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Jordy and Antonio meet after a vacation haitus or two. They talk space, life, and are even able to sneak in some data science. If you’d like to see our show continue, reach out to the hosts.
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*Household name is a bit of exaggeration – but certainly a known name in the ML community. Today we are joined by Alex Beutel, KDD Cup co-chair and senior staff research scientist & tech lead / manager at Google to discuss the three projects for this year’s KDD Cup. It’s amazing the diversity in these Read More ...
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We didn’t always have ‘Data Science’ but we’ve had data for ever. We’re joined by Erin Stanton to learn about the evolution of Data Science in her work and personal life. Erin Stanton has 13+ years of experience in big data and data science and she currently runs the Global Client Support organization for Virtu Read More ...
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Shain and Calvin join us to tell us all about NFTs. NFTs stand for non-fungible tokens – meaning they represent unique items – unlike currency which is fungible and can be aggregate or divided. NFTs could become a bigger industry than digital currencies so will you be an early adopter or late comer?
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Antonio and Jordy are back at it. No guests, just the two hosts catching up after 3 months of relative silence. Antonio explains to Jordy why he is befuddled by the vaccine rollout … in addition, he asks whether the script he wrote to find a vaccine appointment is immoral … We’d like to hear Read More ...
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What would you remember if you had better memory? In this episode we speak to the 2018 USA Memory Champion and Grandmaster of Memory, John Graham aka memoryjohn.com. As imposters, we have lots of questions. John answers them with the exactness that you’d expect from someone who continues to train their memory. John is a Read More ...
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Today we are joined by Professor Margot Gerritsen from Stanford University today to talk to us about Math in Data Science, Diversity in Data Science, and some of the ideas behind a Growth Mindset. She is co-founder and co-director of the global Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference, reaching more than 120,000 participants annually in Read More ...
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We’ve been doing this podcast for over three years and I’m surprised that we had never come across and discussed the topic of association rules. Association rules is a mining technique that allows you to find rules in your data. It’s pretty intuitive when you see it but we were so surprised how hard it Read More ...
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Jordy and Antonio talk about the stock market. They focus on the data behind the stock market movements and also how you can get started investing in the stock market. Whether you have never traded in the market, are a buy-and-hold investor, or are an avid investor – you’ll enjoy this spirited conversation that could Read More ...
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This episode is the panel discussion that we moderated two weeks ago for the Tom Tom Cities Rising Summit (https://www.tomtomfoundation.org/cities-rising-summit). Here’s the description provided for the event: Join regional data science leaders for a discussion that will touch on best practices for college graduates to mid-career professionals who are seeking rewarding employment opportunities, as well Read More ...
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In this episode, Antonio explains to Jordy what he knows about feature engineering from work, Kaggle projects, and general research. Antonio talks about featuretools which he was able to use recently. Feature Engineering appears to be an area that could really enhance machine learning in significant ways. What do you think? Do we need experts Read More ...
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In team sports, you have players – sometimes a couple, sometimes many players – all going for a goal. This is very different than games or sports with one player. The idea of collaboration makes everything harder. In this episode, Edward Rusu tells us all about Multiagent Reinforcement Learning (aka MARL). Edward is a researcher Read More ...
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Nothing feels more like Artificial Intelligence than when a computer learns by itself through repeated simulations. Computers can now master games by simply playing the game over and over against itself. This is reinforcement learning. Today we have David Stroud on the show to explain to us a bit of reinforcement learning. He’ll give us Read More ...
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Liam Porr wrote ‘Feeling Unproductive? Maybe you should stop overthinking’ The post had thousands of visitors and made it to the top of some blogging site. Liam did come up with the title and some of the text but he didn’t do it alone. Liam had help from GPT-3. GPT-3 is the latest readily available Read More ...
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We asked Eric Schles to come on the show to explain A/B Testing to us. He didn’t stop there. He explained a few other things along the way and as you expect with someone with his vast experience in technology and data science, our conversation took some twists and turns. Eric is writing a Data Read More ...
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We connect with Shanif Dhanani, Co-founder and CEO of Apteo, to learn how he and his team are making data analytics and presictions easier. If you’re looking to do this in your organization, like we’ve done, you will want to listen and hear about some of the hurdles and how they are being solved.
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According to FatalEncounters.org, there have been 934 police-involved deaths between January 1, 2020 and June 12, 2020. How does a lifelong, award-winning journalist, the former editor/publisher of the Reno News & Review and a former journalism instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno create one of the leading data sources for US fatal encounters with Read More ...
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“The future of streaming music is more than just playlists of songs with long gaps of silence,” says Co-Founder and CEO of Super Hi-Fi, Zack Zalon. We are excited to have Zack on the show to tell us a bit about his company, data, and technology he uses. Like our show? Subscribe. Write a review. Read More ...
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We’re still in the midst of COVID-19. We wanted to see how someone like David Purdy would approach this problem from a data and data science perspective. He didn’t let us down by introducing high-level concepts like the OODA loop, developed by Colonel John Boyd for combat operations process, and his own Onion Diagram which Read More ...
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