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CCMS Colloquium: Sound Information is All You Need (Kobi Abayomi, Seton Hall University)
November 20 @ 4:15 am - 5:30 pm
Speaker: Kobi Abayomi, Head of Science, Gumbel Demand Acceleration
Title: Sound Information is All You Need
Abstract: It turns out that affinity for a song is predictable from its sound. We explore the statistical predictability of aggregate song demand from an informational representation.
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Bio: Dr. Abayomi is the Head of Science for Gumbel Demand Acceleration – a Software as a Service (SaaS) company for digital media. Dr. Abayomi was the first and founding SVP of Data Science at Warner Music Group (WMG). He has also served as a Professor of Industrial Engineering, Probability, and Statistics & Environmental Science at Georgia Tech, Universidad de Cuenca, and Binghamton University. He holds a Ph.D. in Probability and Statistics from Columbia University and Post-Doctorates from Duke and Stanford Universities.
Dr. Abayomi serves on the Data Science Advisory Council at Seton Hall University, where he holds an appointment in the Mathematics & Computer Science Department. He serves on the Advisory Council at the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Faculty Council at Barnes & Noble Education, the advisory council for Modal Education, and he is a chapter advisor for AI 2030.