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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

652: A.I. Speech for the Speechless

MedTech, communications technology and computer vision: In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn investigates the technology that allows patients who have lost their ability to speak via medical ventilation to communicate clearly. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/652 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Feb 10, 20236 min

651: The Intentional Use of Color in Data Communication

Data visualizations, color theories and color inclusivity: In this episode, Kate Strachnyi and host Jon Krohn discuss how color can make or break your data visuals, ways to make your charts and graphs more inclusive through color, and how Kate developed the tools and techniques to nail color for your data stories in her latest book, ColorWise: A Data Storyteller’s Guide to the Intentional Use of Color. In this episode you will learn:• What a “data storyteller” is [11:01]• Why color use should al...

Feb 07, 20231 hr 17 min

650: SparseGPT: Remove 100 Billion Parameters but Retain 100% Accuracy

SparseGPT is a noteworthy one-shot pruning technique that can halve the size of large language models like GPT-3 without adversely affecting accuracy. In this episode, Jon Krohn provides an overview of this development and explains its commercial and environmental implications. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/650 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Feb 03, 20238 min

649: Introduction to Machine Learning

Looking for a short primer on Machine Learning concepts? SDS Founder Kirill Eremenko and AI expert Hadelin de Ponteves are back, joining Jon Krohn to review essential ML concepts. From classification errors to logistic regression, feature scaling, the elbow method and more. The popular data science instructors also introduce their latest course: Machine Learning in Python: Level 1. In this episode you will learn:• Kirill and Hadelin's new course [17:34]• Supervised vs unsupervised learning [26:2...

Jan 31, 20231 hr 22 min

648: VALL-E: Uncannily Realistic Voice Imitation from a 3-Second Clip

Text-to-speech gets a groundbreaking update with Microsoft’s VALL-E. On this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn investigates how the Microsoft team modeled their tool to replicate natural human speech using just three seconds of a person’s voice. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/648 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Jan 27, 202310 min

647: Is Data Science Still Sexy?

Knowledge management, trust of AI, and job automation: Tom Davenport speaks with Jon Krohn about the organizational obstacles to adopting AI, and why the C-suite also needs to learn how to handle data.This episode is brought to you by Kolena (kolena.io), the testing platform for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Cognitive bias in understanding AI [14:13]• How AI wi...

Jan 24, 20231 hr 37 min

646: ChatGPT: How to Extract Commercial Value Today

Are you still wondering how to get the most out of ChatGPT's game-changing technology? In this week's Five-Minute Friday guest episode, Jon Krohn sits down with longtime friend and e-commerce entrepreneur Zack Weinberg, to discuss the practical applications of this incredible AI tool. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/646 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Jan 20, 202334 min

645: Machine Learning for Video Games

Machine learning, security and Call of Duty collide this week as Jon Krohn sits down with Carly Taylor, Lead Machine Learning Engineer for Activision's COD franchise to discuss the importance of low-latency, the future of gaming and her favorite software packages. This episode is brought to you by Kolena (kolena.io), the testing platform for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you w...

Jan 17, 20231 hr 15 min

644: A Framework for Big Life Decisions

Love and money matter in this week’s Five-Minute Friday, as Stanford University’s Myra Strober sits down with Jon Krohn to talk about her latest book, Money and Love, coauthored with Abby Davisson. In this unorthodox take on thinking with your head versus your heart, Myra and Abby address the life-changing impact that money and love have on each other and how to rethink this relationship to make better decisions. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/644 Interested in sponsoring a Super...

Jan 13, 202317 min

643: A.I. for Medicine

AI prediction tools for antibodies and using statistics to prepare healthcare systems for pandemics: host Jon Krohn speaks with Chief Scientist of Biologics AI for Exscientia Charlotte Deane about the variety of potential partnerships between medicine and machine learning.This episode is brought to you by Kolena (kolena.io), the testing platform for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episo...

Jan 10, 20231 hr 21 min

642: Continuous Calendar for 2023

Looking to shake up your data science productivity in 2023? Switching to a continuous calendar can make all the difference. Jon Krohn shares his new calendar with those taking their yearly, monthly and daily planning to the next level. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/642 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Jan 06, 20233 min

641: Data Science Trends for 2023

The top data science trends of 2023 are here. Sadie St. Lawrence joins Jon Krohn to share annual predictions on the future of AI. From the data mesh to multimodal models like ChatGPT, tune in to discover what's next. This episode is brought to you by Kolena (kolena.io), the testing platform for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn:• A recap of 2022 predictions [5:22]• ...

Jan 03, 20231 hr 32 min

640: What I Learned in 2022

From AI trends to rediscovering how fun it is to work with colleagues ‘in person’, host Jon Krohn wraps up the year’s best SuperDataScience content and looks ahead to another year of interviews with the data science community’s brightest stars. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/640 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Dec 30, 202237 min

639: Simplifying Machine Learning

Learning Python for beginners is made fun on Mariya Sha’s YouTube and Discord channels, on which she posts hacks, breakdowns and tutorials on everything to do with the world’s most important programming language. If you’re continually frustrated by the high base level at which many ML and Python courses seem to begin, this episode is a great jumping-off point for you. This episode is brought to you by Kolena (kolena.io), the testing platform for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a Super...

