Data Science Imposters Podcast

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.

*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 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 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?

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 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 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 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 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 Read More ...

In team sports, you have players – sometimes a couple, sometimes many players – all going for a goal. This is very different than games or sports with one player. The idea of collaboration makes everything harder. In this episode, Edward Rusu tells us all about Multiagent Reinforcement Learning (aka MARL). Edward is a researcher Read More ...