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Innovations and Challenges in Transport Data

Category
Seminar
Date
Date
Friday 3 March 2017, 1pm - 3:30pm
Location
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, Level 11, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9NL
Category

The Leeds Data Science Society will be hosting an event with Louisa O'Brien.  Louisa is an Analyst at Transport for London and as a LUBS alumnus is heavily involved in the Leeds Data Science Society.


Industry Talk - Louisa O’Brien, Analyst at Transport for London (TFL) - "Innovations and Challenges in Transport Data"

  • Date: 3 March 2017
  • Time: 13:00 to 14:00
  • Location: LIDA Boardroom (by the reception), Floor 11, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
  • Abstract: Louisa will be speaking about current innovations in transport data, both from inside and outside the UK, and also on challenges facing data analysts in such complex environments.
  • Registration: datamon01.eventbrite.co.uk

 


Career Talk - Louisa O’Brien, Analyst at Transport for London (TFL) - "Yup, it's a game - Recruitment in the UK"

  • Date: 3 March 2017
  • Time: 14:30 to 15:30
  • Location: Meadows TR.03, Leeds University Business School (LUBS)
  • Abstract: An interactive session to help students understand what employers are looking for in interviews, to read between the lines of applications and give them an edge at applications and assessment centres.
  • Registration: datamon02.eventbrite.co.uk

 

About the speaker

Louisa O’Brien is an Analyst at Transport for London (TFL). Louisa graduated from LUBS with a Masters in Business Analytics and Decision Sciences. She is a Honorary Member (formal No.3) in the Leeds Data Science Society. Previously, she studied English Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has worked in change management, project management and software deployment at the Danish brewer Carlsberg; she also worked for the Department of Business during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

About the talk

"Datamon" is the Leeds Data Science Society’s industry talk. We invite people from data-driven industries to talk about data practice, insight and career.