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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.

Episodes

901: Automating Legal Work with Data-Centric ML (feat. Lilith Bat-Leah)

Senior Director of AI Labs for Epiq Lilith Bat-Leah speaks to Jon Krohn about the ways AI have disrupted the legal industry using LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), as well as how the data-centric machine learning research movement (DMLR) is systematically improving data quality, and why that is so important. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/901⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA⁠⁠ and Adverity, the conversational analytics plat...

Jul 01, 20251 hr 6 min

900: 95-Year-Old Annie on How to Stay Healthy and Happy

“Stay happy and healthy”: In this special Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks with Annie, his grandmother, on her 95th birthday. Hear how she is physically and mentally coping with illnesses that limit her mobility and the joys of having a pet. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/900⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship information.

Jun 27, 202515 min

899: Landing $200k+ AI Roles: Real Cases from the SuperDataScience Community, with Kirill Eremenko

Data science skills, a data science bootcamp, and why Python and SQL still reign supreme: In this episode, Kirill Eremenko returns to the podcast to speak to Jon Krohn about SuperDataScience subscriber success stories, where to focus in a field that is evolving incredibly quickly, and why in-person working and networking might give you the edge over other candidates in landing a top AI role. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/899⁠⁠⁠ This episode is brought to you by ⁠Adverity, th...

Jun 24, 20251 hr 33 min

898: My Four-Hour Agentic AI Workshop is Live and 100% Free

In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn announces his new, free workshop on Agentic AI. On this four-hour comprehensive course, you’ll learn the key terminology for working with these flexible, multi-agent systems and then get to grips with developing and deploying this artificial “team of experts” for all your AI-driven projects. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/898⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship ...

Jun 20, 20255 min

897: How to Enable Enterprise AI Transformation, with Strategy Consultant Diane Hare

Diane Hare talks to Jon Krohn about the power of storytelling for corporate buy-in of AI initiatives, how to actively implement AI to transform organizations, and how emerging professionals can upskill themselves. Hear how she discovered her background in storytelling at Ernst & Young and her work with Simon Sinek, which she finds to be integral to her process. Inspired by Sinek’s aphorism “start with why”, Diane notes that many companies neglect this crucial part of their mission because th...

Jun 17, 20251 hr 3 min

896: AI (Probably) Isn’t Taking Your Job (At Least Anytime Soon)

The Economist reported that global Google searches for "AI unemployment" hit an all-time high earlier this year. But do we have to worry about AI taking our jobs? In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn investigates whether the rise of AI has directly led to an increase in unemployment. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/896 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship information.

Jun 13, 20258 min

895: The Future of Enterprise AI: Investor Shaun Johnson Reveals What Actually Works

How to get funded by a VC specializing in AI: Head of AIX Ventures Shaun Johnson talks to Jon Krohn about investment strategies, how to simplify AI adoption, why a little competition can be so beneficial to AI startups, and how Big Tech is circumventing anti-monopoly measures. Additional materials: ⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/895⁠ This episode is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA and by ⁠Adverity, the conversational analytics platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience...

Jun 10, 20251 hr 16 min

894: In Case You Missed It in May 2025

In this episode of “In Case You Missed It”, Jon Krohn takes clips from interviews with guests in May 2025. From AI agent integration and RAG-based chatbots to education through virtual reality headsets and data harmonization, this episode explores how industry leaders are developing the tools and technologies that can improve operations, education, healthcare, and marketing. Highlight clips are with John Roese, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer at Dell Technologies (Episode 88...

Jun 06, 202530 min

893: How to Jumpstart Your Data Career (by Applying Like a Scientist), with Avery Smith

Avery Smith is a passionate and motivational YouTuber and careers educator for data science. In this episode, Jon Krohn asks Avery about the tools and tricks he has learned from personal experience and from his students in how to get ahead in the tech industry. Avery shares the “learning ladder” he uses to help newcomers start on the right foot with great examples from former bootcamp students who have put his theories into practice. And, if you’re using LinkedIn to find jobs, Avery explains why...

Jun 03, 20251 hr 18 min

892: We’re In The AI “Trough of Disillusionment” (and that’s Great!)

Businesses have entered a “trough of disillusionment” for AI. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn learns why Fortune 500 execs are so frustrated with the tools and how they can work their way up the “slope of enlightenment” towards effective AI. Hear why AI takeup hasn’t so far gone to plan in the corporate world and what that world needs from AI to encourage greater business engagement. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/892⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcas...

May 30, 202512 min

891: Conversational AI is Overhauling Data Analytics, with Martin Brunthaler

Martin Brunthaler talks to Jon Krohn about founding Adverity, a data analytics platform for marketing that simplifies integrating data from multiple sources and crunching them into actionable insights. Learn how Adverity became a data analytics powerhouse serving multiple industries, and why Martin thinks AI will strengthen rather than diminish the job market for data scientists, data analysts, and machine learning engineers. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/891 Today’s episode is ...

