Explore the evolution and future of AI with Dr. Joy Zhang (Director of Engineering, Airbnb).

November 8

Workshop Technical

How to Pitch Your Data

Learn the fundamentals of data visualization to effectively transform raw data into clear, impactful visuals for better insights and communication.

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November 1

Workshop Technical

Big Data Workshop

Explore big data technologies and learn how to process and analyze large-scale datasets effectively.

Slides Notebook

October 25

Guest Speaker Career

Nang Ang, PearAI: Breaking into Y Combinator

Discover startup culture and entrepreneurship insights from Nathan Ang (CMU & Y Combinator alumnus).

Recording

October 23

Career

Bloomberg Data Info Session

Learn about data science opportunities at Bloomberg and network with their recruiting team.

October 9

Guest Speaker Career

Nick Singh, DataLemur: Acing the Data Science Interview

Learn interview strategies and tips from Nick Singh, author of "Ace the Data Science Interview".

Slides

October 4

Career

DSC Alumni Career Panel

Hear from successful DSC alumni about their career journeys, challenges, and advice for aspiring data scientists.

Slides

September 27

Guest Speaker Career

Ian Watson, Google: A Journey Through Data Science

Hear from Ian Watson (Google) about his experiences and career path in data science.

Slides

September 20

Workshop Career

Career Workshop

Get tips on resume building, interview preparation, and navigating the data science job market.

Slides

September 13

Workshop Technical

Intro to PyTorch

Learn the fundamentals of PyTorch, including tensors, neural networks, and how to build basic deep learning models.

Slides Notebook

September 6

Social

DSC F24 Intro Social

Meet the board, learn about upcoming events, and connect with fellow data science enthusiasts at the Fall 2024 intro social.

Slides

May 3

Social

Mentor-Mentee Social GBM

Connect with DSC mentors and mentees while enjoying food and fun activities with the data science community.

April 26

Guest Speaker Technical

Michael Yoder, UPitt: NLP & Hate Speech

Learn about cutting-edge NLP techniques for detecting and analyzing hate speech with Dr. Michael Yoder.

April 15

Guest Speaker Career

Youssef Kallel, Apple: MLE Career Talk

Hear from Youssef Kallel about his experience as a Machine Learning Engineer at Apple.

April 5

Competition Technical

Poker AI: Winner Workshop

Winning team from the Poker AI competition presents their approach and technical implementation details.

March 30

Competition Career

Poker AI: Jump Trading

Learn how poker strategies and game theory apply to quantitative trading from Jump Trading professionals.

March 30

Guest Speaker Competition Technical

Poker AI: Tuomas Sandholm

Hear Prof. Tuomas Sandholm discuss the development of Libratus and the future of poker AI.

March 29

Workshop Competition Technical

Poker AI: Poker Workshop

Learn poker fundamentals, game theory optimal play, and strategies to develop stronger poker AI agents.

Slides Recording

March 29

Guest Speaker Competition Technical

Poker AI: Sam Ganzfried

Hear from Sam Ganzfried (game theory & poker AI expert) on advanced poker AI strategies.

Slides Recording

March 22

Workshop Competition Technical

Poker AI: RL Workshop

Introduction to reinforcement learning concepts and how they can be applied to develop poker playing agents.

Slides Recording

March 15

Workshop Competition Technical

Climatehack.AI Workshop

Hear from a CMU team that qualified for the Climatehack.AI finals on their approach to weather prediction.

March 1

Workshop Career

Career Workshop

Get tips on resume building, interview preparation, and navigating the data science job market.

Slides

February 16

Social

DSC S24 Intro Social

Meet the board, learn about upcoming events, and connect with fellow data science enthusiasts at the Spring 2024 intro social.

February 9

Workshop Technical

Soccer Analysis Workshop

Learn how to build machine learning models to predict soccer match outcomes using historical data and statistics.

Slides Notebook

January 31

Career

Bloomberg Data Info Session

Learn about data science opportunities at Bloomberg and network with their recruiting team.

November 4

Workshop Technical

Deep Learning Workshop

Learn the fundamentals of deep learning, including neural network architectures, training techniques, and practical applications using modern frameworks.

Slides

September 26

Guest Speaker Career

Nick Singh, DataLemur: Acing the Data Science Interview

Learn interview strategies and tips from Nick Singh, author of "Ace the Data Science Interview".

September 23

Workshop Technical

March Madness Workshop

Learn how to build machine learning models to predict March Madness basketball tournament outcomes using historical data and statistics.

Notebook

September 12

Social

DSC F23 Intro Social

Meet the board, learn about upcoming events, and connect with fellow data science enthusiasts at the Fall 2023 intro social.

Slides

April 8

Workshop Technical

Text Generation Models Workshop

Explore modern text generation models like GPT and learn about the underlying transformer architecture, training approaches, and practical applications.

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March 16

Workshop Technical

Weights and Biases Workshop

Learn how to use Weights & Biases (W&B) for experiment tracking, visualization, and collaboration in machine learning projects.

February 25

Workshop Technical

Intro to PyTorch

Learn the fundamentals of PyTorch, including tensors, neural networks, and how to build basic deep learning models.

Slides Notebook

February 16

Social

DSC S23 Mentor/Mentee Social

Connect with DSC mentors and mentees while enjoying food and fun activities with the data science community.

Slides

February 2

Social

DSC S23 Intro Social

Meet the board, learn about upcoming events, and connect with fellow data science enthusiasts at the Spring 2023 intro social.

Slides