Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
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638: ChatGPT Holiday Greeting
23 december 2022 · 4 min
OpenAI's ChatGPT helps us generate a special holiday greeting this week. Tune in to hear the festive message that this impressive natural language generating algorithm churned out as we close out the year.
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637: How to Influence Others with Your Data
20 december 2022 · 1 uur 8 min
It's all about data visualization this week as Jon Krohn welcomes Ann K. Emery, data visualization designer and owner of Depict Data Studio, to the show. If you want to learn data viz best practices, tips and tricks and reporting how-tos, make some time to tune in today!
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In this episode you will learn:• What data storytelling is [3:40]• Pinpoints of data visualization [10:38]• Best practices for data visualization [23:41]• Surprising spreadsheet tricks [30:51]• When static dashboards are more effective than interactive ones [43:30]• Ann's top tips for presenting data in a slideshow [48:07]
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636: The Equality Machine
16 december 2022 · 22 min
Digital literacy and data bias: Can one reduce or even eradicate the other? Law professor Orly Lobel speaks with SDS host Jon Krohn about Orly’s latest book, The Equality Machine, which offers an optimistic look into the future of AI and data mining.
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635: The Perils of Manually Labeling Data for Machine Learning Models
13 december 2022 · 1 uur 19 min
Hand labeling data and information bias: Jon Krohn speaks with Watchful CEO Shayan Mohanty about the pitfalls of data analysis when bias comes into the equation (spoiler alert: it always does), the importance of the Chomsky hierarchy in data management, and the importance of simulation engines for returning real-time results to users.
This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), your mission control center for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• Why bias in general is good [04:06]• The arguments against hand labeling [09:47]• How Shayan solves the problem of labeling at his company [24:26]• Misconceptions concerning hand-labeled data [43:25]• What the Chomsky hierarchy is [52:38]• Watchful’s high-performance simulation engine [1:04:51]• What Shayan looks for in his new hires [1:08:15]
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634: Model Error Analysis
9 december 2022 · 7 min
Data scientist and author Serg Masís joins Jon Krohn for a Five-Minute Friday episode that touches on model error analysis. Learn how this process can improve your models and discover a helpful tool that expedites this critical process.
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633: Responsible Decentralized Intelligence
6 december 2022 · 54 min
This week's episode is all about Responsible Decentralized Intelligence as award-winning professor and tech entrepreneur, Dawn Song, joins Jon Krohn to help us explore this exciting topic in-depth.
This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), your mission control center for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• What is decentralized intelligence? [3:46]• Dawn’s Responsible Data Economy collaboration with Meta AI [11:31]• How homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, and multi-party computation can work together [16:22]• How PrivateSQL makes differential privacy easy to use [22:54]• The relationship between deep learning and federated learning [37:55]• What is a responsible data economy [42:13]
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632: Liquid Neural Networks
2 december 2022 · 11 min
Liquid neural networks are a type of bio-inspired machine learning set to make a huge impact in the field of data analytics. On this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks with Pathway.com Co-Founder Dr. Adrian Kosowski about the development of this new type of network and what this means for the future of data.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/630Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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631: Data Analytics Career Orientation
29 november 2022 · 59 min
Interview success, funny memes about data, and stakeholder management: Jon Krohn speaks with Luke Barousse, a full-time YouTuber who produces content to help aspiring data scientists. First, Jon and his guest go underwater to find out how data science can help you while working on a submarine before they emerge onto Luke’s YouTube channel. There, he discloses all the helpful hacks for data science beginners—with a generous helping of humor! As founder of MacroFit, a data-driven company that helps with meal planning, Luke is no stranger to portion sizes…
This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), your mission control center for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• Where Luke gets his inspiration for making YouTube videos [04:46]• How Luke got into creating comedy skits [08:21]• Luke’s favorite Python libraries for web scraping [14:41]• Incorrect assumptions that aspiring data scientists make [15:54]• The best time to use Power BI [19:15]• The biggest mistakes Luke made in his data science career [22:17]• Luke’s experience as a submariner and how it helped him in his data analyst career [38:13]• The must-have skills for entry-level data analyst roles [43:46]
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630: Resilient Machine Learning
25 november 2022 · 6 min
Jon Krohn sits with Dr. Dan Shiebler at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) to dive into the critical components of building resilient machine learning.
