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Holden Karau - Co-Founder at Fight Health Insurance
Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS
RESOURCES
Holden
https://bsky.app/profile/holdenkarau.com
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https://github.com/holdenk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/holdenkarau
http://holdenkarau.com
Julian
https://bsky.app/profile/julianwood.com
https://twitter.com/julian_wood
https://github.com/julianwood
http://www.wooditwork.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood
Resource
https://fighthealthinsurance.com
DESCRIPTION
Apache Spark contributor Holden Karau discusses the evolution of distributed data processing, the challenges of integrating machine learning with big data tools, and the technical complexities of working with GPUs at scale.
The conversation takes a personal turn as Holden reveals her latest project: an open-source AI tool that helps people appeal health insurance claim denials. Drawing from personal experiences with denied claims, she has built a system that trains on independent medical review data to generate effective appeals, making it freely available at https://fighthealthinsurance.com while grappling with the classic open-source challenge of sustainable funding.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Holden Karau • Distributed Computing 4 Kids • https://www.distributedcomputing4kids.com
Holden Karau • Scaling Python with Dask • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/scaling-python-with/9781098119867
Holden Karau & Boris Lublinsky • Scaling Python with Ray • https://amzn.to/44GU6cC
Holden Karau & Rachel Warren • High Performance Spark • https://amzn.to/3v2eLbn
Holden Karau, Konwinski, Wendell & Zaharia • Learning Spark • https://amzn.to/397e2NE
Holden Karau & Krishna Sankar • Fast Data Processing with Spark 2nd Edition • https://amzn.to/3xKhXKu
Holden Karau • Fast Data Processing with Spark 1st Edition • https://amzn.to/3rHQgOu
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