{"id":26177,"date":"2025-10-19T14:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/?p=26177"},"modified":"2025-10-19T14:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:36:56","slug":"join-us-for-tours-talks-tech-at-the-iaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/?p=26177","title":{"rendered":"Institute Hosts &#8220;Tours, Talks &amp; Tech&#8221; Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Wednesday, October 8 from 4-6 p.m., the NC State Institute for Advanced Analytics team hosted an open house called Tours, Talks &amp; Tech at the IAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodnight Executive Director Bill Rand spoke about the impacts of AI on data science education and practice, and offered a brief summary of his vision for the Institute moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill_rand_oct25-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"Goodnight Executive Director Bill Rand\" class=\"wp-image-26307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill_rand_oct25-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill_rand_oct25-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill_rand_oct25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bill_rand_oct25.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Assistant Teaching Professor Sarah Egan Warren provided opportunities for guests to try the VR Present technology she developed in partnership with NC State&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/delta.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DELTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A panel of Institute alumni discussed the ways they&#8217;re leveraging AI in their roles, as well as ideas for how to identify job candidates with strong critical and creative thinking skills. Many thanks to our panelists:<ul><li>Moderator: Aimee Marva &#8217;15, Senior Director, AML Analytics &amp; Operations, Ally<\/li><li>Ruth Goulding &#8217;18, Principal Data Scientist and Software Engineer, Visionist<\/li><li>Shreye Saxena &#8217;18, Senior Data Scientist II, Axios<\/li><li>Jim Box &#8217;14, Principal Data Scientist, Healthcare &amp; Life Sciences, SAS<\/li><li>Hiwot Tesfaye &#8217;16, Technical Advisor, Responsible AI, Microsoft<\/li><li>Elaine Huspeni &#8217;22, Senior Data Scientist, AVP, Fifth Third Bank<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/alumni_panel_oct25-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"Aimee Marva '15, Ruth Goulding '18, Shreye Saxena '18, Jim Box '14, Hiwot Tesfaye '16, and Elaine Huspeni '22\" class=\"wp-image-26306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/alumni_panel_oct25-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/alumni_panel_oct25-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/alumni_panel_oct25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/analytics.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/alumni_panel_oct25.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The open house was a great opportunity for alumni, current and prospective MSA students, faculty, staff, and friends of the IAA to build connections and learn from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event was part of NC State&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/datascienceacademy.ncsu.edu\/data-science-and-ai-week-nc-state\/\" target=\"_blank\">Data Science &amp; AI Week<\/a> (October 6-10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, October 8 from 4-6 p.m., the NC State Institute for Advanced Analytics team hosted an open house called Tours, Talks &amp; Tech at the IAA. 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