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629: Software for Efficient Data Science
22 november 2022 · 1 uur 11 min
Has the term developer advocacy ever left you scratching your head? This week data science developer advocate for JetBrains, Dr. Jodie Burchell, joins Jon Krohn to shed light on her responsibilities and why it's a role you might want to consider. Jodie also dives into building reproducible data science workflows and the keys to working effectively with real-world data.This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), the open-source company behind DVC. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Jodie’s background in psychology [2:22]• Jodie's tips for real-world data preparation [6:55]• Tour JetBrains' developer tools: PyCharm, DataSpell and Datalore [10:41]• What is a data science developer advocate? [38:47]• The books that Jodie's co-authored [46:18]• Jodie's favorite Python libraries [58:33]• How to have reproducible data science workflows [1:01:36]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/629 Lees meer
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628: The Critical Human Element of Successful A.I. Deployments
18 november 2022 · 5 min
On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks from the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC). There, he sits down with author and data scientist Keith McCormick to discuss the conference’s key trend: learning the importance of trust in the relationship between humans and algorithms.
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627: AutoML: Automated Machine Learning
15 november 2022 · 1 uur 31 min
Jon Krohn speaks with Erin LeDell, H2O.ai’s Chief Machine Learning Scientist. They investigate how AutoML supercharges the data science process, the importance of admissible machine learning for an equitable data-driven future, and what Erin’s group Women in Machine Learning & Data Science is doing to increase inclusivity and representation in the field.
This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• The H2O AutoML platform Erin developed [07:43]• How genetic algorithms work [19:17]• Why you should consider using AutoML? [28:15]• The “No Free Lunch Theorem” [33:45]• What Admissible Machine Learning is [37:59]• What motivated Erin to found R-Ladies Global and Women in Machine Learning and Data Science [47:00]• How to address bias in datasets [57:03]
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626: Subword Tokenization with Byte-Pair Encoding
11 november 2022 · 7 min
Word tokenization, character tokenization and subword tokenization go head-to-head this week as Jon Krohn delivers a mini-bootcamp on the NLP-related process.
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625: Analyzing Blockchain Data and Cryptocurrencies
8 november 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Chainalysis' Director of Research, Kim Grauer joins Jon Krohn to explore the state of economic-data analysis on the blockchain. Lees meer
This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
• Kim's role as Director of Research [5:02]
• The unique real-time economic-data analytics of the blockchain [13:07]
• How ML can predict patterns of criminal activity on the blockchain [18:56]
• Interesting use cases of ML for crime investigation [29:37]
• The tools and approaches Kim uses daily [47:44]
• The future of crypto, blockchains, and data science [50:54]
• Why a data science bootcamp helps people break into data science [53:42]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/625
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624: Imagen Video: Incredible Text-to-Video Generation
4 november 2022 · 7 min
On this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn investigates Imagen Video, Google’s latest model for making video art out of text prompts. Recently published, this text-to-image converter now competes against already strong competitors on the scene like DALL-E 2. Unlike DALL-E 2, it returns moving images or time-based media. Tune in to hear Jon explain the technology that made Imagen Video the tech giant’s shiniest new tool to date.
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623: Data Analyst, Data Scientist, and Data Engineer Career Paths
1 november 2022 · 1 uur 11 min
Jon Krohn speaks with Shashank Kalanithi, the man who makes a sport out of YouTube and data analytics out of sports. Listen in as he talks about how he got started producing YouTube videos on data science, the essential differences between data science roles, and how data could shape the future of the sports industry.
This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• What motivated Shashank to start his YouTube channel [04:31]• The must-have technical skills for every data scientist [16:59]• The soft skills needed for data science [20:52]• The differences between data analyst, data scientist and data engineer [24:26]• How data are currently being applied in the sports industry [38:38]• The “needs” divide between digital native and traditional companies [45:34]
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622: Burnout: Causes and Solutions
28 oktober 2022 · 24 min
Is burnout on the horizon for you and your team? Christina Maslach, author of the new book "The Burnout Challenge," joins Jon Krohn to help us identify the common signs of looming burnout while steering us in a healthier direction.
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621: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Analytics and Data Applications
25 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 12 min
Cryptocurrency and blockchain take center stage this week as we welcome Chief Economist at Chainalysis, Philip Gradwell, to discuss the data science applications in this exciting field.
