The document outlines the agenda for a town hall meeting of the BIA Club at Stevens Institute of Technology. The club's mission is discussed, which is to help close the gap between students' technical skills and industry needs through various events like workshops, guest speakers, and networking opportunities. A list of future events is also provided, including small talks with companies, interview tips sessions, and a networking event with poster presentations.

1. BIA CLUB TOWN HALL MEETING
-- Open to all Stevens BIA students & Faculty
-- Hear our ideas
-- Bring your thoughts & questions
Stevens Institute of Technology
Nov 02, 2017

2. • Club members introduction
• Club Mission
• Some new Ideas
• Discussion
TOWN HALL AGENDA

3. CLUB MEMBERS INTRODUCTION

4. Hello, World!

5. • Helping the program develop
• Expanding the student body’s wealth of knowledge
– Data science boot camps (R, SAS, Python, Hadoop…)
• Understanding of the field, and providing networking opportunities.
• Small talks on data science with guest speakers
• Social networking parties & events
CLUB MISSION

6. MISSION
• Traditions
• Now & Future:
Follow the tradition + Students-oriented events
• Come to us if you have questions!
• Course selection / Do’s and Don’ts / overcome culture shock / where to
find resources

7. WHY STUDENTS-ORIENTED?
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Close the gap!
Students Industry

8. • Technical skills
Theoretical knowledge
Programming skills …
• Soft skills
Communication skills
Social networking
Behavior interview questions …
WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL GAPS?

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Let’s grow together!

10. 1. Senior students informal meetup:
• class selection
• internship takeaways
• experience exchange
• personal/group project showcase
• Alumni meetup, share job searching insights
• More…
HOW BIA CLUB CAN HELP TO CLOSE THE GAP?
-- IN A FUN WAY

11. 2. Develop soft skills (semi-formal):
• BIA Club version toaster masters
• Mock interviews & learn how to networking
• Professor Theano Lianidou’s career guide session
• Presentation contest (Collaborate with WCC)
More…
HOW BIA CLUB CAN HELP TO CLOSE THE
GAP?

12. 3. BIA Datathons (formal):
• small scale coding games
• Projects collaborate with faculties & industry sponsors
4. Workshops (semi-formal):
• Python/R/SAS/SQL/EXCEL hour
• Statistics & Algorithms review
HOW BIA CLUB CAN HELP TO CLOSE THE GAP?
CONTINUED…

13. 5. Case studies:
• review & brain storming together
6. Monthly Data Science news letter
• What’s trending in data science
• Collaborate with faculties
more…..
HOW BIA CLUB CAN HELP TO CLOSE THE GAP?
CONTINUED…
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14. Tell us what do you think!
Contact: Jianfeng Shi: jshi16@stevens.edu
Nishita Gupta: ngupta6@stevens.edu

15. 11/09/2017: Small talk with Cable Vision (Not Yet decided)
11/16/2017: Student events: interview tips/table topics
11/20/2017: Networking event with poster presentation rehearsal
11/23/2017: Thanks Giving (no meeting)
11/28/2017: Networking event with poster presentation
TBD: Dec 2017 graduates sendoff and mingle
12/07/2017: Small talk with FINDMINE
FUTURE EVENTS!

16. RUSH’S PRESENTATION

17. COURSES
• Data Warehousing & Business
Intelligence
• Multivariate Data Analytics
• Statistical Learning
• Experimental Design
• Big Data Seminar
• Optimization & Process Analytics
• Marketing Analytics
• Data & Information Quality
• Supply Chain
• Social Network Analytics
• Risk Management Methods &
Applications
• Applied Analytics in a World
of Big Data

18. ASK QUESTIONS
• Why do we need to fill missing values?
• Why should we create dummy variables?

19. RESOURCES

20. RESOURCES

21. RESOURCES
• https://www.safaribooksonline.com/
• https://www.lynda.com/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/
• http://www.datatau.com/