Creating Connections in Data Science, Analytics, & AI

ADA Connections, the first social mixer and annual members meeting of the Ayala Data and Analytics Community of Practice (ADA COP), was anything but just food, drinks, and fun—though there was certainly plenty of these. A talk on “Learning Statistics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence...and Everything Else” by Thinking Machines Founder and CEO and ADA COP Adviser Stephanie Sy, a review of the group’s purpose and organization, updates, and plans for the rest of the year piqued the interest of Ayala’s data professionals as they networked with peers in other Ayala group companies.

The event was organized by Ayala Corporation’s Data Science and AI team, whose head and managing director Karl Kendrick Chua welcomed the ADA COP members: “We hope we can continue to collaborate and learn from each other for the greater good for the Ayala community.”

There’s a full lineup of upcoming initiatives and activities including the launch of Ayala Open Data, a shared data catalog of publicly available datasets for the COP, and the community portal. Aside from the continuation of ADA Bytes and ADA Insights Speaker Series, members can also look forward to a peer training course, hackathon, hands-on workshop, lecture on data privacy, and more.

ADA Connections brings together practicing and aspiring data professionals in the Ayala group who are part of the Ayala Data and Analytics Community of Practice (ADA COP).

AC Managing Director and Head of Data Science and AI Karl Kendrick Chua, Thinking Machines Founder and CEO and ADA COP Adviser Stephanie Sy, and AC Analytics Head of Data Solutions James Faeldon

AC Analytics Manager Norman Lapid makes some organizational announcements at the first gathering of the ADA COP held on March 20 at Ayala’s headquarters.