Podcasts Technology Datacast Episode 8: From Underwater Communication to Data Science with Chintan Shah

Episode 8: From Underwater Communication to Data Science with Chintan Shah

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 5 p.m.

Show Notes:

  • (2:07) Chintan talked about his undergraduate education in India at the Dharmsinh Desai University, studying Electronics & Communication.
  • (2:53) Chintan recalled the most useful knowledge from his undergraduate experience.
  • (3:42) Chintan explained his decision to pursue a Master degree in Communication and Signal Processing at Newcastle University in the UK.
  • (5:09) Chintan discussed advanced communication systems knowledge he learned during his Master.
  • (6:25) Chintan talked about his decision to continue his academic journey with a Ph.D. in Underwater Acoustic Communication at Newcastle University.
  • (8:15) Chintan went in depth to explain the study of Underwater Acoustic Communication and how it is different from normal communication systems.
  • (11:45) Chintan discussed his Ph.D. thesis on applying Bayesian theorem for Turbo coding to solve signal processing problems under the water.
  • (15:00) Chintan elaborated on the benefits of doing a Ph.D. degree.
  • (19:01) Chintan mentioned the importance of collaboration in the academic community.
  • (20:18) Chintan talked about his Post-Doc experience at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
  • (22:00) Chintan discussed his next career step moving back to the UK working as a digital communication engineer at Schlumberger, a big company in the oil and gas industry.
  • (27:30) Chintan characterize datasets that are particular to oil and gas.
  • (28:58) Chintan examined the technique of vibration analysis in his work.
  • (31:23) Chintan next landed a role as a Software Engineer at a company called SmartFocus in London.
  • (34:52) Chintan mentioned the best resources he used to learn machine learning and data science.
  • (36:51) Chintan recalled his experience searching for a data science job.
  • (38:02) Chintan briefly went over the interesting projects that he has involved with at Avanade, his current employer.
  • (40:34) Chintan talked about his recent transition from a Senior Data Scientist role to a Manager in Advanced Analytics role.
  • (43:35) Chintan shared his view about the data science community in London.
  • (44:44) Closing segments.

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