Cornell Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Dr. Alfred Z. Spector

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Data Science talk to be held November 30

Dr. Alfred Z. Spector

CTO and Head of Engineering at Two Sigma Investments

“Opportunities and Perils in Data Science”

November 30 at 5 pm in G01

Free and open to the public

Dr. Spector’s talk will focus on the opportunities and challenges provided by big data and associated AI approaches.

Prior to joining Two Sigma, Dr. Spector was vice president of research and special initiatives at Google. He has also held several senior-level positions at IBM, including vice president of strategy and technology for IBM software. He was as associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his bachelor’s from Harvard University and his PhD from Stanford University.