DataTalks.Club

We talked about: Audience Poll Andrey’s background What data science practice is Best DS practice in a traditional company vs IT-centric companies Getting started with building data science practice (finding out who you report to) Who the initiative comes from Finding out what kind of problems you will be solving (Centralized approach) Moving to a semi-decentralized approach Resources to learn about data science practice Pivoting from the role of a software engineer to data scientist The most impactful realization from data science practice Advice for individual growth Finding Andrey online Links:  Data Teams book: https://www.amazon.com/Data-Teams-Management-Successful-Data-Focused/dp/1484262271/ ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Sonal’s background How the idea for Zingg came about What Zingg is The difference between entity resolution and identity resolution How duplicate detection relates to entity resolution How Sonal decided to start working on Zingg How Zingg works What Zingg runs on Switching from consultancy to working on a new open source solution Why Zingg is open source Open source licensing Working on Zingg initially vs now Zingg’s current and future team Sonal’s biggest current challenge Avoiding problems with entity/identity resolution through database design Identity resolution vs basic joins, data fusions, and fuzzy joins Deterministic matching vs probabilistic machine learning Identity and entity resolution applications for fraud detection Graph algorithms vs classic ML in entity resolution Identity resolution success stories What Sonal would do differently given the chance to start over with Zingg Advice for those seeking to realize their own solution to a data problem Reading suggestion from Sonal Conclusion Links: Open-Source Spotlight demo "Zingg":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOabyZxN9b0 Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs book: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Selection-Inside-Apples-Process/dp/1250194466 ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Tomasz’s background What Tomasz did before DataOps (Data Science) Why Tomasz made the transition from Data science to DataOps What is DataOps? How is DataOps related to infrastructure? How Tomasz learned the skills necessary to become DataOps Becoming comfortable with terminal The overlap between DataOps and Data Engineering Suitable/useful skills for DataOps Minimal operational skills for DataOps Similarities between DataOps and Data Science Managers Tomasz’s interesting projects Confidence in results and avoiding going too deep with edge cases Conclusion Links: Terminal setup video, 19 minutes long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2PSsnqgBiw Command line videos, one and a half hour to become somewhat comfy with the terminal: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhvC56v63IKioClkSNDjW7iz-6TFvLwS Course from MIT talking about just that (command line, git, storing secrets): https://missing.csail.mit.edu/ ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Katie’s background What is a data scientist? What is a data science manager? Quality of the craft How data leaders promote career growth Supporting senior data professionals Choosing the IC route vs the management route Managing junior data professionals Talking to senior stakeholders and PMs as a junior The importance of hiring juniors What skills do data scientist managers need to get hired? How juniors that are just starting out can set themselves apart from the competition Asking senior colleagues for help and the rubber duck channel The challenges of the head of data Conclusion Links: Jobs at Gloss Genius: https://boards.greenhouse.io/glossgenius ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Alvaro’s background Working as a QA (Quality Assurance) engineer Transitioning from QA to Machine Learning Gathering knowledge about ML field Searching for an ML job (improving soft skills and CV) Data science interview skills Zoomcamp projects Zoomcamp project deployment How to not undersell yourself during interviews Alvaro’s experience with interviews during his transition Alvaro’s Zoomcamp notes Alvaro’s coach The importance of mathematical knowledge to a transition into ML Preparing for technical interviews Alvaro’s typical workday Alvaro’s team’s tech stack The importance of a technical background to transitioning into ML Links: Alvaro's CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/89hkt3ug0toqa2n/CV%20nou%20-%20angl%C3%A8s.pdf?dl=0 Github profile: https://github.com/ziritrion LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaronavas/ ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcampJoin  DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Supreet’s background Responsible AI Example of explainable AI Responsible AI vs explainable AI Explainable AI tools and frameworks (glass box approach) Checking for bias in data and handling personal data Understanding whether your company needs certain type of data Data quality checks and automation Responsibility vs profitability The human touch in AI The trade-off between model complexity and explainability Is completely automated AI out of the question? Detecting model drift and overfitting How Supreet became interested in explainable AI Trustworthy AI Reliability vs fairness Bias indicators The future of explainable AI About DataBuzz The diversity of data science roles Ethics in data science Conclusion Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/supreet-kaur1995/ Databuzz page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/databuzz-club/ Medium Blog Page: https://medium.com/@supreetkaur_66831 ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Audience Poll Andrey’s background What data science practice is Best DS practice in a traditional company vs IT-centric companies Getting started with building data science practice (finding out who you report to) Who the initiative comes from Finding out what kind of problems you will be solving (Centralized approach) Moving to a semi-decentralized approach Resources to learn about data science practice Pivoting from the role of a software engineer to data scientist The most impactful realization from data science practice Advice for individual growth Finding Andrey online Links: Data Teams book: https://www.amazon.com/Data-Teams-Management-Successful-Data-Focused/dp/1484262271/ ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

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We talked about: David’s background A day in the life of a professor David’s current projects Starting a school The different types of professors David’s recent papers Similarities and differences between research labs and startups Finding (or creating) good datasets David’s lab Balancing research and teaching as a professor David’s most rewarding research project David’s most underrated research project David’s virtual data science seminars on YouTube Teaching at universities without doing research Staying up-to-date in research David’s favorite conferences Selecting topics for research Convincing students to stay in academia and competing with industry Finding David online Links:  David A. Bader: https://davidbader.net/ NJIT Institute for Data Science: https://datascience.njit.edu/ Arkouda: https://github.com/Bears-R-Us/arkouda NJIT Data Science YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NJITInstituteforDataScience ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Christiaan’s background Usual ways of collecting and curating data Getting the buy-in from experts and executives Starting an annotation booklet Pre-labeling Dataset collection Human level baseline and feedback Using the annotation booklet to boost annotation productivity Putting yourself in the shoes of annotators (and measuring performance) Active learning Distance supervision Weak labeling Dataset collection in career positioning and project portfolios IPython widgets GDPR compliance and non-English NLP Finding Christiaan online Links: My personal blog: https://useml.net/ Comtura, my company: https://comtura.ai/ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiaan-swart-51a68967/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swartchris8/ ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html