Adventures in Machine Learning

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 thi...

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...

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...

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...

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....

If you’re looking for a team that actually cares about the issues you’re facing, look no further than Databricks, and they’ve got something exciting out. In this episode, Michael and Ben welcome on the development team of MLflow, an open-source lifecycle manager for machine learning. They cover how Databricks is redefining how developers and engineers collaborate, the reason behind Databricks’ cra...

What do cows and camels have to do with the human brain? The latest developments in machine learning, of course! In this episode, Michael and Ben dive into a new white paper from Facebook AI researchers that reveals a LOT about the future of modeling. They discuss “cows and camels”, the question of predictive vs causal modeling, and how algorithms are getting scary good at emulating the human brai...

Want to know how businesses are measuring their success nowadays? In this episode, Ben talks with Michael Berk about how businesses are leveraging numerous performance metrics to stay on top of their game. The two emphasize what your FIRST step should be, why A/B testing is not just for marketers, and the “elephant in the room” that determines how KPIs should be integrated. “It’s the chicken or th...

Michael and Ben talk about Prediction Intervals. They discuss how to put intervals around your predictions and then aiming for a certain level of confidence. Michael and Ben discuss how to put it together and how to use it. Panel Ben Wilson Michael Berk Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...

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Ben and Chuck put their areas of expertise together to discuss how you could build Machine Learning into web and mobile applications. They discuss the various ways data scientists and Machine Learning engineers can use their expertise to build engines and provide data and results to web and mobile developers. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Ben...

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Aliaksei Mikhailiuk joins the Adventure to discuss the tools he wishes he'd mastered before getting his PhD in Machine Learning. However, the conversation meanders through his background, what qualifications people should have, algorithms, and approaches to machine learning along with the tools discussion. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Michael Berk Guest Aliaksei Mikhailiuk Sponsors Top End De...

Michael Berk joins the adventure to discuss how he uses Machine Learning within the context of A/B testing features within applications and how to know when you have a viable test option for your setup. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Guest Michael Berk Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Links How to Find Weaknesses in your Machine Learning Models LinkedIn: Michael Berk M...

Pier Paolo Ippolito joins the adventure to discuss some of the paradoxes or counterintuitive generalizations people make about their datasets. Ben, Chuck, and Pier dive into how to look at statistical data and how to identify trends in the data. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Guest Pier Paolo Ippolito Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Links Paradoxes in Data Science Pie...

The panel jumps in to attempt to break your mental build regarding testing your ML Ops. They advocate for good testing practices around your code and systems and discuss how you can reliable test the various parts of your applications including your Machine Learning models. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Francois Bertrand Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Picks Ben- The...

Ahmad Mustafa Anis joins the adventure to discuss how he deploys his Machine Learning models using FastAPI. FastAPI is a system for connecting and running Python programs. If your model is built in Python, you can use FastAPI to deploy to Heroku or similar services. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Francois Bertrand Guest Ahmad Mustafa Anis Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat....

Emeli Dral and Elena Samuylova joins the Adventure to discuss the tools they have built to monitor data quality to determine where data problems occur, what they mean, and how to fix them. Panel Ben Wilson Francois Bertrand Guest Elena Samuylova Emeli Dral Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links Evidently AI When to Retrain an Machine Learning Model? Run...

Demetrios Brinkmann joins the adventure to discuss how he build and supports the MLOps Slack community and online meetups. He goes into the community, moderation, running meetups, sponsorships, and much more. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Francois Bertrand Guest Demetrios Brinkmann Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links MLOps Community Twitter: mlop...

Conor Murphy joins the adventure to explain how he approaches new problems from customers at databricks and how he helps customers see their way past issues with their current solutions to get the outcomes they want. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Francois Bertrand Guest Conor Murphy Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links A dose of awe from the bleed...

Antonio Alegria is the head of AI at Outsystems. He leads the effort to find ways to use AI to augment people's experience building software. He joins in to talk about how Outsystems approaches exploring and implementing AI to make the lifecycle of software development easier. Panel Ben Wilson Francois Bertrand Guest Antonio Alegria Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Podcas...

Slater Victoroff joins the Adventure to discuss mutli-modal AI and machine teaching with the panel. He starts out explaining what multi-modal AI is and how it works. The conversation goes deep before veering into Machine Teaching. Panel Ben Wilson Francois Bertrand Guest Slater Victoroff Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links LinkedIn: Slater Victoroff...

Sydney Lai joins the Adventure to discuss how she and her colleagues build AI assisted features for developers and how that they handle scenarios that they can't always plan for. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Guest Sydney Lai Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links Developer Community | OutSystems Software Downloads | OutSystems Twitter: Sydney Lai (...

Sandeep Uttamchandani joins the Adventure to discuss the relationships between Data Science and Machine Learning. He walks through the ways you should set up, manage, and consider the data you use to build and train your Machine Learning systems to get the outcomes that you want. Panel Ben Wilson Charles Max Wood Guest Sandeep Uttamchandani Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.t...

Alexey Grigorev joins the Adventure to discuss how software engineers can begin making the transition from Software Engineer to Data Scientist in their career. Ben Wilson also gets asked about this frequently and chimes in with his experience. Panel Charles Max Wood Ben Wilson Francois Bertrand Guest Alexey Grigorev Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links From Software Engineering to Machine Le...