E is For Eskwelabs Issue 008 - Build a Better World with Data 🌎 🖥️
In our eighth issue, we provide you with copies to the latest talks we've given, share opportunities to join virtual hackathons, and include links for anyone wanting to learn data science or analytics
We created this newsletter to keep our alums, partners, and anyone interested in learning skills for the future of work updated and connected to our ever-growing family. If you want to read our previous issues, you can check them out here.
Hi, Francine here! 👋 How have you been feeling lately? If the stream of bad news has been getting you down, you are not alone. The global COVID pandemic has resurfaced inequality and disparity in our societies. As we move towards rebuilding COVID-resilient communities, how we can bring more data-driven decisions into those efforts?
In this issue, we share opportunities of how to get involved in these efforts!
What's in this newsletter:
Catching up with Eskwelabs
💬 2 talks we gave in the last 2 weeks!
TechX: Importance of Data Science in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Women in Data: Data Talks Series
Level up with data skills
🖥️ The difference between Data Analysts and Data Scientists
📊 Explore data analytics and enroll in our Business Intelligence SkillsCamp
Make a difference with data
🎊 Tell me something GOOD—We're having our first virtual "open-to-all" hackathon!
📖 On the blog: Improving Gender Diversity in Data Science
💖 Teamwork makes the dream work: #PostCovidHack2020
⭐ Catching up with Eskwelabs
📍 TechX: Importance of Data Science in the 4th Industrial Revolution | FEU Innovation Center
The idea of data literacy—asking questions critically—is a core part of being a human today.
-Angela Chen, Eskwelabs Co-Founder & CEO
Last August 4, 2020, we talked about the importance of Data Science as an emerging field in the Philippines in the TechX event organized by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Directorate of the FEU Institute of Technology in partnership with the AIM-Dado Banatao Incubator (DBI). TechX is one of the flagship monthly events of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Directorate aimed to create awareness and educate FEU Tech, FEU Alabang, and FEU Diliman students and professors on global emerging trends and current advancements in technology.
📽️ Watch the recorded livestream here.
📍 Women in Data: Data Talks Series
"What attracted you to data Science?"
I'm actually a Biology major. My interest is mostly on ecology. I like nature, animals, that's my interest. In ecology, we have a lot of research studies that focus on gathering a lot of data—images of species, getting their temperature, salinity, those things. Those are all data. You can imagine how it is in the research field, especially when I was in college, where everything was very manual. That's how I got into data science, because I was just thinking, "There should be a faster way to handle this data, there has to be a better way to handle it." So I started researching about it, and learned about data science back then. And I think it wasn't as big a buzz word as it is now. But I realized, you can connect data, handling data, this new field that's heavily focused on data, with your interests—there's an intersection. And then that's how I got into data science."
—Julia Las, MSDS Candidate at AIM & Eskwelabs Alumna
Listen to our Women in Data talk with Carla Mumar as moderator (Founder & CEO of SCALE Solutions), and Kathleen Reverente (She Loves Data Manila Chapter Lead, FTW Scholar) and Julia Las (MSDS Candidate at AIM, Eskwelabs Fellow) as panellists. In this discussion, we use results from the BCG study of STEM students on what drives their decisions to pursue (or not to pursue) a career related to data science so we can examine what can be done to encourage more women into the field.
🎧 Listen to the episode here.
📖 Read our blog post on Improving Gender Diversity in Data Science here.
⭐ Level up with data skills
People often ask, "What’s the difference between the two career paths, and which one is right for me?" 🤔 Read our blog post here to find out! 📖
Choose your adventure...
📊 The road to becoming a data analyst!
Enroll in our Business Intelligence SkillsCamp | Sign up here
📓 Module 2: Intro to Analytics (Data processing, visualizations, exploratory data analysis)
→ August 17 to Sept 5
📓 Module 3: Intro to Data Science (Inferential statistics, regression analysis, predictive analytics)
→ September 14 to Oct 3
Want to know if your current Excel skills make you BI program-ready? | Complete our BI diagnostic form
Apply for our Study Now, Pay Later Option with either of 2 loan partners: Bukas & InvestEd
🖥️ The path of a data scientist!
Data Science Fellowship Manila (Admission on a rolling basis) | Sign up here
⭐ Make a difference with data
👍 DATA FOR GOOD HACKATHON
Eskwelabs is partnering with the data team at United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) to launch our first public Data for Good hackathon. The virtual hackathon is for those who want to learn more about how the Philippines is doing in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG). We are looking for those who love telling stories with data!
📋 Learn more about the hackathon and how to register here.
🌎 #POSTCOVIDHACK2020
Eskwelabs is delighted to be part of this unique online initiative that creates a bridge between skilled innovators and top #blockchain partners around the globe. #PostCovidHack2020 is now open for all innovators and startups! Use your skills & enthusiasm to build blockchain solutions that will respond to the challenges posed by the socioeconomic & health crises initiated by the current pandemic.
💡 Learn more and register here: https://postcovidhack.com
That’s it for our eighth issue of the newsletter! Thank you so much for reading. ❤️
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💌 Cheering you on always,
Francine
Community Producer at Eskwelabs