Cassie Kozyrkov

Cassie Kozyrkov
Kozyrkov speaks at the opening day of Web Summit 2019
Born	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Education	Nelson Mandela University University of Chicago Duke University North Carolina State University
Known for	Decision Intelligence
Scientific career
Fields	Data science, AI, statistics, decision science
Institutions	Google
Website	www.kozyr.com

Cassie Kozyrkov is a South African data scientist and statistician. She served as Chief Decision Scientist at Google and founded Decision Intelligence. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early life and education

Kozyrkov grew up in South Africa and moved to the US in her teens. ^{[2] [4]} As a child, Kozyrkov became interested in data when she discovered spreadsheet software and later became interested in the relationship between information and decision-making. ^[5] She began her studies in economics and mathematical statistics at Nelson Mandela University at the age of fifteen, and transferred to the University of Chicago to complete her undergraduate degree.^{[ citation needed ]} After graduation, Kozyrkov worked as a research assistant at the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, then enrolled in graduate studies at Duke University in psychology and cognitive neuroscience with a focus on neuroeconomics. ^[6] Her research involved the neural processing of value and economic preferences.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Cassie Kozyrkov during day two of Web Summit 2018

Kozyrkov joined Google as a statistician in the Research and Machine Intelligence division in 2014. ^[5] She originally worked for Google in Mountain View, before moving to New York City a few months later. ^[5] After two years, she joined the Office of the CTO at Google in 2016.^{[ citation needed ]} Her area of focus at Google is on applied AI and data science process architecture. ^{[7] [ better source needed ]}

Cassie Kozyrkov during the opening day of Web Summit 2019

Kozyrkov is also a technology evangelist and has been called a data science thought leader. ^[8] She has been a keynote speaker at large conferences , including Web Summit,^{[ citation needed ]} the world's largest technology event. ^{[9] [10]} Her writing has been featured on Harvard Business Review ^{[11] [12]} and Forbes. ^[13]

References

1. Ciara Byrne (2018). "Why Google defined a new discipline to help humans make decisions". fastcompany.com. FastCompany.
2. Emma Sheppard (2019). "Google's got a chief decision scientist. Here's what she does". Wired UK. WIRED.
3. Adrian Bridgewater (2019). "Google Decision Scientist Splits AI Science, From Science Fiction". Forbes .
4. Jones, Rachyl (6 September 2023). "Google's 'decision' woman is out". Fortune . Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
5. Shaikh, Reshama (3 October 2018). "Interview with Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google". mlconf.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
6. School, The Graduate. "Cassie Kozyrkov Named 2024 Inductee into Few-Glasson Honor Society | The Graduate School". gradschool.duke.edu. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
7. Decision Intelligence with Cassie Kozyrkov: GCPPodcast 128 , retrieved 2 January 2024
8. "LinkedIn Top Voices 2019: Data Science & Analytics". LinkedIn. 2019.
9. "Web Summit - What is Web Summit?". Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
10. DW - Lisbon hosts Web Summit: the Davos of the tech world
11. Kozyrkov, Cassie (2018). "What Great Data Analysts Do — and Why Every Organization Needs Them". Harvard Business Review .
12. Kozyrkov, Cassie (2019). "The First Thing Great Decision Makers Do". Harvard Business Review .
13. Kozyrkov, Cassie (2019). "Automated Inspiration". Forbes .

External links

• Official website
• Cassie Kozyrkov on Medium