How to Know with Celeste Kidd - #330
Today we’re joined by Celeste Kidd, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, to discuss her invited talk “How to Know” which details her lab’s research about the core cognitive systems people use to guide their learning about the world. We explore why people are curious about some things but not others, and how past experiences and existing knowledge shape future interests, why people believe what they believe, and how these beliefs are influenced, and how machine learning figures into the equation.
23 Dec 201953min
Using Deep Learning to Predict Wildfires with Feng Yan - #329
Today we’re joined by Feng Yan, Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno to discuss ALERTWildfire, a camera-based network infrastructure that captures satellite imagery of wildfires. In our conversation, Feng details the development of the machine learning models and surrounding infrastructure. We also talk through problem formulation, challenges with using camera and satellite data in this use case, and how he has combined the use of IaaS and FaaS tools for cost-effectiveness and scalability
20 Dec 201951min
Advancing Machine Learning at Capital One with Dave Castillo - #328
Today we’re joined by Dave Castillo, Managing VP for ML at Capital One and head of their Center for Machine Learning. In our conversation, we explore Capital One’s transition from “lab-based” ML to enterprise-wide adoption and support of ML, surprising ML use cases, their current platform ecosystem, their design vision in building this into a larger, all-encompassing platform, pain points in building this platform, and much more.
19 Dec 201947min
Helping Fish Farmers Feed the World with Deep Learning w/ Bryton Shang - #327
Today we’re joined by Bryton Shang, Founder & CEO at Aquabyte, a company focused on the application of computer vision to various fish farming use cases. In our conversation, we discuss how Bryton identified the various problems associated with mass fish farming, challenges developing computer algorithms that can measure the height and weight of fish, assess issues like sea lice, and how they’re developing interesting new features such as facial recognition for fish!
17 Dec 201937min
Metaflow, a Human-Centric Framework for Data Science with Ville Tuulos - #326
Today we kick off our re:Invent 2019 series with Ville Tuulos, Machine Learning Infrastructure Manager at Netflix. At re:Invent, Netflix announced the open-sourcing of Metaflow, their “human-centric framework for data science.” In our conversation, we discuss all things Metaflow, including features, user experience, tooling, supported libraries, and much more. If you’re interested in checking out a Metaflow democast with Villa, reach out at twimlai.com/contact!
13 Dec 201956min
Single Headed Attention RNN: Stop Thinking With Your Head with Stephen Merity - #325
Today we’re joined by Stephen Merity, an independent researcher focused on NLP and Deep Learning. In our conversation, we discuss Stephens latest paper, Single Headed Attention RNN: Stop Thinking With Your Head, detailing his primary motivations behind the paper, the decision to use SHA-RNNs for this research, how he built and trained the model, his approach to benchmarking, and finally his goals for the research in the broader research community.
12 Dec 201959min
Automated Model Tuning with SigOpt - #324
In this TWIML Democast, we're joined by SigOpt Co-Founder and CEO Scott Clark. Scott details the SigOpt platform, and gives us a live demo! This episode is best consumed by watching the corresponding video demo, which you can find at twimlai.com/talk/324.
9 Dec 201946min
Automated Machine Learning with Erez Barak - #323
Today we’re joined by Erez Barak, Partner Group Manager of Azure ML at Microsoft. In our conversation, Erez gives us a full breakdown of his AutoML philosophy, and his take on the AutoML space, its role, and its importance. We also discuss the application of AutoML as a contributor to the end-to-end data science process, which Erez breaks down into 3 key areas; Featurization, Learner/Model Selection, and Tuning/Optimizing Hyperparameters. We also discuss post-deployment AutoML use cases, and much more!
6 Dec 201942min
