
Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact.Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy.We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.
Latest episodes

Aug 6, 2021 • 3min
494: How to Instantly Appreciate Being Alive
In this episode, I talk about an interesting thought experiment that helps you appreciate your existence.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/494

Aug 3, 2021 • 1h 3min
493: Bringing Data to the People
Anjali Shrivastava joins us to discuss her data science degree and her content creation efforts to bring data science to the people.In this episode you will learn:
Anjali’s studies [2:00]
Anjali’s YouTube channel [11:57]
The content creation process [17:58]
Yoga during the pandemic [21:34]
Anjali as a writer [24:38]
Anjali’s dual degrees [31:28]
Anjali’s previous data science roles [43:04]
Anjali’s first full-time data job [51:12]
Anjali’s hopes for the future [55:29]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/493

Jul 30, 2021 • 6min
492: The World is Awful (and it's Never Been Better)
In this episode, I discuss the changing child mortality rate as evidence of how much better the world is and how much better it could be.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/492

Jul 27, 2021 • 44min
491: R in Production
Veerle van Leemput joins us to make the case for why you should be using R for production.In this episode you will learn:
Our shared powerlifting passion [2:47]
The stigma of using R [12:02]
What does Analytic Health do? [13:55]
How Analytic Health uses R [19:08]
Tidyverse [34:44]
Tools for API creation [37:09]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/491

Jul 23, 2021 • 2min
490: Say No to Pie Charts
In this episode, I discuss why you should avoid the visually pleasing but flawed pie chart.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/490

Jul 20, 2021 • 1h
489: Monetizing Machine Learning
Vin Vashishta joins us to discuss his AI consulting work and his philosophy on AI strategy for monetization.In this episode you will learn:
V-Squared [4:59]
Vin’s online content [17:18]
Low-code/no-code in data science [25:33]
Top five gap skills [35:19]
Data sets for insights on consumers and targeting [40:26]
Are there socially beneficial data science and machine learning applications? [43:16]
The most difficult data science problem Vin ever faced [50:39]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/489

Jul 16, 2021 • 4min
488: The Price of Your Attention
In this episode, I discuss the simple and cheap ways you can buy yourself more time during the day.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/488

Jul 13, 2021 • 43min
487: Fixing Dirty Data
Susan Walsh joins us to discuss the importance of data cleaning and normalization and how clean procurement data can save companies money.In this episode you will learn:
Susan’s “COAT” system [7:16]
The Classification Guru [15:39]
Case studies [22:46]
Susan’s book [30:26]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/487

Jul 9, 2021 • 6min
486: The History of Calculus
In this episode, I go over the world history of calculus and how we still use these techniques today.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/486

Jul 6, 2021 • 1h 6min
485: Financial Data Engineering
Doug Eisenstein joins us for a great and in-depth conversation on data engineering in the financial sector.In this episode you will learn:• The founding of Advanti [4:37]• Aristos and solution products [16:45]• The kinds of financial industries and how Doug helps [26:25]• Entity Extraction [34:27]• Temporality data [44:27]• How to work with Doug [58:19]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/485