Ken's Nearest Neighbors

Richard is a data scientist from the Greater Detroit Area. He started off his data science journey when he was in graduate school by landing consulting gigs through his network. Since then he has had several roles in small, mid-sized, and large firms in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. He started a YouTube channel last year for a couple reasons. The first reason is out of a passion fo...

Sanyam Bhutani is a ML Engineer and AI Content Creator at H2O.ai. He is also an inc42, Economic Times recognized Machine Learning Practitioner. Sanyam is an x1 Master and x2 Expert on Kaggle, ranked in Global Top 1% as well as an active AI blogger on the medium, Hackernoon, with over 1 Million+ Views overall. Sanyam is also the host of Chai Time Data Science Podcast where he interviews top practit...

Jordan Harrod is a PhD student in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program. She works at intersection of non-invasive brain-machine interfaces and deep learning for clinical pain and anesthesia under Dr. Ed Boyden and Dr. Emery Brown. Her YouTube channel focuses on engaging the public on artificial intelligence and algorithms. She received h...

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Jeff Charbeneau. Jeff is a friend of mine from Chicago, who works on the machine learning engineer side of data science. He is probably one of the most passionate people about machine learning pipelines and ml ops out of anyone I know. Jeff's road to the present began in statistics. After several years in academia, first as a biostatistics g...

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with John David. He is the founder of Silvertone Analytics, a consulting agency that helps organizations make the most of their data. He also sits on the Advisory Council for Business School at Greensboro College, teaches Analytics classes at Greensboro College and High Point University. He Co-Hosts the "How to Get an Analytics Job" podcast....

In this video I spoke with Kate Strachnyi from @Story by Data about the importance of data visualization. We talked about how Kate learned data visualization, why it is important, and a bit about how you can build a brand for yourself.  You might have seen the linkedin live that we did a few weeks ago together! Kate is the Founder of Story by Data, DATAcated Academy, and the DATAcated Conference w...

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeremie Harris. Jeremie is the co-founder of SharpestMinds, a data science, machine learning and analytics mentorship program that's free until you get a job. SharpestMinds is a Y Combinator backed startup,  the world’s largest mentorship marketplace for data science, with mentors from companies like Google, Tesla, Airbnb and Shopify. He&apo...

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Andrew from dataleap. He is data scientist and youtuber who is providing a great resource free industry education. He breaks down complex data science concepts with his own unique brand of comedy sprinkled in. You also get to enjoy some corgi time with his wonderful sidekick meatball. If you want to see Meatball, be sure to check out the full vid...

In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Vijay Pravin Maharajan. Vijay Pravin Maharajan has had quite the impressive career in data science and as a speaker. He was named on the top 40 Data Scientists under 40 in India, and he was the first Indian to be invited to give a Ted X talk in Germany below the age of 30.  Vijay came from a electrical engineering background and currently works fo...

In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Castrounis. Alex has had an incredible career in both sports analytics and data science. He started as a IndyCar engineer and eventually managed the data science program at Andretti AutoSport.  Now, Alex is the founder of InnoArchiTech and InnoArchiTech Institute, as well as the author of AI for People and Business. He helps companies create...

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Tina Huang. Tina recently landed a data science position with one of the FANG companies. She also happens to have a data science Youtube channel where she gives tips on how you can dominate the FANG data science interview as well.  In our conversation, Tina talks about how she got started in data science from her initial interest in bioinformatic...

In this episode, I interview Ray Ojel one of my long time subscribers. Ray recently landed a data analyst job. He did this only 5 months after learning about a data science role and 7 months after learning how to code. I think this is an incredible accomplishment. In this interview, we carefully go through how he learned the data analyst skills, how he applied for his role, and how he succeeded in...

In this episode I interviewed Abhishek Thakur. He is the first ever 3-time and 4-time kaggle grand master. Abhishek takes us inside his unique mind to understand how he performs so well in the kaggle competitions. He also talks about how he got his first data science job, the importance of data science projects, and also about getting a job in another country. Abhishek's Youtube: https://www....

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nick Wan. Nick streams data science content on twitch, but also has worked in sports analytics with the Cincinnati Reds. His work there allowed him to pivot recently into a data science manager role at KFC. In this interview I talked with Nick about his experiences learning data science, breaking into sports analytics, and streaming data science...

In this episode I had the privilege of speaking with Anima Anandkumar about the her background, her work at NVIDIA, and how she views the future of Machine Learning and AI.  Anima is the Head of ML and AI research at NVIDIA. She also is a Bren Professor at CalTech. She has been honored by multiple organizations for her contributions to the field of AI research and she has given multiple talks on t...

In this episode, I spoke with Danny Ma about value and mentorship in data science. Danny progressed from humble beginnings in data entry all the way to starting his own data science consulting company. Danny also has a tremendous social reach through linkedin and loves mentoring people interested in the field.  Danny's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYPQz_qySbPESTK8k2ky5g Danny&ap...

In this episode I interviewed Daniel Bourke, a content creator and machine learning engineer. I get his take on learning machine learning and data science and taking an experimental approach to life.  Daniel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8O8l5cCX85Oem1d18EezQ Project From Sratch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2zq7klxX5ASFejJj80ob9ZAnBHdz5O1t Resume Reviews: https://w...

In this episode I talk with Jaemin Lee (Import Data) about if you should major in data science. Jaemin switched his major from CS to data science and recently landed a job as an entry level data scientist. He talks about his experience with his major, interviewing for data science jobs, and with creating content through youtube.

In this episode, I talk with @DataScienceJay about how to get a data science job at a FAANG Company (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google) and bay area startups. Jay has worked as a data scientist at multiple data science startups in the bay area and has started interviewquery.com. He has a tremendous amount of experience with the FANG interview process and on his youtube channel he has multiple mock...

KNN Ep. 02 - In this episode I interview my friend Tim Bowling who transitioned from a NASA Physicist to a Data Scientist. Tim's work focused on simulating asteroid collisions and understanding the possible impacts that these could have on planet habitability.  Before entering data science, he attended a data science boot camp in Chicago called metis. He believes that these could be helpful f...

We finally have a name! Ken's Nearest Neighbors was proposed by Cillian Raftery, and was an easy choice. It was the most requested name by popular demand, and it was the best fit with the mission of the podcast.  We are happy to announce Ken's Nearest Neighbors to the world! 

KNN EP. 01 - This is the first episode of the Ken Jee podcast (Now renamed Ken's Nearest Neighbors)! I talk about who I am, what you can expect from the podcast, and why you'll want to stay tuned for future episodes. So what is this new podcast thing I’m doing? To put simply, this podcast is a more formalized version of  the interviews that I have been doing on my channel for some time n...