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Apache Spark (Pt. 2): MLlib - ML 074
MLlib is Apache Spark's scalable machine learning library. Today, Ben and Michael discuss the ease of use, performance, algorithms, and utilities included in this library and how to execute the best ML workflow with MLlib. In this episode... Why stick with Spark libraries vs. a single node operation? What algorithms are not in Spark Lib? What is the min. package set to use for supervised learning? Modeling and validation Down-sampling your data MLlib vs. scikit-learn Resources Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links MLlib | Apache Spark What is PySpark? | Domino Data Science Dictionary UCI Machine Learning Repository
Apache Spark Integration and Platform Execution for ML - ML 073
Apache Spark is a lightning-fast unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing and machine learning. In this episode, Ben and Michael unpack Spark by ping-ponging questions and answers, supplemented by various examples applicable to machine learning workflows. In this Episode… How does Spark work? What makes Apache Spark effective? Dot repartition in Spark Parallel processing systems What is an aggregation in Spark sequel? Analytics with Spark What is MPP? Testing for production Spark algorithms Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Two Case Studies: Production ML infrastructure and Recommendation Engines - ML 072
Ben and Michael walk through two different cases studies relative to production ML infrastructure and recommendation engines. The first is about a free on-line tutoring service for underserved communities called “Learn to Be”, and the second centers around the online course provider “Coursera”. Ben and Michael set up the case studies with fundamental problem statements, followed by their various approaches to executing the objectives to achieve the desired process outcomes. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Using AI and ML to Help Humans, Not Replace Them - ML 071
Ben interviews Michael Griffiths, Director of Data Science at ASAPP, a company leveraging AI and ML to augment and automate human work, improve operational efficiencies and customer experiences, and ultimately empower people to be their best. Michael shares specific examples of how this can be done for human agent productivity within contact centers. They also discuss fully human controlled vs automated systems, delivering value with AI and ML, and the future of AI driven technology. In this Episode… How do you deliver value with AI and ML? Fully human controlled vs. fully automated systems ML software engineering vs traditional software Using static training data models and data validation Communicating process improvements and failures What is the future of ASAPP and AI driven technology? Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links How a Level System can Help Forecast AI Costs - KDnuggets AI Research - ASAPP ASAPP Special Guest: Michael Griffiths.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
AutoML Discovery and Approach - ML 070
AutoML (automated machine learning) has become a hot topic over the past few years. Abid Ali Awan joins the show to share his approach to AutoML, when and how to utilize it compared to classic approaches. Ben and Abid also discuss open-source vs. proprietary platforms. What is AutoML? Automated machine learning provides methods and processes to make machine learning available for non-machine learning experts, to improve efficiency of machine learning and to accelerate research on machine learning. 2 levels of implementation: Blackbox AutoML can do one, or all of the things for feature selection with a statistical outset and self optimizing outcome. Whitebox AutoML exposes the code to explain how it behaves and allows you to produce predictions as to the influencing variables. Leveraging open-source toolkits vs. proprietary “The output is the model, the input is the data, and you can use that model to predict anything according to your business problem.” - Abid Ali Awan Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links H2O.ai Special Guest: Abid Ali Awan .Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
For Sports and Beyond: Robotics and Advanced Cognitive Computing-Based Video Processing Algorithms - ML 069
Video is considered the most complicated data to process and the volumes of video production are growing from day to day. Ben and Michael talk with Oleg and Anastasiya about how to leverage robotics and advanced cognitive computing-based video processing algorithms to automate the most routine parts of editing and post-production. Specifically, they discuss American sports such as the NFL, NBA, and NHL, and how to use AI to automate sports highlight reels can automate content post-processing video analytics to save time and streamline employee workflows. This is an exciting video you won’t want to miss! Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Special Guest: Anastasiya Vishnevskaya.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
How to Beef Up Your Resume - ML 068
Michael and Ben talk about how to pick extra projects to build up your resume and become recognized as more of an expert. They discuss the specific ways to contribute within the community and who to interact with to strengthen your resume if you're new. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Training Bots, The Stock Market, and Hypotheticals - ML 067
Machine learning is getting bigger by the second, so it’s good to know how to leverage it. In this episode, Michael asks Ben hypothetical questions around how to effectively deploy machine learning in multiple fields, including the stock market. In This Episode 1) How to get started in the stock market without having gobs of hedge fund money 2) The ONE thing you NEED to know before even starting a project in this space (or you’re wasting your time AND money) 3) The BEST way to leverage open source software and have a competitive advantage Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
How to Teach Kids Science with Kathryn Hulick - ML 066
