Date: Tuesday 23 May 2023 at 16:00 (EEST)
Location: Online (Zoom link is provided below)
The Institute of Astrophysics (FORTH-IA), in collaboration with the TITAN ERA Chair, are happy to invite Dr. Theo Bitsakis from HireVue Inc., UK, to talk about career opportunities outside academia for individuals with an MSc or a PhD in astrophysics. Dr. Bitsakis will share his first-hand experience about what it takes to make a successful transition in the private sector, relying on skills that he developed studying astrophysics.
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Information about the speaker:
Theo Bitsakis obtained his PhD from the University of Crete in 2013.
He has been a researcher for 6 years, first in the United States
(Caltech) and then Mexico (UNAM), focusing on multiwavelength
observations of compact groups of galaxies and the Magellanic Cloud
star clusters. In late 2018, he moved to London to work as a Machine
Learning Lead at MindX Ltd. later acquired by HireVue Inc. He is now
Senior Data Scientist at HireVue, conducting research on gamified
assessments, algorithmic fairness and other topics related to
business psychology.