Speaking
I have spoken at large venues - from a keynote at the O’Reilly AI Superstream, to University of Toronto, Ubisoft, and more.
The main topics I focus on are machine learning, data science, productivity, game development, and tech careers.
Highlights
Keynote at O’Reilly AI Superstream
Keynote at PyCon DE & Pydata Berlin
6x PyCon Speaker (Canada, US, India, Taiwan, APAC, DE)
Red Hat DevNation day (link)
O’Reilly Live Online Training Series - Machine Learning Interviews in 3 Weeks
Toronto Machine Learning Summit
Below is a list of Susan’s upcoming and past speaking engagements.
For speaking inquiries, please email speaking [at] susanshu.com
Data Day Texas , Jan 27, 2024 , TBD
PyCon DE & PyData Berlin , Apr 17, 2023 , Keynote - A journey through 4 industries with Python: Python’s versatile problem-solving toolkit
O’Reilly AI Superstream, MLOPs , Dec 7, 2022 , Keynote - MLOps from Good to Great
Deep Learning Daily , Nov 18, 2022 , Deep Reinforcement Learning with Susan Shu Chang (LIVE AMA)
MLOps Learners , Nov 16, 2022 , Reinforcement Learning in Industry , video
Toronto Women’s Data Group (TWDG) , Nov 2, 2022 , Data Scientist Career Fireside Chat
Security Elastic Summit , Oct 20, 2022 , Applied Machine Learning in Cybersecurity , video
University of Toronto - Career Panel , Aug 15, 2022 , University of Toronto MA Economics
The Data Scientist Show with Daliana Liu , Jun 15, 2022 , Data science, reinforcement learning, and productivity with Susan , video
AISC + Happy Hive , Feb 23, 2022 , Data Science career fireside chat with Susan
Comet Roundtable: Experimentation and Machine Learning , Feb 2, 2022 , Managing Experiments like a Pro , video
QMIND Ascend , Nov 27, 2021 , Discover Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
PyCon APAC 2021 , Nov 18, 2021 , Narrative-focused video games development with Ren’Py, an open source engine
PyCon Taiwan 2021 , Oct 2, 2021 , Narrative focused video games development with RenPy , video
Red Hat DevNation Day 2021 , Sep 22, 2021 , Narrative-focused video games development with Ren’Py an open source engine , video
Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) , July 25, 2021 , Data Science Panel - Learn how to break into the Data Science field
PyLadies Toronto , June 30, 2021 , Narrative-focused video games development with Ren’Py, an open source engine
Ubisoft - Game Maker Series , June 4, 2021 , Building a game studio from the ground up - lessons learned from wearing multiple hats
PyCon US 2021 , May 14, 2021 , Narrative-focused video games development with Ren’Py, an open source engine , video
Womxn in Data Science , April 29, 2021 , Build a career in data science , blog
ML in Finance Summit , March 23, 2021 , Machine Learning Deployment and Product Integration , video
QTech Connect , March 11, 2021 , Video interview with Susan , video
Moving Into Data with Madhav , Jan 21, 2021 , Data Science career Q&A with Susan , video
Data Science Conference Europe , Nov 19, 2020 , How to build your career with self-directed data science projects , video
PyLadies SWFL , Oct 29, 2020 , Break into game development with Python , video
University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies SCS2942 , Oct 14, 2020 , Guest lecture - Big Data and Machine Learning use cases in industry , video
All Things Data podcast , Oct 6, 2020 , Data science career interview with Susan
PyCon India 2020 , Oct 3, 2020 , Narrative focused video games development with Ren Py , video
PyLadies Chennai , July 11, 2020 , Narrative-focused video games development with Ren’Py, an open source engine , video
Career Engagement Network Events , May 22, 2020 , Virtual Tech Talk: Career Insights from Industry Leaders at CIBC and Bell
BrainStation , May 4, 2020 , How to pick a data science project , video
SoftGeeks , March 26, 2020 , Data science for fun and impact - how to maintain motivation (webinar)
Elle Hacks MLH Hackathon , Feb 2, 2020 , Hackathon Judge
PyCon Canada 2019 , Nov 16, 2019 , Narrative-focused video games development with Ren’Py, an open source engine
University of Toronto - Alumni Career Panel , Sep 17, 2019 , University of Toronto MA Economics
Toronto Machine Learning Summit (Insurance & Telecom) , July 19, 2019 , Big Data Use Cases in Telecommunications
Toronto Data Science & Big Data Meetup , April 10, 2019 , Embracing Open Source in a Large Enterprise
Call of Data Hackathon , March 9, 2019 , Hackathon Judge
Visual;Conference 2021 (video), 2020 (video), 2019 (video)
[Technical talk] Reinforcement Learning x Recommender System used by Google/YouTube (video)
ML Research Paper author interview livestreams with ai.science (select)
Reinforcement learning fireside chat (link)
Multi Type Mean Field Reinforcement Learning (video)
Generative Teaching Networks: Accelerating Neural Architecture Search by Learning to Generate Synthetic Training Data (video)
Learning to Play Soccer by Reinforcement and Applying Sim-to-Real to Compete in the Real World (video)
Reinforcement Learning in Economics and Finance (video)
[AlphaGo Zero] Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge (video)