About
This site is a thematic synthesis of my graduate studies at the USC Iovine & Young Academy — a multidisciplinary M.S. in Integrated Design, Business and Technology — pursued alongside two USC graduate certificates (Data Science Foundations and Business Analytics) and three external programs (Stanford's online Statistics course, the INSPIRIT AI Fellowship, and the USC HIPAA Privacy Education Program).
Rather than a chronological archive, I've organized the work into five themes that reflect what the material actually contains: data and decisions, product and prototype, systems, regulated-domain work, and long-form research. Essays carry my longer-form writing; prototypes are being expanded with case studies drawn from studio and data-science courses; the archive is the completionist view.
My prior degree is a BFA from the College for Creative Studies (2000). Between then and USC, I worked for over two decades in creative and product roles.
Coursework
USC graduate coursework (Summer 2021 – Spring 2024), grouped by term. Source: USC OASIS STARS Report.
Summer 2021
- IDSN 510 — Integrative Practices Residential
- IDSN 525 — Business Essentials
- IDSN 540 — Processes and Perspectives
Fall 2021
- IDSN 530 — Technology Essentials
- IDSN 550 — Opportunity and Uncertainty
- IDSN 599 — Special Topics: Machine Intelligence
Spring 2022
- ACAD 499 — Special Topics: Community Playbook
- MKT 566 — Marketing Analytics
Summer 2022
- DSO 528 — Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Data Mining
- IDSN 428 — Overview of Intellectual Property Laws for Creatives and Entrepreneurs
- IDSN 515 — Professional Practices Residential
- IDSN 545 — Integrative Project
Fall 2022
- IDSN 590 — Directed Research
Spring 2023
- IDSN 585 — Capstone
Summer 2023
- DSO 580 — Project Management
- DSCI 550 — Data Science at Scale
Fall 2023
- DSO 599 — Special Topics (Operations & Infrastructure)
- DSCI 510 — Principles of Programming for Data Science
Spring 2024
- DSCI 549 — Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
- DSO 510 — Business Analytics
External programs
- Stanford Online — Statistics course (2022)
- INSPIRIT AI Fellowship — ML Innovators certification (January 2022)
- USC HIPAA Privacy Education Program — certification (May 2022)
Credentials
- M.S. Integrated Design, Business and Technology — USC Iovine & Young Academy
- Graduate Certificate — Data Science Foundations, USC
- Graduate Certificate — Business Analytics, USC
- B.F.A. — College for Creative Studies (2000)
— Soren