[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our February (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, February 15 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by Sean Marden, Lead Data Scientist at National Grid who will be leading a discussion around, “National Grid Uses Machine Learning to Reduce Compliance Risk in its Massachusetts Gas Network.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight. 

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

Newly paved roads in Massachusetts are under “guarantee” for 5 years, which prohibits digging, meaning National Grid may not be able to address Cathodic Pipe Protection (CPP) compliance issues on some streets until the guarantee period is over. Working together, the Massachusetts Corrosion Control and Advanced Data Analytics teams leveraged Machine Learning techniques to predict the probabilities of compliance issues throughout the network so monitoring efforts and work orders can be prioritized.

During this presentation, National Grid will discuss the path from noisy data to a working output that helps teams in the field keep our gas pipelines safe and reliable.

Speaker: Sean Marden, Lead Data Scientist (National Grid)

Sean Marden is a Data Scientist at National Grid. He has previously worked in Data Science and Analytics roles in other industries including Ad-Tech, Public Health, and Finance.  A student of Math and Economics, Sean has also worked as a High School teacher and volunteers as the coach of a local Math Team.  He lives west of Boston with his wife and two sons. 
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Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-01-2023 14:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming February (2023) Community Conversation

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With February just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our February (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, February 15 at 11:00 AM CT we’ll be joined by Sean Marden, Lead Data Scientist at National Grid who will be leading a discussion around, “National Grid Uses Machine Learning to Reduce Compliance Risk in its Massachusetts Gas Network.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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