Buddhi Jayatilleke (Moderator)

Principal Data Scientist, PredictiveHire

Melbourne

Buddhi is the Principal Data Scientist at PredictiveHire, a startup with a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. Prior to that he was the Data Scientist at Orchestrated Systems and the Lead Data Scientist at Culture Amp, where he led various data science projects focused on people analytics. Buddhi has extensive experience conducting academic research and driving industrial software engineering projects in analytics, enterprise search, e-commerce and mobile applications. As Senior Research Fellow at the La Trobe University and Deakin University, he was part of a national big data project extracting information from Twitter streams using advanced text analytics. Buddhi’s academic research covers areas such as intelligent software agents, text analytics and predictive analytics. Buddhi holds a PhD in Computer Science from the RMIT University and a Master of Software Systems Engineering from the University of Melbourne. In his free time when he is not analysing any data, he is thinking about other data that can be analysed.

Upcoming Courses

Previously (11)

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Demystifying Data: An Introduction to Data Science

This masterclass workshop will explore how to leverage data science for your business, whether early stage, mid size, large or post IPO.

3 Times

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Break Into Data Science

Take a peek into a day in the life of a data scientist and, more importantly, how you can get what the Harvard Business Review calls the “sexiest job of the 21st century."

3 Times

Intro To Data Science With Python: Beginners Workshop

The workshop will cover the fundamentals of Python and several tools used in data science.

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Python Class for Beginners

In this class, you’ll how to get started with Python, what advantages and disadvantages Python provides as a programming language, and the essentials of programming in Python.

2 Times

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So You Think You Want To Be A Data Scientist

Take a peek into a day in the life of a data scientist and, more importantly, how you can get what the Harvard Business Review calls the “sexiest job of the 21st century."

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