May 27, 20251 hr 2 min

890: The “State of AI” Report 2025

In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn reveals highlights from Stanford University’s AI Index Report. Released a few weeks ago by the Institute for Human-Centered AI, this annual report details the incredible technical advances, policies, and investments in artificial intelligence. Hear which models achieve the best performance relative to their size, in what scenarios top AI systems can outperform humans (and when humans still outperform AI), and more in Jon’s five key takeaways. Addition...

May 23, 20257 min

889: AI-Powered Virtual Reality: The Future of Education and Entertainment, with Mary Spio

Founder of CEEK’s Mary Spio talks to Jon Krohn about how the platform contributes to the emerging community of digital creators with its blockchain-powered virtual experiences. Hear how Mary got her first investors for CEEK and how it is used across industries as diverse as education, entertainment, aviation, and healthcare. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/889⁠ This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠Adverity, the conversational analytics platform⁠⁠ and by the ⁠⁠Dell AI Factory wit...

May 20, 20251 hr 7 min

888: Teams of Agents: The Next Frontier in AI Collaboration, with Mike Pell

Mike Pell speaks to Jon Krohn about The Microsoft Garage, a program that drives the culture of innovation at the tech multinational, and how listeners can apply their principles to foster innovation in their workplace. In this Five-Minute Friday, you’ll hear more about Microsoft’s approaches to agentic AI, the future of human-AI collaboration in the workplace, and why experimentation and curiosity are critical skills for the future of work. Additional materials: ⁠www.superdatascience.com/888⁠ In...

May 16, 202532 min

887: Multi-Agent Teams, Quantum Computing and the Future of Work, with Dell’s Global CTO John Roese

Jon Krohn speaks to John Roese about the promise of multi-agent teams for business, the benefits of agentic AI systems that can identify and complete tasks independently, and how these systems demand new authentication, authorization, security and knowledge-sharing standards. They also discuss how to use AI to refine project ideas down to a core business need, as well as the new and emerging careers in the tech industry and beyond, all thanks to AI. Additional materials: ⁠⁠www.superdatascience.c...

May 13, 20251 hr 2 min

886: In Case You Missed it In April 2025

Our In Case You Missed It episode for April has clips on NVIDIA’s and Dell’s product and service offers including an overview of NVIDIA’s GPUs, AI Enterprise, and its microservices. You’ll also hear about AWS’ focus on bringing choice to customers and the incredible power of its Graviton CPU, how Zerve opens access to AI deployment, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s multi-chip integration, and why reliance on the cloud might soon become a practice of times past. Additional materials: ⁠www.superda...

May 09, 202536 min

885: Python Polars: The Definitive Guide, with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp

Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp are data frame library Polars’ greatest advocates in this episode with Jon Krohn, where they discuss their book, Python Polars: The Definitive Guide, best practice for using Polars, why Pandas users are switching to Polars for data frame operations in Python, and how the library reduces memory usage and compute time up to 10x more than Pandas. Listen to the episode to be a part of an O’Reilly giveaway! Additional materials: ⁠www.superdatascience.com/885 This e...

May 06, 20251 hr 15 min

884: Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Why Everyone’s Talking About It

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Anthropic’s hottest tool, with over 1,000 community-built MCP servers in operation by February alone. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explains what took so long for users to catch on: Anthropic released MCP in November 2024. Hear more about the buzz behind MCP, its applications, and how easy it is to get started. Additional materials: ⁠www.superdatascience.com/884⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected]...

May 02, 20257 min

883: Blackwell GPUs Are Now Available at Your Desk, with Sama Bali and Logan Lawler

Returning after the “Super Bowl of AI”, NVIDIA GTC, Sama Bali and Logan Lawler talk to Jon Krohn about their respective work at tech giants NVIDIA and Dell. Sama and Logan discuss the next-gen Blackwell GPUs to their collaboration with Dell in launching Pro-Max PCs specially designed to take on heavy computational workloads as well as the incredible performance of GB 10 and GB 300 workstations, and the widening accessibility of AI developer tools and models. Additional materials: www.superdatasc...

Apr 29, 20251 hr 4 min

882: 40x Hotter Than the Sun: The ASML Machines That Make AI Chips

This week’s five-minute Friday heads to the Netherlands to find out more about Dutch company ASML, the brains behind the lithography machines that build AI chips. Jon Krohn walks through how ASML came to dominate the market, where they’re headed next, and how ASML’s complex machines shape AI chips as well as the very future of AI. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/882 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship info...

