*New* CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts a Principal Data Scientist from Microsoft (11/8/23)

Posted: 11/2/2023 ()

On November 8th from 3:30-4:30 pm Austin Gross, a Principal Data Scientist with Microsoft, will join CDWG in person to discuss his experience of working at Microsoft. CDWG Will be Hybrid in Fall Quarter 2023. The discussion will take place in Raitt 223 (The Demography Lab) and on Zoom (register here). Austin achieved his PhD in Econ from UW and also worked during the degree program. He started at Zillow in year three of grad school and moved to Microsoft in year five. During his time at Microsoft, he has used his background as an economist to look at Bing auctions, Azure demand forecasting, how product changes impact customer usage, and generally to consult on causal analysis using both observational and experimental data. He lives in West Seattle with his wife and three children (13, 10, 7 years old). They generally enjoy playing outside at the beach or in the mountains, skiing, watching the Mandalorian, and playing with Legos.