This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts, and by Bunch (superdatascience.com/bunch), the AI driven leadership coach. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• What the role of a chief economist entails [5:50]• What are blockchains and cryptocurrency? [8:23]• How analyzing cryptocurrencies differs from established fiat currencies [12:48]• Philip's work at Chainalysis [26:07]• Philip's crypto data analytics pipeline [34:48]• How Philip develops data products for a wide range of users [46:18]• How the blockchain facilitates innovative computing and machine learning technologies [51:52]• What Philip looks for in the data scientists he hires [1:04:59]
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620: OpenAI Whisper: General-Purpose Speech Recognition
21 oktober 2022 · 7 min
What’s your secret to superb audio recognition? Whisper it. We mean that literally—Whisper is the latest in OpenAI’s growing suite of models aimed to benefit humanity. On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn reviews OpenAI’s latest model, Whisper. This tool will vastly improve the way human speech is recognized and converted to text. Jon gets under the hood to show how the team managed to get such a powerfully accurate recognition model. Listen to the episode and find out how you can try it yourself, for free!
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619: Tools for Deploying Data Models into Production
18 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 21 min
Jon Krohn speaks with Erik Bernhardsson, the man who invented Spotify’s original music recommendation system. They address the different ways to interview a data science candidate, how to deploy a data model into the cloud, and the approach he took that made Spotify go from a digital music startup to an AI-driven streaming giant.
This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts, and by Bunch (superdatascience.com/bunch), the AI driven leadership coach. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• The data problem that Erik’s company Modal Labs solves [04:32]• Erik’s prolific blogging career [09:15]• Opportunities for making data teams more efficient and productive [14:42]• Erik’s views on interviewing data scientists and software developers [20:18]• Erik’s tips and tricks for data science interviewees [31:35]• How Erik built Spotify’s original music recommendation system [38:58]• Applying vectors to other tools, and opportunities for working with vectors [47:45]• Using Annoy to search across vectors [50:57]• Building Python module Luigi for Spotify [55:20]• The tools that Erik loves to work with [1:06:23]
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618: The Joy of Atelic Activities
14 oktober 2022 · 4 min
Telic and atelic activities take center stage this week as Jon Krohn contemplates how our daily actions contribute to our overall sense of fulfillment.
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617: Causal Modeling and Sequence Data
11 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 11 min
Dr. Sean Taylor, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Motif Analytics, joins Jon Krohn this week for yet another perspective on causal modeling. Tune in for a great conversation that covers large-scale causal experimentation, Information Systems, Bayesian parameter searches, and more.
This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• Sean on his new venture, Motif Analytics [4:23]• The relationship between causality and sequence analytics [15:26]• Sean's data science work at Lyft [22:21]• The key investments for large-scale causal experimentation [27:25]• Why and when is causal modeling helpful [32:34]• Causal modeling tools and recommendations [36:52]• Facebook's Prophet automation tool for forecasting [40:02]• What Sean looks for in data science hires [50:57]• Sean on his PhD in Information Systems [53:34]
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616: The Four Requirements for Expertise (beyond the 10,000 Hours)
7 oktober 2022 · 6 min
10,000 hours of study: Will it make you an expert? On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn explores whether increasing your skills is just a numbers game or if there is more to becoming proficient in your area of interest, whether that’s flute playing or data wrangling.
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615: How to Ace Your Data Science Interview
4 oktober 2022 · 55 min
“Being a great data scientist” and “being great at a data science interview” are not one and the same. Jon Krohn speaks with Nick Singh about how to strengthen your interviewee skills, and how you can even beat out more senior competition to land a coveted data science role.This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Nick’s inspiration for writing his bestselling book, Ace the Data Science Interview [06:21]• Why Nick believes in being a work generalist [12:37]• How DataLemur supports emerging data scientists for free [15:43]• Why Nick started DataLemur off the back of his book [21:31]• Portfolio essentials for any data scientist [22:36]• The three most common things data scientists get wrong at the interview [24:33]• How data science introverts can shift their mindset about self-promotion [37:58]• Great responses to end your data science interview on the right foot [42:21]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/615 Lees meer
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614: Thriving on Information Overload
30 september 2022 · 34 min
World-leading futurist, author and entrepreneur, Ross Dawson joins us for the first of our extended Five-Minute Friday episodes. As information overwhelm becomes increasingly unavoidable, Dawson is here to share the five powers from his new book 'Thriving on Overload', to help us transition from overwhelm into abundance. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/614Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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613: Causal Machine Learning
27 september 2022 · 1 uur 12 min
Dr. Emre Kiciman, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research joins the podcast to share his world-leading knowledge on causal machine learning.This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• What is causal machine learning? [5:52]• Causal machine learning vs correlational machine learning [10:10]• Emre’s DoWhy open-source library [16:17]• The four key steps of causal inference [21:24]• How and why Emre’s key steps of causal inference will impact ML [26:36]• Emre's thoughts on the future of causal inference and AGI [34:09]• How Emre leverages social media data to solve social problems [38:36]• What's next for Emre's research [46:02]• The software tools Emre highly recommends [55:16]• What he looks for in the data science researchers he hires [58:45]
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612: More Guests on Fridays
23 september 2022 · 3 min
Some exciting changes are coming to our popular Five-Minute Friday series! From longer episodes to new guests, tune in to hear what's next.