Apr 25, 202510 min

881: Beyond GPUs: The Power of Custom AI Accelerators, with Emily Webber

Emily Webber speaks to Jon Krohn about her work at Amazon Web Services, from its Annapurna Labs-developed Nitro System, a foundational technology that can enhance securities and performance in the cloud and how Trainium2 became AWS’ most powerful AI chip with four times the compute of Trainium. Hear the specs of AWS’s chips and when to use them. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/881 This episode is brought to you by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference. Interested in sponsoring a ...

Apr 22, 20251 hr 17 min

880: Manus, DeepSeek and China’s AI Boom

First developed in China, Manus AI and DeepSeek have made great waves on an international scale. Sought-after for their cost-effectiveness compared to US-made tech, Manus AI and DeepSeek are quickly becoming dominant technologies inside the country. In this five-minute Friday, Jon Krohn asks: Do these technologies warrant the huge amount of resources spent on them by multiple industries in China, and what makes hype become a mainstay? Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/880 Interested...

Apr 18, 202510 min

879: Serverless, Parallel, and AI-Assisted: The Future of Data Science is Here, with Zerve’s Dr. Greg Michaelson

Greg Michaelson speaks to Jon Krohn about the latest developments at Zerve, an operating system for developing and delivering data and AI products, including a revolutionary feature allowing users to run multiple parts of a program’s code at once and without extra costs. You’ll also hear why LLMs might spell trouble for SaaS companies, Greg’s ‘good-cop, bad-cop’ routine that improves LLM responses, and how RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) can be deployed to create even more powerful AI appli...

Apr 15, 20251 hr 7 min

878: In Case You Missed It in March 2025

AI stacks, AGI, training neural networks, and AI authenticity: Jon Krohn rounds up his interviews from March with this episode of “In Case You Missed It”. In his favorite clips from the month, he speaks to Andriy Burkov (Episode 867), Natalie Monbiot (Episode 873), Richmond Alake (Episode 871) and Varun Godbole (Episode 869). Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/878 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship informati...

Apr 11, 202531 min

877: The Neural Processing Units Bringing AI to PCs, with Shirish Gupta

NPUs, AIPC, and Dell’s growing suite of AI products: Shirish Gupta speaks to Jon Krohn about neural processing units and what makes them a go-to tool for AI inference workloads, reasons to move your workloads from the cloud and to your local devices, what the mnemonic AIPC stands for and why it will soon be on everyone’s lips, and he offers a special intro to Dell’s new Pro-AI Studio Toolkit. Hear about several real-world AIPC applications run by Dell’s clients, from detecting manufacturing defe...

Apr 08, 20251 hr 10 min

876: Hugging Face’s smolagents: Agentic AI in Python Made Easy

Small, simple, accessible: Hugging Face makes a huge contribution to the agentic AI wave with its smolagents. Jon Krohn explores how this small-but-mighty new Python library can act as the best personal assistant you never had. Hear about its features and use cases in this five-minute Friday. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/876 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected] for sponsorship information.

Apr 04, 202515 min

875: How Semiconductors Are Made (And Fuel the AI Boom), with Kai Beckmann

Why are semiconductors so essential in this digital age, and how are they made? Jon Krohn speaks to electronics CEO Kai Beckmann about Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s intricate manufacturing process, how we can use AI to develop materials that power next-gen AI technologies, and how a chip with the processing power of the human brain might one day be able to run on the power of a low-watt light bulb. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/875 This episode is brought to you by the Dell A...

Apr 01, 20251 hr 10 min

874: How AI is Transforming Baseball (with Lessons For All of Us)

In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn talks baseball. For decades, coaches have relied on player performance stats to make in-game decisions and refine their season strategies. Now, AI led by Statcast is taking baseball strategy even further, massively broadening analytics data to include pitch, swing and catch trajectories, spin rates, biomechanical information, player matchups, and how to enhance player performances. Listen to the episode to find out what other industries can learn from the “d...

Mar 28, 202514 min

873: Become Your Best Self Through AI Augmentation — feat. Natalie Monbiot

Natalie Monbiot is an independent advisor and collaborator for projects that concern the “virtual human”, and she is “going all in on the virtual human economy”. Jon Krohn speaks to Natalie about these new ventures, how to mitigate the divide between AI users and nonusers, and how anyone can collaborate with AI without compromising their own creativity. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/873 This episode is brought to you by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, by Trainium2, the latest A...

Mar 25, 20251 hr 13 min

872: Microsoft’s “Majorana 1” Chip Brings Quantum ML Closer

In this five-minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into Microsoft’s recent release of Majorana 1, a new quantum processing unit that uses topological qubits, a step away from the fragile qubits currently in use. Get Jon’s thoughts about this “transistor for the quantum age”, potential applications for quantum computing, and why this marks an exciting future for data science and machine learning practitioners. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/872 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience...

Mar 21, 202512 min
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