Dr. Han Lau Bio

Dr. Han Lau

Ph.D., Data Scientist, Full Stack Developer

Melbourne

Dr. Lau is a data scientist with a strong technology background. Previously, he worked in Microsoft e-Research centre and built a mobile sensing network, and then joined the Australian Institute of Future Environments to develop a Greenhouse Gas Analysis system. His Ph.D. research focuses on using machine learning and natural language processing techniques to analyze Twitter, which was adopted by Fairfax media for their in-house use. Dr. Lau has also been an in-house trainer on Big Data for companies such as Intel, HP, and Standard Chartered Scope International. He current leads the data science engineering team in HeroBoyfriend, a mobile app that makes boyfriends awesome.

Dr. Han Lau

Upcoming Courses

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Data

Intro to Data Science

This class will define what data science is, review some of the main tools used by data scientists today, and discuss how they can be implemented in real world work.

3 Times

Data

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."

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