591: Simulations and Synthetic Data for Machine Learning

Mars Buttfield-Addison, PhD Candidate at the University of Tasmania, joins Jon Krohn for a high-energy episode covering everything from Machine Learning simulations to Swift, space junk, and more! In this episode you will learn: • What simulations and synthetic data are, and why they can be invaluable for real-life applications [5:47] • How simulated bots can solve any problem [9:07] • Practical uses of simulated data [21:49] • Why the mobile operating system language Swift is interesting for A.I. [25:46] • Why it's critical to track the amount of junk in space [35:47] • Whether programming or statistical skills are more important in data science [47:05] • What it’s like creating video games in a "secret" games lab [56:45] • Why you might want to do a data science internship in industry before pursuing in academia [ 1:01:54] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/591