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The Data Canteen is a podcast for U.S. Military Veterans & Service Members who are (or aspire to) be data scientists or machine learning engineers. The show is hosted by U.S. Army Veteran and Machine Learning Engineer Ted Hallum. In each episode, Ted speaks with knowledgeable guests to help the listeners select optimal learning opportunities, leverage their education benefits, be ready for industry, dive into new technical topics, or meet fellow Vets in DS & ML!
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Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Do your professional interests straddle the domains of economics/finance and data science? Are you searching for a graduate school program that will teach you data science and machine learning skills within the context of economics and finance data? Would you like to learn these skills at a school with global cachet? If so, then you should consider UCLA's Master of Quantitative Economics (MQE) program!
FEATURED GUESTS:
Name: Sam Borghese
Email: srborghese@g.ucla.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samborghese/
Name: Shany Mahalu-Atiya
Email: smahalu@econ.ucla.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shany-mahalu-atiya-msod-a47831a/
SUPPORT THE DATA CANTEEN (LIKE PBS, WE'RE LISTENER SUPPORTED!):
Donate: https://vetsindatascience.com/support-join
EPISODE LINKS:
UCLA's MQE: https://master.econ.ucla.edu/
UCLA's Veteran Resource Center (VRC): https://veterans.ucla.edu/
UCLA's VRC Director: Dr. Emily Ives (eives@saonet.ucla.edu)
UCLA's VRC Contact Us Page: https://veterans.ucla.edu/contactus
PODCAST INFO:
Host: Ted Hallum
Website: https://vetsindatascience.com/thedatacanteen
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-data-canteen/id1551751086
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNx9aLFRy1h9P22hd8ZPyw
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-data-canteen
CONTACT THE DATA CANTEEN:
Voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/datacanteen
VETERANS IN DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING:
Website: https://vetsindatascience.com/
Join the Community on LinkedIn: https://vetsindatascience.com/support-join
Mentorship Program: https://vetsindatascience.com/mentorship
OUTLINE:
00:00:07 - Introduction
00:02:47 - Guest Introductions
00:05:14 - How UCLA's MQE was conceived
00:07:05 - What makes UCLA's MQE different
00:11:11] - Why UCLA's MQE is a good fit for veterans
00:15:24 - Career paths that MQE grads are best postured for
00:21:58 - Prerequisite requirements for UCLA's MQE
00:27:51 - A thorough introduction to UCLA's MQE curriculum
00:37:59 - Character traits common among successful MQE students at UCLA
00:42:30 - Character traits common among less successful MQE students at UCLA
00:46:25 - Typical career outcomes for UCLA's MQE grads
00:54:51 - How UCLA's MQE will be evolving over the near to mid-term
01:00:49 - Sam's tips on preparing to enter UCLA's MQE
01:04:09 - Info about UCLA's Veteran Resource Center
01:04:56 - Info about the MQE's 10-week applied project course
01:10:23 - The best ways to contact Sam and Shany
01:11:28 - Farewells
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