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C h r i s t o p h e r Te i x e i r aL e a d D a t a S c i e n t i s t , M I T R E
Life of a Data ScientistTw i t t e r : @ C T _ A n a l y t i c sL i n k e d I n : h t t p : / / l n k e d . i n / C Te i x e i r a
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Math + Baseball = Future Red Sox General Manager…
Mathematics BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute– Concentration in Applied Statistics– Capstone Project: Statistical Analysis of Defensive
Production in Major League Baseball
Operations Research MS from George Mason University– Concentration in Decision Analysis– Capstone Project: Team Organization for Senior Softball
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How many industries use data science?
Operations Research Analyst at SAIC– NASA: Planning Missions to the Moon– DHS: Securing our Public Transit Systems
Advanced Analytics Senior Consultant at IBM– AETNA: Regionalized Fraud Analysis– DOD: Defeating IEDs
Senior Analytic Consultant at Epsilon– SunTrust: Real-time marketing– Bank of America: Understanding customer sentiment
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Lead Data Scientist at MITRE
Using my skills from both school and previous jobs– Discrete Event Simulation, System Dynamics,
Agent Based Modeling– Data Analysis and Processing– Statistical Analysis and
Systems Engineering Techniques– Data Visualization
Problems I help solve:– How can we use math and statistics to better
serve Veterans waiting for benefits?– Can simulations help us to plan how clean up
America’s nuclear waste more safely, effectively, and within a reasonable cost?
– How can we make use of data and models to run our own organization more effectively?
– Can predictive analytics be used to help increase child welfare?
Chris Teixeira at the White House for the White House Foster Care & Technology Hackathon, May 28, 2016
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Typical Day in the Life of a Data Scientist
Data Analysis20%
Cleaning Data40%
Statistical or Machine Learn-ing Model Build-
ing25%
Creating Visualization10%
Presenting Analysis5%
Typical Day's Activities
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Typical Day in the Life of a Lead Data Scientist
Data Analysis20%
Cleaning Data10%
Statistical or Machine Learn-ing Model Build-
ing25%
Creating Visualization10%
Presenting Anal-ysis35%
Typical Day's Activities
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Evaluating Children at Risk
Source: https://www.behance.net/gallery/3751117/Stop-Child-Abuse
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National Public-Private Partnership to Eliminate Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
ABUSE AND NEGLECT
FATALITIES
FFRDC-operated, trusted analytic
environment
PROTECT OUR KIDS
ACT OF 2012and
CECANF Objectives
Identify
Analyze
Control
Manage
Predictive Risk Modeling, Data Visualization Tools, Monitoring
and Reporting
Integrated Stakeholder and Child Welfare Data
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N o t t h e s o c c e r c o m p a n y …B u t t h e b e s t p l a c e t o w o r k y o u h a v e p r o b a b l y n e v e r h e a r d o f !
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Established to Serve the Public Interest
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Today We Operate Seven FFRDCs
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Understanding FFRDCs
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Our Employees
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Advice on Getting into Data Science at MITRE
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Necessary Skills for a Data Scientist
Background in at least one of the following fields:– Statistics– Mathematics– Operations Research– Computer Science
Other skills:– Excellent written and verbal communication skills– Demonstrated ability to manipulate large datasets with at least one modern programming
language (e.g., Python, SAS, MATLAB, C++, R, Java) – Experience leveraging COTS tools or writing programs to visualize multi-dimensional data– Ability to apply, modify and formulate algorithms and processes to solve challenging
problems– Prior experience working with databases (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB)
Junior Data Scientist (27721BR)www.mitre.org/careers
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Advice on Getting a Data Science position
Don’t be afraid to be a bit geeky!Start a Github accountLearn something new and show it off
–A new language (e.g. JavaScript / R / Python)–Analyze your own data (e.g. Fitbit or Apple Health)
Compete on a kaggle teamVolunteer at DataKind
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Questions?