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
May 28, 2021 • 6min
474: The Machine Learning House
In this episode, I discuss the architecture of a “machine learning house”, representing the skills and learnings you can use as foundations to build your data science career.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/474
May 25, 2021 • 1h 13min
473: Machine Learning at NVIDIA
Anima Anandkumar joins us to discuss her work as a researcher in machine learning at NVIDIA and a professor at CalTech, and how they often go hand-in-hand and inform each other.In this episode you will learn:
Anima’s recent discovery of yoga [5:20]
How does Anima balance her work? [12:25]
Applications of Anima’s work [14:45]
Tensors [22:55]
Anima’s favorite NVIDIA projects [35:35]
What tools does NVIDIA use? [41:55]
CalTech interdisciplinary science [47:41]
The path to generalized artificial intelligence [57:19]
The skills to have to get into this field [1:00:27]
LinkedIn questions for Anima [1:07:03]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/473
May 21, 2021 • 3min
472: The Learning Never Stops (so Relax)
In this episode, I share a note I received from a student who expressed his thoughts on the learning that never stops as he goes through his data science career.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/472
May 18, 2021 • 1h 41min
471: 99 Days to Your First Data Science Job
Kirill Eremenko returns to the SDS podcast as a guest to debunk common myths you may believe about getting a data science job.In this episode you will learn:
What has Kirill been up to? [3:48]
The genesis of the 99-days challenge [5:27]
5 myths about pursuing a data science career [15:49]
First data science jobs [1:00:53]
5 components for success [1:08:19]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/471
May 14, 2021 • 6min
470: My Favorite Books
In this episode, I follow up on the popular book recommendation portion of the podcast with my own list of favorite books. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/470
May 11, 2021 • 1h 12min
469: Learning Deep Learning Together
Konrad Körding joins us to discuss his work in educating the next generation in deep learning and his views on the importance of causality in deep learning research.In this episode you will learn:
Konrad’s academic background [3:54]
Neuromatch Academy [5:23]
Artificial general intelligence [35:02]
Defining deep learning [41:24]
Symbol representation [44:12]
Konrad’s career journey [47:25]
What other skills should you develop for the future? [52:46]
What is the future of intelligence in our timeline? [56:37]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/469
May 7, 2021 • 8min
468: The History of Data
In this episode, I tackle another historical topic: the history of data.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/468
May 4, 2021 • 1h 17min
467: High-Impact Data Science Made Easy
Noah Gift joins us to discuss how he believes data science urgency and the end of hierarchies will change the world for the better.In this episode you will learn:
Catch up with Noah [2:50]
Educational options to pursue in data science [13:09]
Outside university education [24:06]
Noah as a prolific author [28:15]
Urgent applications of technology [37:34]
Noah’s income streams color code [48:38]
How to harness our free time to solve big problems [54:13]
Noah’s Coursera course [1:09:12]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/467
Apr 30, 2021 • 8min
466: Good vs. Great Data Scientists
In this episode, I go over what separates a good data scientist from a great one in skills, practices, and approach.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/466
Apr 27, 2021 • 59min
465: Analytics for Commercial and Personal Success
Konrad Kopczynski joins us to discuss how data, tracking, analytics, and key performance indicators can help your professional and personal development.In this episode you will learn:
What does Konrad do [3:40]
Tools and techniques used in Impakt Advisors [10:35]
Impakt’s unique hiring model [18:53]
How does Impakt manage remote work [21:36]
Konrad’s professional history and daily structure [28:42]
Konrad’s Iron Man triathlon [44:11]
Konrad’s years’ long project on presidential biographies [47:46]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/465