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611: Open-Ended A.I.: Practical Applications for Humans and Machines
20 september 2022 · 1 uur 31 min
Dr. Ken Stanley, a world-leading expert on Open-Ended AI and author of the genre-bending book "Why Greatness Cannot be Planned," joins Jon Krohn for a discussion that has the potential to shift your entire view on life. Tune in now to learn more about the complex topics of genetic ML algorithms, the Objective Paradox, Novelty Search, and so much more.This episode is brought to you by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:• Ken on his book 'Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned" and the Objective Paradox [4:15]• The Novelty Search approach [24:14]• How open-ended algorithms like Novelty Search can be stopped from doing something potentially dangerous [1:00:00]• The future of open-ended AI and its intimate relationship with Artificial General Intelligence [1:07:34]• Ken's new company [1:13:34]• How AI could transform life for humans in the coming decades [1:18:29]
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610: Who Dares Wins
16 september 2022 · 6 min
On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn shares his life motto, “Who dares, wins”, and the sentiment behind it: that to get anywhere in life, it is first necessary to try. Jon believes that “daring”, in this instance, simply means taking action when we have a good idea or when a new opportunity becomes available. Listen to the end for constructive advice on how to be daring in your own life right now.
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609: Data Mesh
13 september 2022 · 51 min
Jon Krohn speaks with Zhamak Dehghani, the empathetic technologist who coined the term “data mesh”. They explore what a data mesh is, and how its approach toward secure interconnectivity will help solve a roster of data-led business problems. Lees meer
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In this episode you will learn:
• The importance of data meshes [3:29]
• How standardizing database interfaces helps tech giants like Amazon [6:40]
• Current challenges with data meshes [9:33]
• How data meshes give users the freedom to work with data [17:09]
• The missing piece of the puzzle for data meshes [22:11]
• How data meshes connect with the metaverse and Web3 [33:18]
• The times when data meshes aren’t fit for purpose [42:24]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/609
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608: Daily Habit #11: Assigning Deliverables
9 september 2022 · 4 min
Company meetings should be held to solve problems. So, why do we often feel like the weekly stand-ups and check-ins are a waste of everyone’s time? On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn brings his habit-making practices into the dreaded meeting room. Make every meeting productive and positive with his five-step method for assigning deliverables. Lees meer
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607: Inferring Causality
6 september 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
We welcome Dr. Jennifer Hill, Professor of Applied Statistics at New York University, to the podcast this week for a discussion that covers causality, correlation, and inference in data science. Lees meer
This episode is brought to you by Pachyderm, the leader in data versioning and MLOps pipelines and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts.
