Simla Ceyhan is currently a Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn. She received her PhD from Stanford University, where she was also earned her MS. She has over 10 years of work experience in data analytics, including positions as a Data Analytics Intern at LinkedIn, a Research Intern at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and currently as a Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn. Her skills include Hadoop, optimization, R, data analysis, and data mining.