Cassie Kozyrkov
Cassie Kozyrkov | |
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 Kozyrkov speaks at the opening day of Web Summit 2019 | |
| Born | |
| Education | Nelson Mandela University University of Chicago Duke University North Carolina State University |
| Known for | Decision Intelligence |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Data science, AI, statistics, decision science |
| Institutions | |
| Website | www |
Cassie Kozyrkov is a South African data scientist and statistician. She served as Chief Decision Scientist at Google and founded Decision Intelligence.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Kozyrkov grew up in South Africa and moved to the US in her teens.[2][4] As a child, Kozyrkov became interested in data when she discovered spreadsheet software and later became interested in the relationship between information and decision-making.[5] She began her studies in economics and mathematical statistics at Nelson Mandela University at the age of fifteen, and transferred to the University of Chicago to complete her undergraduate degree.[citation needed] After graduation, Kozyrkov worked as a research assistant at the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, then enrolled in graduate studies at Duke University in psychology and cognitive neuroscience with a focus on neuroeconomics.[6] Her research involved the neural processing of value and economic preferences.[citation needed]
Career
Kozyrkov joined Google as a statistician in the Research and Machine Intelligence division in 2014.[5] She originally worked for Google in Mountain View, before moving to New York City a few months later.[5] After two years, she joined the Office of the CTO at Google in 2016.[citation needed] Her area of focus at Google is on applied AI and data science process architecture.[7][better source needed]
Kozyrkov is also a technology evangelist and has been called a data science thought leader.[8] She has been a keynote speaker at large conferences [1], including Web Summit,[citation needed] the world's largest technology event.[9][10] Her writing has been featured on Harvard Business Review[11][12] and Forbes.[13]
References
- ^ Ciara Byrne (2018). "Why Google defined a new discipline to help humans make decisions". fastcompany.com. FastCompany.
- ^ a b Emma Sheppard (2019). "Google's got a chief decision scientist. Here's what she does". Wired UK. WIRED.
- ^ Adrian Bridgewater (2019). "Google Decision Scientist Splits AI Science, From Science Fiction". Forbes.
- ^ Jones, Rachyl (6 September 2023). "Google's 'decision' woman is out". Fortune. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Shaikh, Reshama (3 October 2018). "Interview with Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google". mlconf.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ School, The Graduate. "Cassie Kozyrkov Named 2024 Inductee into Few-Glasson Honor Society | The Graduate School". gradschool.duke.edu. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ Decision Intelligence with Cassie Kozyrkov: GCPPodcast 128, retrieved 2 January 2024
- ^ "LinkedIn Top Voices 2019: Data Science & Analytics". LinkedIn. 2019.
- ^ "Web Summit - What is Web Summit?". Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ DW - Lisbon hosts Web Summit: the Davos of the tech world
- ^ Kozyrkov, Cassie (2018). "What Great Data Analysts Do — and Why Every Organization Needs Them". Harvard Business Review.
- ^ Kozyrkov, Cassie (2019). "The First Thing Great Decision Makers Do". Harvard Business Review.
- ^ Kozyrkov, Cassie (2019). "Automated Inspiration". Forbes.