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Cathy O’Neil

Cathy O’Neil

Keynote Speaker: Mathematician, Blogger, Data Scientist & Author of "Weapons of Math Destruction"

Cathy O’Neil Biography

Cathy O’Neil earned a Ph.D. in math from Harvard, was a postdoc at the MIT math department, and a professor at Barnard College where she published a number of research papers in arithmetic algebraic geometry. She then switched over to the private sector, working as a quant for the hedge fund D.E. Shaw in the middle of the credit crisis, and then for RiskMetrics, a risk software company that assesses risk for the holdings of hedge funds and banks. She left finance in 2011 and started working as a data scientist in the New York start-up scene, building models that predicted people’s purchases and clicks. She wrote Doing Data Science in 2013 and launched the Lede Program in Data Journalism at Columbia in 2014. She is a regular contributor to Bloomberg View and wrote the book Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy. She recently founded ORCAA, an algorithmic auditing company.

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Cathy O’Neil Videos

EGG On Air: Livestream with Cathy O'Neil
Mathematical Moments #150—Algorithms with Cathy O'Neil - YouTube
Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data ...

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What topics does Cathy O’Neil speak about?

Cathy O’Neil is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authors, Education, Education Motivation, Teacher Motivation, Data, Blogging, Security & Defense, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics and Television & Film.

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Cathy O’Neil is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Education and Education Motivation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Cathy O’Neil for live events is $50,000 - $100,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Cathy O’Neil generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble and Ganes Kesari. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Cathy O’Neil for an upcoming event.

Cathy O’Neil Videos

EGG On Air: Livestream with Cathy O'Neil
Mathematical Moments #150—Algorithms with Cathy O'Neil - YouTube
Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data ...
How Bias is Built into Algorithms (w/ Cathy O'Neil)
"Keynote: Bad Algorithms & The Ethical Matrix (excerpt)" - Cathy O'Neil

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