What happens when you teach ML and data science to kids? You learn a whole lot, too. In this episode, Ben and Michael sit down with Kathryn, a prolific writer and author who simplifies advanced concepts for kids to foster their passion for science. “I just love how curious kids are. I really connect with the questions they ask and how curious they are, so that’s why I love writing for them.” - Kathryn Hulick In This Episode 1) What you NEED to remember when trying to teach complicated topics to kids 2) The BIGGEST misconception around AI that kids need to understand 3) How we can approach ML and data science to learn better (and how kids already do this!) Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Special Guest: Kathryn Hulick.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Business Infrastructure in ML with Joe Reis - ML 065
Even an amazing algorithm can’t fix communication problems. In this episode, Ben and Michael sit down with Joe Reis, a data scientist and ML developer who’s passionate about helping people level up their communication and build solid business infrastructure. “I feel like the infrastructure piece is getting better. Once you get past the technical layer, it’s about basic things like communication, no matter how much money is thrown into it.” - Joe Reis In This Episode 1) SUPER exciting trends for data science for the first time in 10+ years 2) Why you NEED to have a marketing-focused approach in the ML space nowadays 3) The BIGGEST things you should consider when hiring and scaling to keep you business infrastructure intact Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Joe Reis ( JoeReis ) Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Data Feeds and KDNuggets with Maria Zentsova - ML 064
Ever feel like you can’t see the forest through the trees? We get it. In this episode, Michael sits down with Maria Zentsova, an ML developer and data analyst who teaches us how to get a handle on our data. “We all know that more data leads to more accuracy, so it’s important to get hands on.” - Maria Zentsova In This Episode 1) What KDNuggets is making data science and machine learning easier this year 2) The Do’s and Don’ts of data feeds and analysis in 2022 3) Why understanding this ONE issue is the key to avoiding relevance issues and finding your way out of the weeds Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Build a Serverless News Data Pipeline using ML on AWS Cloud - KDnuggets Special Guest: Maria Zentsova.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Rethinking ML Monitoring Part 2 - ML 063
In this episode, Ben and Michael cover more of Shreya Shankar’s deep dive into ML monitoring, including the biggest production challenges, what you NEED to know about adversarial attacks, and how to conduct effective tests and never make past mistakes again. In This Episode 1) The BIGGEST production challenges when it comes to ML in 2022 2) What you NEED to know about adversarial attacks (and how to keep your model secure) 3) How to know if your model tests are actually preventing past mistakes Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
How To Do Post-Production with Abhilash Pattnaik - ML 062
If you’re feeling a little nervous about your baby leaving the nest, we get it. In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk with Abhilash Pattnaik, where they discuss the ONE fact about ML you can’t forget, the do’s and don’ts about applying alerts, and the often-forgotten truth about data drift. “Machine learning models are not static; they are dynamic.” - Abhilash Pattnaik In This Episode: 1) This one UNFORGETTABLE fact for anyone entering the machine learning world (especially if you have little experience) 2) What you NEED to remember about how to measure data accuracy and relevance 3) The Do’s and Don’ts of applying alerts within your models (and how NOT to make it problematic) 4) The often-ignored truth around data drift and why companies react well or poorly Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Censius Special Guest: Abhilash Pattnaik.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Accurate Predictive Modeling with Maarit Widmann - ML 061
Ready to dive DEEP into predictive modeling? You’ve come to the right podcast. In this episode, Ben and Michael sit down with Maarit Widmann, a data scientist whose bread and butter is making models more accurate. They discuss how to effectively use confusion matrices and other tools, why you need to avoid THIS misconception to get accurate churn rates, and the BIG question you should be asking if your data seems off. “If your model is failing, it’s probably been adding up for two weeks already. Instead of monitoring the accuracy, monitor the features. Ask ‘is the data changing?’” - Maarit Widmann In This Episode 1) The THREE techniques to help simplify these advanced concepts for beginners in the ML space (and why they need to know this stuff!) 2) Why you need to remember THIS misconception to avoid getting inaccurate churn rates from your models 3) How to effectively use confusion matrices, down sampling, and other popular tools for your models (and the biggest mistakes developers are making today) 4) The REAL question you need to ask yourself if your data seems off (and how this question helps prevent fraud!) Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Special Guest: Maarit Widmann.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.
Rethinking ML Monitoring - ML 060
Mo’ advancements mean mo’ problems, and today, Michael and Ben are diving into the biggest issues of ML monitoring in 2022. They lay out the ELEVEN (cause nothing good comes easy) potential pitfalls that you should know this year, the important questions that you NEED to ask yourself before launching your baby, and this ONE phenomenon that reveals a fundamental flaw in models versus the real deal. In This Episode The checklist of ELEVEN problems with ML monitoring that you need to consider in 2022 Why THIS is inevitable with ML monitoring no matter what (and why it’s not the end of the world…unless you make it) Before you make an assumptions about your model, ask yourself THESE questions and tread carefully This ONE phenomenon that reveals a HUGE flaw in models vs. real world Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.