HAMDAN AZHAR is a prolific public speaker on topics at the intersection of technology and culture, including data science, emojis, and blockchain technologies. He has taught data science courses at Boston University and at the City University of New York and has delivered invited lectures in over 14 countries. For speaking requests, please contact him via email.
SELECTED TALKS 2022
June 10, 2022: New York R Conference. New York, NY. (An introduction to emoji data science.)
March 1, 2022: Chief Data & Analytics Officers Financial Services Conference. New York, NY. (Keynote presentation: Data Science & Analytics as a Hero's Journey.)
2021
October 28, 2021: Chief Data & Analytics Officers Fall Conference. Boston, MA. (Inspiring with data: A crawl walk run approach towards building a culture of data innovation.)
*VIDEO* April 1, 2021: Business of Data Festival. New York, NY. (The Insights are Right! Journey to the Data Driven Enterprise.)
*VIDEO* March 4, 2021: Ai4: AI For Finance Conference. (Crawl, Walk, Run: Defining a Strategic Roadmap from Messy Data to AI and Beyond)
March 2, 2021: Chief Data & Analytics Officers Financial Services Conference. (Keynote presentation: What’s in a Name? What Being ‘Data-Driven’ Really Means in Practice)
2020
*SLIDES* December 15, 2020: Cornell University, ORIE 4741 Guest Lecture. (Reclaiming the humanity of data science: Adventures in data with Ron Paul, Facebook, emojis, and journalism)
December 10, 2020: AI Summit New York. (Crawl, Walk, Run: Defining a Strategic Roadmap at the Crossroads of Messy Data, Commercial Decision Science, and AI)
*VIDEO* October 20, 2020: Warwick Data Science Society, University of Warwick (The Life of an Emoji Data Scientist)
*VIDEO* October 19, 2020: Chief Data & Analytics Officers Fall Conference. (Keynote presentation: Leveraging Data Science & Analytics to Develop a 360-View of the Customer and Accelerate Recovery Post-COVID 19)
2019
October 24, 2019: World Blockchain Summit, Dubai. (Spoke on a panel about enterprise adoption of blockchain technologies.)
*VIDEO* April 24-26, 2019: SwitchPoint 2019, Saxapahaw, NC. (How I Became an Emoji Data Scientist.)
February 6, 2019: Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, Morocco. Department of Computer Science Seminar. (Guest lectured to students in the first data science master's program in North Africa)
January 16, 2019: Unlock Blockchain Conference, Dubai. (Spoke on a panel about blockchain technologies, artificial intelligence, and smart cities.)
April 5, 2018: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (Guest lecture on blockchain technologies to MBA students.)
March 24, 2018: Allergan Industry Conference, Dallas, TX. (Spoke to neurologists about emoji data science the rise of visual communication in medicine.)
March 16, 2018: Google, Mountain View, CA. (Spoke to engineers and product managers about real world applications of blockchain technologies.)
March 9, 2018: NICAR, Chicago, IL. (Spoke on Knight Foundation panel about misinformation and technology.)
February 16, 2018: Blockchain Event, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Data feeds and smart contracts.)
January 25, 2018: American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. (An introduction to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.)
2017
November 30, 2017: BlockchainTalks.IO, Amsterdam, (Smart contracts and blockchain technologies.)
May 1, 2017: University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (From data with ❤️: Adventures in Data Science with Ron Paul, Emojis, and News Deserts.)
*VIDEO*April 8, 2017: TEDxNYU, New York, NY. (On the brink at the intersection of data science & journalism.)
2016
December 8, 2016: Academy for Young Writers, Brooklyn, NY. (Spoke to AP Computer Science students about emoji data science.)
November 5, 2016: Emojicon, San Francisco, CA. (Spoke at world's first dedicated emoji research conference.)
*VIDEO*October 6, 2016: Penn State University, University Park, PA. (Invited talk at monthly data sciences seminar at the College of Information Sciences and Technology.)
October 4, 2016: Metis New York, New York, NY. (Data science and storytelling.)
December 11, 2015: Search Insider Summit, Salt Lake City, UT. (Presented white paper on the incremental effect of Facebook ads on search ad effectiveness.)