Practical AI Productionizing AI at LinkedIn
Oct 13, 2020
Suju Rajan, Senior Director of Enterprise AI at LinkedIn, discusses the practical implementation of cutting-edge AI in recruitment and advertising. She delves into the role of graph-structured data and personalization in enhancing candidate searches. Suju shares insights on overcoming machine learning technical debt and highlights the evolution of AI in decision-making. The conversation also addresses biases in AI systems and the ethical considerations necessary for responsible application in recruitment. Expect a blend of technical depth and real-world application!
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Early AI Project
- Suju Rajan's early AI work involved analyzing satellite images to identify vegetation types.
- This project at UT Austin required manual data collection in Botswana, highlighting the challenges of obtaining labeled data.
Yahoo Internship
- Suju Rajan's internship at Yahoo involved building classifiers and keyword clustering for sponsored search and ad targeting.
- This work provided experience with evolving ML demands, from single models to handling large-scale data for real-time applications.
AI in Talent Solutions
- LinkedIn uses AI to understand member career trajectories and match them with relevant job postings.
- Rajan discusses how models leverage fine-tuned versions of language models to understand semantic meanings in job postings and member profiles.