Ya Xu, the Head of Data Science at LinkedIn, shares her journey from a statistics background to leading a global ML team. She describes the crucial three phases—building, adoption, and maturation—of any successful platform. Ya discusses the challenges of collaboration between application and platform teams, as well as the importance of overcoming 'hero syndrome'. She also dives into LinkedIn's approach to differential privacy, the evolution of experimentation in ML, and how these strategies enhance user experience while ensuring security.
