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DataTalks.Club
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Dec 4, 2023 • 50min
AI for Digital Health - Maria Bruckert
We talked about:
Maria’s background
Deciding to go into telecare (healthcare)
Current difficulties in healthcare
Getting into the healthcare industry as a lifestyle brand
The importance of a plan B and being flexible
What is SQIN and the importance of communication
Going from lipstick to skin health analysis
The importance of community and broadening your audience
The importance of feedback and communicating benefits
The current state and growth of SQIN
Convincing investors and the importance of proving profitability
Maria’s role at SQIN
Balancing a newborn child and a new company
Links:
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Nov 26, 2023 • 52min
Cracking the Code: Machine Learning Made Understandable - Christoph Molnar
We talked about:
Christoph’s background
Kaggle and other competitions
How Christoph became interested in interpretable machine learning
Interpretability vs Accuracy
Christoph’s current competition engagement
How Christoph chooses topics for books
Why Christoph started the writing journey with a book
Self-publishing vs via a publisher
Christoph’s other books
What is conformal prediction?
Christoph’s book on SHAP
Explainable AI vs Interpretable AI
Working alone vs with other people
Christoph’s other engagements and how to stay hands-on
Keeping a logbook
Does one have to be an expert on the topic to write a book about it?
Writing in the open and other feedback gathering methods
Advice for those who want to be technical writers
Self-publishing tools
Finding Christoph online
Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-molnar/
Website: https://christophmolnar.com/
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Nov 20, 2023 • 50min
The Unwritten Rules for Success in Machine Learning - Jack Blandin
We talked about:
Jack’s background
Transitioning from IC to management
Lesson not taught in traditional school
The importance of people’s perception, trust, and respect
How soft skills are relevant to machine learning
How to put on a salesman hat in machine learning management
The importance of visuals and building a POC as fast as possible
1st Rule of Machine Learning – don’t be afraid to start without machine learning
The importance of understanding the reality that data represents
The importance of putting yourself in the shoes of customers
The importance of software engineering skills in machine learning
Where to find Jack’s content
Jack’s next venture
Links:
Jack's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackblandin/
Free ML Engineering course: http://mlzoomcamp.com
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Nov 10, 2023 • 55min
From a Research Scientist at Amazon to a Machine learning/AI Consultant - Verena Webber
Links:
Mini sound bath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-lDrcSqcrQ
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Nov 5, 2023 • 55min
From Marketing to Product Owner in Search - Lera Kaimashnіkova
We talked about:
Lera’s background
Lera’s move from Ukraine to Germany
The transition from Marketing to Product Ownership
The importance of communication and one-on-ones
The role of Product Owner
Utilizing Scrum as a Product Owner
Building teams and cross-functionality
Lera’s experience learning about search
The importance of having both technical knowledge and business context
Open developer positions at AUTODOC
What experience Lera came to AUTODOC with
How marketing skills helped Lera in her current role
Lera’s resource recommendations
Everything is possible
Links:
Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leracaiman_elasticsearch-ecommerce-activity-7106615081588674560-5WQO
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Oct 27, 2023 • 56min
Collaborative Data Science in Business - Ioannis Mesionis
Ioannis Mesionis, an expert in collaborative data science in business, discusses topics such as collaborating with business stakeholders, optimizing digital marketing, agile project management in data science, and finding time for hands-on work in data science.

Oct 20, 2023 • 54min
Bridging Data Science and Healthcare - Eleni Stamatelou
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Oct 12, 2023 • 58min
DataTalks.Club Anniversary Interview - Alexey Grigorev, Johanna Bayer
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10 snips
Oct 6, 2023 • 54min
Data Engineering for Fraud Prevention - Angela Ramirez
Angela Ramirez, a data engineer with experience in fraud prevention, talks about her career journey, the usefulness of knowing ML as a data engineer, best practices for system design and data engineering, working with different types of databases including document and network-based databases, and selecting the appropriate database type to work with. She also discusses the importance of software engineering knowledge in data engineering, data quality check tooling, debugging failed jobs, and working with external data sources.

Sep 29, 2023 • 57min
From Data Manager to Data Architect - Loïc Magnien
We talked about:
Loïc's background
Data management
Loïc's transition to data engineer
Challenges in the transition to data engineering
What is a data architect?
The output of a data architect's work
Establishing metrics and dimensions
The importance of communication
Setting up best practices for the team
Staying relevant and tech-watching
Setting up specifications for a pipeline
Be agile, create a POC, iterate ASAP, and build reusable templates
Reaching out to Loïc for questions
Links:
Loiic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loicmagnien/
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