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 ..read more

*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 projects and possible ways to solve it. Even if you didn’t get a chance to officially enter the competition this year, think about how you would solve it, and then listen to how the winners of the contest were able to achieve top scores. These are the three projects that we discuss during the ..read more

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 Analytics.  Erin is known for her big energy which she brings to everything she does and has been more recently championing potential machine learning and AI techniques to answer client questions within her day job following her recent completion of her Masters in Data Science ..read more

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 ..read more

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 from you so please reach out ..read more

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 great coach and he’ll even run us through a mental exercise where we memorize something – listen and see if you can follow along. If you’re interested about learning more, check out John’s website. You can also join Jordy and Antonio as they read Moonwalking with Einstein. Imag ..read more

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 more than 60 countries and inspiring thousands of women around the world to pursue careers in STEM or data science. If you haven’t seen Margot’s Stanford TedX Stanford talk, you should do so now. Also, the Women in Data Science (WIDS) Conference is taking place ..read more

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 was to talk about during the show. Some resources that we encountered to get our head around the topic: We take a look at this example: http://www.saedsayad.com/association_rules.htm during our conversation Association Rules: https://towardsdatascience.com/association-rules-2-aa9a77241654 mlxte ..read more

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 have gone on for more longer. We were excited to do this episode and when we were done, we realized that there’s so much more to talk about but we won’t know if we should or shouldn’t do a follow-up episode unless we hear from our listeners. We look forward to your feedback ..read more

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 as insights into how organizations can build the data science team that best suits their needs. Listen to the perspective of these fantastic panelists: Miriam Friedel – Director of Software Eng ..read more