Talk Data to Me | a panel discussion with academia and industry

moderated by Todd Gagne, President, Dakotashine Consulting.

Todd Gagne moderated a panel of academia and industry experts on data science and machine learning. The panel participants are listed below. The event was hosted at Hay Camp Brewing Company.

The sponsors for the event were Elevate Rapid City and Golden West Telecommunications. We appreciate all of their support for this community.

With this diverse group, Todd Gagne started asking how to differentiate between AI, data engineering, data science, and machine learning. From this point, the panel discussed everything from technology stack to data quality and governance. The discussion concluded with use cases and a 5-year industry outlook. The audience Q&A was constructive, and we should have given that portion of the event more time.

Francisco Javier Arceo

• Tech Lead Manager, Machine Learning Data Platform @ Fast

Mason Grimshaw

• Data Scientist @ Earthrise Media

Dhirja Sharan

• Founder and CEO @ Query.AI

Austin Wentz

• Senior Software Engineer @ Property Meld

Randy Hoover

• Associate Professor
• Computer Science and Engineering @ South Dakota Mines

Rohan Loveland

• Assistant Professor
• Computer Science and Engineering @ South Dakota Mines

Jackson Cates

• Masters Student
• Computer Science and Engineering @ South Dakota Mines