

Lights On Data Show
George Firican
Each episode puts the lights on various data topics with renowned industry experts. We cover the following topics in a fun and informative interview format: data science, data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data visualization, data storytelling, data governance, data management, data quality, data strategy, and much more.
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Jan 14, 2022 • 41min
Getting Started with AutoML
Do you want to get started with autoML?
Join us and Nathan George, Author and Author & Data Scientist at Tink
What autoML is and what it is used for
What environments autoML works with
The projects/tasks recommended using autoML for
Best practices and advice
Plus, advice for those wanting to get into data science
Don't forget to check out Nathan George's book on "Practical Data Science with Python": https://packt.link/ngeorge

Jan 7, 2022 • 27min
Why Society Needs A.I.
Democracy is under a lot of strain because politicians are more distant from their constituents and mass media is relinquishing its role to keep politics in check, just to name a few. Should A.I. start taking on that role and aid our society?
Join us and our guest, Kye Andersson - Chief Experience Officer & Partner at Canucci + A.I. Sweden, as we'll address this topic and go over:
A.I. applications
Current challenges in our society and how A.I. can help
What the future holds

Dec 1, 2021 • 28min
How to Map the Digital Customer Journey
Maciej Zawadziński, CEO of PiwikPRO, is joining us on the Lights On Data Show to discuss:
Why mapping the digital customer journey is important
Example of a typical journey
Best practices, tips and tricks
Action items as a result of the mapping exercise

Nov 26, 2021 • 25min
Natural Language Processing for Documents
How about a quick intro into Natural Language Processing (NLP) for documents? Join this episode with our guest, Nina Hristozova, Data Scientist (AI & NLP) at Thomson Reuters. We'll learn more about NLPs and their applications, challenges, and potential future, but also their current usage in documents and text based formats.

Nov 12, 2021 • 33min
Crimes Against Data
Have you ever been impacted by bad data quality? Did you ever:
Get the incorrect sum credited from your account?
Not receive the package you were waiting for?
Get your name misspelled?
Well, it's probably because a crime was committed against that data. Join us on this Lights On Data show episode as Merrill Albert, Enterprise Data Leader, will share some mind-blowing stories of "Crimes Against Data".

Nov 5, 2021 • 46min
Data Leadership
How do we choose to apply our limited energy and resources toward creating data capabilities to influence our business? With data leadership.
Anthony Algmin, is founder and CEO of Algmin Data Leadership. He's joining us on this episode to discuss about
Data leadership
Why it is needed
Its synergy with data governance
The notion of data value
and his passion of cars

Oct 29, 2021 • 30min
The Future of Quantum Computing
Superposition, entanglement, and interference. Join us on this episode as we're learning more about quantum computing and what the future holds for us.
This episode's guest is Sahar Ben Rached. She is a Research Master's candidate in Nanotechnology at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis. She is currently a Quantum Computing research intern at the IPE, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. She is a Qiskit Advocate and the Co-Founder and Local Coordinator of QTunisia, the first community of Quantum Computing enthusiasts in Tunisia, aiming to promote and teach about quantum technologies.

Oct 22, 2021 • 51min
Datavengers: A Live Conversation
For the first time since we've started our show, we've met in person to record this episode with the following data influencers: Kate Strachnyi (Founder of Datacated), Ben Taylor (Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot), Scott Taylor (The Data Whisperer), Christina Stathopoulos (Analytical Lead at Waze), and yours truly, Diana Andreea Firican, and George Firican.
We talked about putting the lights on data (and people), cyberbullying, being prolific on LinkedIn, the importance of online communities, and much more.

Oct 8, 2021 • 50min
How to Create a Data Culture
A lot of companies are struggling with creating a data culture. A culture that would be characterized by data-driven decision making. A culture where data is truly treated as an asset and where data quality is everyone's reasonability.
So as a company, how can you setup a data culture? A data culture such as TikTok's.
Join this episode's guest, Saquiful Alam, that will address this very important topic.
Saqif is right now a Program Manager for Trust and Safety for TikTok, working in the South Asian markets. Besides that, he is an Analytics Adviser for Intelligent Machines Limited, and a Data Trainer and Consultant, focusing on Data driven Decision Making, Story-telling with data, Data Strategy and Culture and Machine Learning.

Oct 1, 2021 • 59min
How to Build a Data Science Portfolio
Are you starting out in data science? Do you want to build your data science portfolio? Then don't miss this Lights On Data Show episode with our guest, Michael Galarnyk - Developer Relations at Anyscale. We will address:
Why building a portfolio is important
How can one address their lack of work experience
Examples of work/projects to include or not to include in a portfolio
Resume tips
Networking tips
Best practices and recommendations to make your portfolio and resume stronger