In this episode you will learn:
• How causality is central to all applications of data science [4:32]
• How correlation does not imply causation [11:12]
• What is counterfactual and how to design research to infer causality from the results confidently [21:18]
• Jennifer’s favorite Bayesian and ML tools for making causal inferences within code [29:14]
• Jennifer’s new graphical user interface for making causal inferences without the need to write code [38:41]
• Tips on learning more about causal inference [43:27]
• Why multilevel models are useful [49:21]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/607
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606: Four Thousand Weeks
2 september 2022 · 6 min
Four thousand weeks equate to roughly 80 years—a lifetime for those of us lucky enough to get there. What do we choose to do with this time? How can we stop ourselves from feeling like time in general is slipping away? In this episode, host Jon Krohn reviews the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by journalist Oliver Burkeman. He outlines how he has personally benefited from this essential reflection on our thirst for productivity and efficiency. Lees meer
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605: Upskilling in Data Science and Machine Learning
30 augustus 2022 · 59 min
Kian Katanforoosh, CEO of Workera and Lecturer at Stanford University, joins Jon Krohn to reveal the tools, frameworks, and machine learning models that power his platform and remote team. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• What a skills intelligence platform is [3:11]
• How mentorship can be life-changing [7:45]
• Four ways that ML drives Kian’s skills intelligence platform [10:57]
• Kian's day-to-day responsibilities as the CEO of Workera [21:00]
• What frameworks and software languages Kian and his team selected for building their platform and why [24:20]
• What Kian looks for in the data scientists and software engineers he hires [31:48]
• Kian’s Stanford Deep Learning class and mentors [34:58]
• How Kian’s passion for EdTech began [42:47]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/605
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604: Ignition: A Landmark Nuclear Fusion Milestone is Achieved
26 augustus 2022 · 6 min
During this week's Five-Minute Friday episode features, Jon explores recent groundbreaking developments in nuclear fusion –ignition–and what that signals for the future. Lees meer
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603: Geospatial Data and Unconventional Routes into Data Careers
23 augustus 2022 · 56 min
Christina Stathopoulos, Analytical Lead for Waze and Adjunct Professor at IE Business School, joins the podcast to shed light on her work with geospatial data and how she nurtured an entire data career while abroad in Spain. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• Christina's tips on navigating an unconventional path into a data career [3:05]
• Geospatial data and open-source packages for working with it [10:08]
• Guidance to help women and other underrepresented groups to thrive in tech [22:28]
• The hard and soft skills most essential to success in a data role today [39:26]
• Christina’s #bookaweekchallenge and the top data-centric book recommendations [43:28]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/603
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602: We Are Living in Ancient Times
19 augustus 2022 · 3 min
Inspired by a quote from by science fiction writer, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Jon Krohn reflects on the notion of living in ancient times and the machine learning-related implications that arise from this perspective. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/602
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601: Venture Capital for Data Science
16 augustus 2022 · 56 min
This week, Sarah Catanzaro, General Partner at Amplify Partners joins Jon for an episode that dives into the venture capital side of data science. Learn how to fund your data science business idea, take note of what start-ups can do to survive or raise capital in the current economic climate, and discover how to break into the field of venture capital yourself. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• Angel vs. venture capital vs. private equity investment [7:27]
• How early-stage investment is made prior to a firm having product-market fit [14:33]
• How to pick winners in early-stage investments [28:08]
• Tricks to accelerating from a data science idea to obtaining funding [36:21]
• Observational causal inference [44:01]
• How to get involved in venture capital [47:37]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/601
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600: Yoga Nidra Practice with Steve Fazzari
12 augustus 2022 · 35 min
Rest and relaxation await as Steve Fazzari joins us this week for a special edition of the podcast! Tune in for a rejuvenating session of Yoga Nidra led beautifully by the expert. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/600
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599: MLOps: Machine Learning Operations
9 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 21 min
This week, Mikiko Bazeley, Senior Software Engineer at Mailchimp joins the podcast to share her in-depth knowledge of MLOps: Machine Learning Operations. Tune in to hear her discuss what it entails, why it's so critical for the efficiency of any data science team, and the most important tools you need to master for career success in this field. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• What MLOps is [11:40]
• Mikiko’s role at Mailchimp and why MLOps is critical for the efficiency of any data science team [27:11]
• The three most important MLOps tools [32:15]
• The six most essential MLOps skills for data scientists [47:01]
• The key factors Mikiko looks when hiring engineers [1:07:31]
• Mikiko’s productivity tricks for balancing software engineering, content creation, and her athletic pursuits [1:13:20]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/599
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598: Getting Kids Excited about STEM Subjects
5 augustus 2022 · 12 min
Ben Taylor makes a fourth appearance on Five-Minute Friday to discuss the best ways to introduce STEM to children. Tune in to hear the many ways in which he thinks STEM education will evolve in the future. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/598
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597: A.I. Policy at OpenAI
2 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 23 min
Dr. Miles Brundage, Head of Policy Research at OpenAI, joins Jon Krohn this week to discuss AI model production, policy, safety, and alignment. Tune in to hear him speak on GPT-3, DALL-E, Codex, and CLIP as well. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• Miles’ role as Head of Policy Research at OpenAI [4:35]
• OpenAI's DALL-E model [7:20]
• OpenAI's natural language model GPT-3 [30:43]
• OpenAI's automated software-writing model Codex [36:57]
• OpenAI’s CLIP model [44:01]
• What sets AI policy, AI safety, and AI alignment apart from each other [1:07:03]
• How A.I. will likely augment more professions than it displaces them [1:12:06]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/597
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596: The A.I. Platforms of the Future
29 juli 2022 · 7 min
Ben Taylor returns for a third Five-Minute Friday episode! This week, he looks ahead and digs into what we can expect from the A.I. platforms of the future. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/596
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595: Data Engineering 101
26 juli 2022 · 1 uur 19 min
Tune in as Joe Reis and Matt Housley, co-founders of Ternary Data and co-authors of the book “Fundamentals of Data Engineering” join Jon Krohn to discuss major undercurrents across the data engineering lifecycle, and their top tools and techniques. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• What is data engineering? [3:55]
• Why Joe and Matt identify as “recovering data scientists” [6:12]
• What kinds of people tend to become data scientists vs. data engineers [10:38]?