Dec 27, 20221 hr 41 min

638: ChatGPT Holiday Greeting

OpenAI's ChatGPT helps us generate a special holiday greeting this week. Tune in to hear the festive message that this impressive natural language generating algorithm churned out as we close out the year. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/638 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Dec 23, 20224 min

637: How to Influence Others with Your Data

It's all about data visualization this week as Jon Krohn welcomes Ann K. Emery, data visualization designer and owner of Depict Data Studio, to the show. If you want to learn data viz best practices, tips and tricks and reporting how-tos, make some time to tune in today! This episode is brought to you by Kolena (kolena.io), the testing platform for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episod...

Dec 20, 20221 hr 8 min

636: The Equality Machine

Digital literacy and data bias: Can one reduce or even eradicate the other? Law professor Orly Lobel speaks with SDS host Jon Krohn about Orly’s latest book, The Equality Machine, which offers an optimistic look into the future of AI and data mining. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/636 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Dec 16, 202222 min

635: The Perils of Manually Labeling Data for Machine Learning Models

Hand labeling data and information bias: Jon Krohn speaks with Watchful CEO Shayan Mohanty about the pitfalls of data analysis when bias comes into the equation (spoiler alert: it always does), the importance of the Chomsky hierarchy in data management, and the importance of simulation engines for returning real-time results to users. This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), your mission control center for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast e...

Dec 13, 20221 hr 19 min

634: Model Error Analysis

Data scientist and author Serg Masís joins Jon Krohn for a Five-Minute Friday episode that touches on model error analysis. Learn how this process can improve your models and discover a helpful tool that expedites this critical process. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/634 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Dec 09, 20227 min

633: Responsible Decentralized Intelligence

This week's episode is all about Responsible Decentralized Intelligence as award-winning professor and tech entrepreneur, Dawn Song, joins Jon Krohn to help us explore this exciting topic in-depth. This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), your mission control center for machine learning. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn:• What is decentralized intelligence? [3:46]...

Dec 06, 202254 min

632: Liquid Neural Networks

Liquid neural networks are a type of bio-inspired machine learning set to make a huge impact in the field of data analytics. On this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks with Pathway.com Co-Founder Dr. Adrian Kosowski about the development of this new type of network and what this means for the future of data.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/630Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Dec 02, 202211 min

631: Data Analytics Career Orientation

Interview success, funny memes about data, and stakeholder management: Jon Krohn speaks with Luke Barousse, a full-time YouTuber who produces content to help aspiring data scientists. First, Jon and his guest go underwater to find out how data science can help you while working on a submarine before they emerge onto Luke’s YouTube channel. There, he discloses all the helpful hacks for data science beginners—with a generous helping of humor! As founder of MacroFit, a data-driven company that help...

Nov 29, 202259 min

630: Resilient Machine Learning

Jon Krohn sits with Dr. Dan Shiebler at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) to dive into the critical components of building resilient machine learning. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/630 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Nov 25, 20226 min

629: Software for Efficient Data Science

Has the term developer advocacy ever left you scratching your head? This week data science developer advocate for JetBrains, Dr. Jodie Burchell, joins Jon Krohn to shed light on her responsibilities and why it's a role you might want to consider. Jodie also dives into building reproducible data science workflows and the keys to working effectively with real-world data.This episode is brought to you by Iterative (iterative.ai), the open-source company behind DVC. Interested in sponsoring a SuperD...

Nov 22, 20221 hr 11 min

628: The Critical Human Element of Successful A.I. Deployments

On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks from the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC). There, he sits down with author and data scientist Keith McCormick to discuss the conference’s key trend: learning the importance of trust in the relationship between humans and algorithms. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/628 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Nov 18, 20225 min

627: AutoML: Automated Machine Learning

Jon Krohn speaks with Erin LeDell, H2O.ai’s Chief Machine Learning Scientist. They investigate how AutoML supercharges the data science process, the importance of admissible machine learning for an equitable data-driven future, and what Erin’s group Women in Machine Learning & Data Science is doing to increase inclusivity and representation in the field. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a Super...

Nov 15, 20221 hr 31 min

626: Subword Tokenization with Byte-Pair Encoding

Word tokenization, character tokenization and subword tokenization go head-to-head this week as Jon Krohn delivers a mini-bootcamp on the NLP-related process. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/626 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Nov 11, 20227 min

625: Analyzing Blockchain Data and Cryptocurrencies

Chainalysis' Director of Research, Kim Grauer joins Jon Krohn to explore the state of economic-data analysis on the blockchain. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • Kim's role as Director of Research [5:02] • The unique real-time economic-data analytics of the blockchain [13:07]...

Nov 08, 20221 hr 4 min

624: Imagen Video: Incredible Text-to-Video Generation

On this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn investigates Imagen Video, Google’s latest model for making video art out of text prompts. Recently published, this text-to-image converter now competes against already strong competitors on the scene like DALL-E 2. Unlike DALL-E 2, it returns moving images or time-based media. Tune in to hear Jon explain the technology that made Imagen Video the tech giant’s shiniest new tool to date. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/624 Interested in s...

Nov 04, 20227 min

623: Data Analyst, Data Scientist, and Data Engineer Career Paths

Jon Krohn speaks with Shashank Kalanithi, the man who makes a sport out of YouTube and data analytics out of sports. Listen in as he talks about how he got started producing YouTube videos on data science, the essential differences between data science roles, and how data could shape the future of the sports industry. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKro...

Nov 01, 20221 hr 11 min
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