Dr. Rodney Sappington is an entrepreneur, clinical data scientist and researcher based in San Francisco, California. He is focused on building world-class machine learning products, improving clinical outcomes and growing companies at scale. He is a very well known speaker both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Sappington is the Founder and CEO of Acesio Inc., a company that is committed to building a better future with applied machine learning technology. Their products and solutions include early diagnosis, clinical trials, disease-prediction and digital health.
Highlights:
Dr. Sappington’s background, including his professional and academic paths, as well as his attraction to machine learning as a method to deal with “harm.”
Positive and negative outcomes of machine learning.
How to differentiate useful information from hype in the machine learning space.
The current state of machine learning in medical technology.
Acesio’s goals, methods and processes.
The cross-disciplinary nature of data science.
How to begin your journey into the field of machine learning (no matter what your background is).
Links and Resources:
Dr. Sappington on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-sappington-ph-d-97ab235/
Acesio: https://www.acesio.org/
First Level (sponsor): https://firstlevel.io/
The Accessible AI Podcast is hosted by Yevgeni Zolotorevsky and produced by Shola Abidoye. Copyright Meta Training OU, 2018