
Data Driven
Data Driven: the podcast where we explore the emerging field of Data Science. We bring the best minds in Data, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence right to you every Tuesday.
The field of data science mashes up the worlds of statistics, database architecture and software engineering. Data Scientist has been labelled by the Harvard Business Review, as "the sexiest job of the 21st century." A quick search of job search sites reveal that this field is in high demand.
In a world where Data is the new Oil, Data Science the new Refineries, consider this Car Talk for the Data Age. Every week we bring the best minds in this emerging field straight to you. Our goal is to educate and inspire our listeners so that they can be prepared to thrive in a Data Driven world.
Latest episodes

Oct 17, 2018 • 58min
*Special* Frank La Vigne on Reinforcement Learning at Azure Data Fest
In his session from Azure Data Fest Reston 2018, Frank explores reinforcement learning. As an added bonus, Andy (who’s holding the camera) chimes in now and then.

Oct 12, 2018 • 53min
*Special* Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF Azure Data Fest Keynote Part 3
In this keynote session from Azure Data Fest 2018 Reston, Data Driven’s very own Andy Leonard discusses and demonstrates migrating SSIS to Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime.

Oct 12, 2018 • 1h 9min
*Special* Building Globally Distributed Data Applications with Cosmos DB Azure Data Fest Keynote Part 2
In this keynote from the Azure Data Fest 2018 in Reston, Mark Brown dives deep into Microsoft Azure’s globally distributed database, Cosmos DB. He covers concepts then dive into specific features and capabilities that make this database the key to building global applications and services in the cloud.

Oct 12, 2018 • 28min
*Special* Azure Data Services Overview Azure Data Fest Keynote Part 1
In this keynote from the Azure Data Fest 2018 in Reston, Tim McAliley and Devin Jaswal explore the data services available in Azure.

Oct 12, 2018 • 19min
*DataPoint* Frank and Andy and Joel at Azure Data Fest Reston
In this Data Point, Frank and Andy talk about reinforcement learning, Mario Brothers, and then get sidetracked. Then Joel Cochran stops by and they really get sidetracked.

Oct 9, 2018 • 47min
Rie Irish on Databases, Women in Tech, and Getting People to Walk in Circles
In this episode, Frank and Andy talk with Rie Irish about her path from sociology to database administration, women in technology, and getting people to walk around in circles.

Sep 26, 2018 • 51min
*Webinar* SSIS Framework Community Edition
We love experimenting around here and examining the resulting data. After all, we are Data Driven: not just in name but also in spirit.
In this webinar Andy recorded, he also streamed it live on our Facebook page. We thought it was good enough to share with our larger audience here.
Let us know what you think. Both Frank and Andy have been recording/streaming their live events and we’re curious to hear what you have to say about this innovation in how we podcast.

Sep 22, 2018 • 1min
*DataPoint* Andy talks to Andy from SentryOne at SQL Saturday Boston
Andy is at SQL Saturday Boston and he runs into another Andy from SentryOne.

Sep 21, 2018 • 13min
*Special* Computer Vision Session from AI Discovery Day
Today, Frank was in Philadelphia presenting a session at AI Discovery Day on Computer Vision Cognitive Services.
The labs for this session are on GitHub: https://github.com/Azure/LearnAI-Bootcamp/tree/master/lab01.1-computer_vision
These events will be taking place across the US. Here are a few dates and links to registration.
City
Date
Title
Link
Boston, MA
9/28/2018
AI Discovery Day
Registration Link
Boston, MA
10/16/2018
AI Discovery Day
Registration Link
Malvern, PA
10/17/2018
AI Discovery Day
Registration Link
Reston, VA
10/25/2018
AI Discovery Day
Registration Link
Boston, MA
10/25/2018
WORKSHOP: Applied AI – Cognitive Services
Registration Link

Sep 13, 2018 • 2min
*DataPoint* Hurricane #Florence is South of Farmville
Hurricane #Florence has been making its presence known on the eastern shores of the mid-Atlantic region since the wee hours of this morning (13 Sep 2018). In Farmville, Andy is seeing weather that is being pushed by the storm – not the storm itself.
Update: Andy blogged about the @AndyWeather weather station and how he uses IoT technology to tweet weather data and display it at AndyWeather.com.
In other news, this is Episode #150 and we hit 70,000 downloads earlier today. Thank you listeners! Thank you guests! Yall rock!