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Eat Data: Big Data & Entrepreneurship
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Data-X: What is it and what have we learned so far? Data-X is a hacker's guide to data science that teaches students to use foundational mathematical concepts and current computer science tools to create data-related applications and systems for real-world problems. Read more at http://data-x.blog/.
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Ikhlaq Sidhu is the founding faculty director and chief scientist of UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. He received the IEOR Emerging Area Professor Award from his department at Berkeley. Ikhlaq Sidhu is an innovator with an industry background and the perspective of an academic.
He is an innovator in the narrow sense (e.g. created 60+ patents, technology, and products) and he is an innovator in the broad sense (e.g. launched ventures, raised funds, founded organizations, led businesses, and navigated complex organizational challenges) within areas of data networking, telecommunications, and academics.
Sidhu is most known for bringing an industry perspective to academia. He founded the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology in 2005 and launched its many spin-offs programs. With Ken Singer, he co-created the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (for students) and the Berkeley Method of Innovation Leadership (for existing companies). Both of these frameworks add concepts of social-psychology, mindset, and journey to the traditional steps of innovation. The spin-offs from his work at Berkeley include the GVL in 2008, the Fung Institute in 2009, the Engineering Leadership Professional Program in 2011, SkyDeck in 2012, the Innovation Collider in 2015, and Data-X in 2016.
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Chou Hall N270
2220 Piedmont Avenue, S430, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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Ikhlaq Sidhu
Founding Director & Chief Scientist
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
Ikhlaq Sidhu is the founding faculty director and chief scientist of UC BerkeleyÔÇÖs Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. He received the IEOR Emerging Area Professor Award from his department at Berkeley. Ikhlaq Sidhu is an innovator with an industry background and the perspective of an academic.
He teaches, advises, and manages people to enable impactful and relevant innovation, which today demands a different kind of leadership. From him, people learn how to create new things that are technically complex that will also actually have impact in the real world.
He is an innovator in the narrow sense (e.g. created 60+ patents, technology, and products) and he is an innovator in the broad sense (e.g. launched ventures, raised funds, founded organizations, led businesses, and navigated complex organizational challenges) within areas of data networking, telecommunications, and academics.
Sidhu is most known for bringing an industry perspective to academia. He founded the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology in 2005 and launched its many spin-offs programs. With Ken Singer, he co-created the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (for students) and the Berkeley Method of Innovation Leadership (for existing companies). Both of these frameworks add concepts of social-psychology, mindset, and journey to the traditional steps of innovation. The spin-offs from his work at Berkeley include the GVL in 2008, the Fung Institute in 2009, the Engineering Leadership Professional Program in 2011, SkyDeck in 2012, the Innovation Collider in 2015, and Data-X in 2016.
Sidhu serves on several boards and advisory roles including Venture Advisor at Onset Ventures (a leading Silicon Valley investment firm), the Faculty Committee for Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, the Board of Trustees of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, Fellow, Applied Innovation Institute, and the Faculty DirectorÔÇÖs Council, JacobÔÇÖs Institute of Design at UC Berkeley.
Dr. Sidhu was awarded 3Com CorporationÔÇÖs ÔÇ£Inventor of the YearÔÇØ in 1999. He has been granted over 60 US Patents in networking technology, IP telephony, communications, and mobile computing. Dr. Sidhu received his bachelorÔÇÖs degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his mastersÔÇÖ degree and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.