The inaugural Chief Data Scientist conference, hosted by Corinium Global Intelligence, takes place in San Francisco this week. SiliconANGLE will be there for a special On-the-Ground segment with exclusive interviews from its roving news desk, theCUBE.

Data science is a relatively young field in the world of big data, and professionals are in high demand, with data scientists listed as the number one job in the U.S. on Glassdoor Inc. The Chief Data Scientist conference will explore how to develop the leadership role for data science, in addition to how organizations can fully exploit the data science capability.

Data science is a field dominated by men, and as a result, Stanford University started the “Women in Data Science” initiative as a way to create diversity and attract more women to the field. Also furthering education in this sector, IBM Corp. has partnered with Galvanize to create a new “Data Science for Executives” program. The program includes both data science and data engineering elements in order to assist business leaders develop and run a successful business data strategy.

Guest speakers at the Chief Data Scientist conference include Ashok Srivastava, chief data scientist at Verizon Communications Inc.; Yael Garten, director of data science at LinkedIn Corp.; Neil Eklund, chief data scientist at Schlumberger Ltd; and Jeremy Stanley, vice president of data science at Instacart Inc.

Other guest speakers include Nick Elprin, chief executive officer of Domino Data Lab Inc.; Ian Swanson, chief executive officer and founder of DataScience Inc.; Rishi Yadav, president and chief executive officer of InfoObjects Inc.; and Sam Lightstone, distinguished engineer and master inventor at IBM.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

All the coverage from Chief Data Scientist, U.S.A., together with interviews with theCUBE guests, will be loaded onto SiliconANGLE.

Watch on the SiliconANGLE YouTube channel

All of theCUBE interviews from Chief Data Scientist will also be loaded onto SiliconANGLE’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Cubecasts

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on both SoundCloud and iTunes, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests to be interviewed on theCUBE

Guests that will be interviewed on theCUBE include Esteban Arcaute, senior director and head of data science at WalmartLabs Inc.; Jeffrey Bohn, chief science officer, State Street Global Exchange (US) LLC; Chul Lee, head of data engineering and data science at Under Armour Inc.; and Jay Yonamine, head of data science at Google Inc.

Other guests who will be interviewed at Chief Data Scientist are Assad M. Shaik, head of enterprise data science at Cuna Mutual Group; Roman Sharkey, chief data scientist at Megastar Millionaire Pty Ltd.; and Rishiraj Pravahan, principal data scientist at AT&T Inc.

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