In this show, Justin Scott talks with Azure Cloud Analytics Architect at Microsoft, Beth Zeranski, about steps you can take to get started with machine learning. Show Highlights: [4:15] Tools for grooming data[6:40] Handling large data[8:30] Getting started with ML[11:15] Answering Yes/No questions[14:15] Choosing a model[17:05] Beginner gotchas![19:10] Retraining a model[22:05] Other learning sources Show links mentioned: Simple ML demonstration that predicts if a flight will be late:https://github.com/bethz/AzureML-FlightPredictionML Algorithm Cheat Sheet:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/machine-learning-algorithm-cheat-sheetAzure ML Guest Access, does not require an Azure subscription or a credit card. After 8 hours, it is reset:http://studio.azureml.net/home/anonymousMicrosoft Professional Program for Data Science:https://academy.microsoft.com/en-us/professional-program/data-science/

In this episode Justin Scott talks with Azure Search Principle Program Manager, Liam Cavanaugh. We discuss topics such as text analytics, and ML capabilities customers can leverage for their search needs. Show Links Azure Search main pageLiam Cavanaugh's GitHub Page with search examplesShow Highlights [01:20] What is Azure Search [03:55] Intents [09:50] Considering Azure Search [20:30] The search race [23:30] ML for customers using Azure Search [24:40] Categorizing Phrases [27:10] Customer Success Story [26:00] Stop and Stem words [29:30] Azure Search vs. SQL Full-Text Indexing

In this episode, Justin Scott sat with a Microsoft data scientist from the Data and Decision Sciences Group (DDSG), Ernst Henle, to discuss a machine learning project that Ernst has been working on for one of our hospital customers. This customer was looking for ways to reduce the spread of a particular disease within their facilities. This conversation goes end to end about the project including tools used, customer engagement, model selection, and challenges overcome along the way. If you are interested in learning how Microsoft can partner with your development teams to help your organization achieve more with application development, Artificial Intelligence, and/or Machine learning, email Justin at [email protected].

In this episode #3, Justin Scott talks with Microsoft Senior Program Manager, Ashish Thapliyal about the some of the cool stuff going on within Hive, a popular tool used for querying unstructured data.

In episode #2, Justin Scott has a brief talk with Microsoft Senior data consultant, Brian Raymer about the new capability of running R scripts from within SQL Server.

In this audio show, Justin Scott sits with one of our Microsoft data scientists, TJ Olojede, and discusses a project he was involved with for an online college. This show looks to discuss the overview of the project and some of the challenges his team faced.