• Key components of Joe and Matt’s book [26:31]
• Major undercurrents across the data engineering lifecycle [28:26]
• The most under-utilized tool in a data engineer's toolbox [34:39]
• How there are tradeoffs in any data pipeline latency considerations, but faster is typically the default assumption [38:55]
• Joe and Matt’s favorite data engineering tools and techniques [43:39]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/595
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594: Why CEOs Care About A.I. More than Other Technologies
22 juli 2022 · 5 min
This week, Jon Krohn and A.I. industry veteran Ben Taylor discuss the driving factors that push CEOs to prioritize A.I. over other technologies. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/594
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593: The Real-World Impact of Cross-Disciplinary Data Science Collaboration
19 juli 2022 · 1 uur 22 min
Jon welcomes Professor Philip Bourne, Founding Dean of the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia to discuss his biomedical data science research, the importance of open-source and open-access within the industry and the data science skills you need to succeed today. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• Why Philip founded a School of Data Science [6:08]
• How computing and data science have evolved across academic departments [15:55]
• The improvements needed in higher education [26:44]
• The most important data science skills for academia and industry and the 4+1 model [36:49]
• Philip’s biomedical data science research and its fascinating practical applications [43:24]
• The essential roles of open-source code and open-access publishing in data science [1:01:27]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/593
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592: How to Sell a Multimillion Dollar A.I. Contract
15 juli 2022 · 3 min
In this episode, Jon Krohn welcomes A.I. industry veteran Ben Taylor to discuss how to sell multimillion dollar A.I. contracts. Tune in to hear why trust and proof of value are some of the critical steps in his sales process. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/592
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591: Simulations and Synthetic Data for Machine Learning
12 juli 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
Mars Buttfield-Addison, PhD Candidate at the University of Tasmania, joins Jon Krohn for a high-energy episode covering everything from Machine Learning simulations to Swift, space junk, and more! Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
• What simulations and synthetic data are, and why they can be invaluable for real-life applications [5:47]
• How simulated bots can solve any problem [9:07]
• Practical uses of simulated data [21:49]
• Why the mobile operating system language Swift is interesting for A.I. [25:46]
• Why it's critical to track the amount of junk in space [35:47]
• Whether programming or statistical skills are more important in data science [47:05]
• What it’s like creating video games in a "secret" games lab [56:45]
• Why you might want to do a data science internship in industry before pursuing in academia [ 1:01:54]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/591
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590: Artificial General Intelligence is Not Nigh (Part 2 of 2)
8 juli 2022 · 6 min
In this episode, Jon continues his two-part series on artificial general intelligence (AGI) and why we are unlikely to realize it anytime soon. Listen in as Jon reviews Meta's Yann LeCun's seven-part perspective on the topic. Lees meer
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/590
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589: Narrative A.I. with Hilary Mason
5 juli 2022 · 56 min
Hilary Mason, Co-Founder and CEO of Hidden Door, joins Jon Krohn for a live discussion that explores narrative A.I., emerging ML techniques, and how her OSEMN data science process developed. Lees meer
In this episode you will learn:
How narrative A.I. can assist creativity [5:14]
How to build ML products that have no quantitative error function to optimize [10:31]
How to ensure creative A.I. systems do not output non-sense or explicit content [16:58]
Hilary's OSEMN data science process [21:05]
The emerging ML technique she’s most excited about [24:58]
What it takes to be successful as CEO of an early-stage A.I. company [27:20]
What she looks for in engineering hires [32:28]
How she’s hopeful A.I. will transform our lives for the better in the decades to come [38:48]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/589