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We talked about: Erum's Background Omdena Academy and Erum’s Role There Omdena’s Community and Projects Course Development and Structure at Omdena Academy Student and Instructor Engagement Engagement and Motivation The Role of Teaching in Community Building The Importance of Communities for Career Building Advice for Aspiring Instructors and Freelancers DS and ML Talent Market Saturation Resources for Learning AI and Community Building Erum’s Resource Recommendations Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erum-afzal-64827b24/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Erum55449739 Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

Vincent Warmerdam, a data scientist and open-source expert, discusses maintaining and transitioning open-source projects, teaching through projects like Calm Code, data processing tricks, and the role of developer relations. He explores Probabl.ai and advanced data processing, offers personal insights on SciKit Learn, and shares future project plans.

Links: Biodiversity and Artificial Intelligence pdf: https://www.gpai.ai/projects/responsible-ai/environment/biodiversity-and-AI-opportunities-recommendations-for-action.pdf Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Anahita's Background Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Finite Element Analysis vs. Machine Learning Optimization and Semantic Reporting Application of Knowledge Graphs in Research Graphs vs Tabular Data Computational graphs Graph Data Science and Graph Machine Learning Combining Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models (LLMs) Practical Applications and Projects Challenges and Learnings Anahita’s Recommendations Links: GitHub repo: https://github.com/antahiap/ADPT-LRN-PHYS/tree/main Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Tereza’s background Switching from an Individual Contributor to Lead Python Pizza and the pizza management metaphor Learning to figure things out on your own and how to receive feedback Tereza as a leadership coach Podcasts Tereza’s coaching framework (selling yourself vs bragging) The importance of retrospectives The importance of communication and active listening Convincing people you don’t have power over Building relationships and empathy Inclusive leadership Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tereza-iofciu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/terezaif Github: https://github.com/terezaif Website: https:// terezaiofciu.com Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

Links: VectorHub: https://superlinked.com/vectorhub/?utm_source=community&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=datatalks Daniel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svonava/ Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html ​This podcast is sponsored by VectorHub, a free open-source learning community for all things vector embeddings and information retrieval systems.

We talked about: Reem’s background Context-aware sensing and transfer learning Shifting focus from PhD to industry Reem’s experience with startups and dealing with prejudices towards PhDs AI interviewing solution How candidates react to getting interviewed by an AI avatar End-to-end overview of a machine learning project The pitfalls of using LLMs in your process Mitigating biases Addressing specific requirements for specific roles Reem’s resource recommendations Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reemmahmoud/recent-activity/all/ Website: https://topmate.io/reem_mahmoud Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Sara’s background On being a Google PhD fellow Sara’s volunteer work Finding AI volunteer work Sara’s Fruit Punch challenge How to take part in AI challenges AI Wonder Girls Hackathons Things people often miss in AI projects and hackathons Getting creative Fostering your social media Tips on applying for volunteer projects Why it’s worth doing volunteer projects Opportunities for data engineers and students Sara’s newsletter suggestions Links: Dev and AI hackathons: https://devpost.com/ Healthcare-focused challenges: https://grand-challenge.org/challenges/ Volunteering in projects (AI4Good): https://www.fruitpunch.ai/ Volunteering in projects (AI4Good) 2: https://www.omdena.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/el_ateifSara Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saraelateif/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-el-ateif/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/@elateifsara Free Data Engineering course: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

Sarah Mestiri, a data scientist and career coach, discusses supporting women in the data field, narrowing down focus when job hunting in tech, building relationships through informational interviews, researching companies and job requirements, applying for data engineering roles while taking a course, the value of sharing and engaging in the learning process, and discovering skills and learning resources.