SP Jain hosts Knowledge Share with Prof. Joseph Konstan at Mumbai Campus

SP Jain School of Global Management organised a Knowledge Share event with Prof. Joseph Konstan, Director - GroupLens Labs, Minneapolis, USA, on 12th November 2018 at its Mumbai campus. Students and guests got the opportunity to learn about User Centric Computing and Recommender Systems from Prof. Konstan.

 
Prof. Joseph Konstan, Director - GroupLens Labs, Minneapolis, USA,
shares insights on User Centric Computing and Recommender Systems
at SP Jain School of Global Management’s Mumbai Campus

Pratiksha Sharma, a student from the 2018 intake of our Bachelor of Data Science (BDS) program, shared her experience of attending the event. “It was an amazing learning experience with Professor Joseph Konstan - 'The Guru of Recommender Systems'. Whether you talk about discussing the concepts or analysing the algorithms – I was surprised by the amount of knowledge he has to offer and how easily he fits all concepts in place. He made the time spent with us more fun by using ample real-world examples to demonstrate his points and sharing amusing experiences from his life,” said Pratiksha.

She added, “We were extremely lucky to have him with us and we realised this when an IIT-Bombay student was amazed to know that we were doing a short course on recommender systems with him! I am very thankful to Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta (Director - Big Data and BDS at SP Jain) for providing us with that big an opportunity and I wish to grab more of them as and when they come my way in future.”

 
Attendees at the Knowledge Share event organised by
SP Jain School of Global Management

Prof. Konstan’s work on GroupLens Recommender Systems won the 2010 ACM Software Award. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and A.B. from Harvard University. He is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UMN, Minneapolis and runs several courses on Coursera.