Sujen Shah talks about working at NASA, Data Science, and Space Force | 14 - a podcast by What the HAT!? - Podcast

About the guest:

After graduating from D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Sujen went to the US to pursue his Masters in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

He joined NASA's JPL as a data scientist. His work enables authorities to catch bad actors like human traffickers. The tools he is developing can also be used by scientists and researchers around the globe to predict crop output and real-estate prices.

In his free-time, Sujen spends his time watching documentaries and listening to podcasts.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujenshah/

Key Insights in this Episode:

• Landing internship at NASA [22:00]
  
  


• How data science can catch human traffickers [29:30]
  
  


• How to become a data scientist [34:40]
  
  


• Tips on how to network at conferences [43:00]
  
  

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Timestamps:

[0:00] Why engineering?

[4:00 ] Working in festivals and lessons learned

[6:40] Startup: I love Expressions

[11:50] IIT Internship

[14:30] Why Masters and USC?

[16:44] Difference between education in India and US

[22:24] Landing internship at NASA

[26:20] JPL

[29:30] Practical application of Sujen’s work

[31:00] Immigrants and NASA

[34:40] Tools recommendation for data scientist

[36:30] What’s next + thoughts on space force

[40:00] Day-to-day

[41:00] Tips on how to network at conferences

[46:20] Top 3

[53:00] Rapid Fire

[60:00] NTO

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We are three friends who met in our engineering college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances in this show.

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