In this episode, Jon shares his daily technical exercise, which is part of an extensive habit tracking system that allows him to achieve more, create more structure within his day, and cut out bad habits. By completing mathematics, computer science, or programming exercise daily, Jon is able to hone his technical skills in a limitlessly broad field and open new professional opportunities in the long run. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/562
Apr 01, 2022•6 min
In this episode, Ribbon Health CTO Nate Fox joins us to discuss the ins and outs of APIs. Tune in to hear him share how he and his team build out APIs from scratch; how they ensure the uptime and reliability of APIs and how they leverage machine learning to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and maximize their social impact. In this episode you will learn: What are APIs? [13:20] How Ribbon Health’s data API leverages ML models to improve the quality of healthcare delivery [16:08] How to ...
Mar 29, 2022•54 min
In this episode, Jon shares his daily habit of reading two pages and explains how it has transformed his productivity. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/560
Mar 25, 2022•4 min
Natural language processing expert and PhD student Melanie Subbiah sits down with Jon Krohn to discuss GPT-3, its strengths and weaknesses, and the future of NLP. In this episode you will learn: What is GPT-3? [6:24] The strengths and weaknesses of GPT-3 [14:38] What is autoregression? [18:03] GPT-3's new fine-tuning abilities [20:02] Bias issues with GPT-3 [22:47] The future of natural language processing models [27:54] How Melanie ended up working at OpenAI [38:13] Melanie’s self-study process...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 28 min
In this episode, Jon shares the key topics he recently discussed with the Open Data Science Conference. From the approach behind his extensive machine learning and deep learning content library to revealing the key tools and software he uses daily, get to know Jon and his process a little better. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/558
Mar 18, 2022•7 min
Pandas expert Matt Harrison sits down with Jon Krohn to discuss tips, tricks and best practices for Pandas learning and mastery. In this episode you will learn: Pros and cons of self-publishing and working with a publisher [5:05] Matt's six tips for using Pandas [17:13] The best way for corporate teams to level up their skills [40:04] How to learn anything effectively [47:14] Matt’s tricks for staying motivated [50:00] Matt’s recommendations for using Git and the Unix command line [1:00:14] Matt...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Discover Jon’s extensive library of machine learning content and learn why Jon's Machine Learning House forms the knowledge structure of an outstanding data scientist or ML engineer. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/556
Mar 11, 2022•7 min
Data scientist and Youtuber Ken Jee joins Jon Krohn for a deep dive into the world of sports analytics and brings us behind the makings of his large, online data science community. In this episode you will learn: The inspiration behind Ken’s YouTube videos [18:03] Ken’s four steps for getting started in data science [24:18] How sports analytics is transforming sports like golf [33:32] Ken’s favorite tools for software scripting as well as for production code development [41:10] How the #66Daysof...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 14 min
In this episode, Jon shares where you can find his extensive deep learning video content and courses. Tune in to learn more about his deep learning curriculum and where you can learn for free. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/554
Mar 04, 2022•5 min
In this episode, Dr. Josh Starmer, the creative, musical genius behind the wildly popular YouTube channel StatQuest joins the podcast to discuss statistics, learning and communication secrets, and how he grew his YouTube channel to over 650,000 subscribers. In this episode you will learn: The inspiration behind Josh’s YouTube channel [18:39] Josh's simple approach to learning something new [34:25] Josh's secret tool for creating YouTube videos with over a million views [51:01] The StatQuest Illu...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 49 min
In this episode of Five-Minute Friday, Jon recaps the most popular SuperDataScience podcast episodes from 2021. See what you might have missed and catch up today! Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/552
Feb 25, 2022•5 min
In this episode, gifted author and software engineer Wah Loon Keng joins the podcast to dive deep into reinforcement learning. From its history to limitations, modern industrial applications, and future developments– there's no better expert to learn from if you want to know more about this complex topic. In this episode you will learn: What is reinforcement learning? [4:50] Deep reinforcement learning vs reinforcement learning [13:17] A timeline of reinforcement learning breakthroughs [16:17] T...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Jon is back with another Five-Minute Friday habit-tracking episode! Listen in as he explains how writing morning pages has helped his data science work flourish with creativity. Inspired by Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way, he details his morning pages routine and how it kickstarted a new chapter in his career. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/550
Feb 18, 2022•4 min
In this episode, Glean software engineer and Stanford graduate Lauren Zhu joins us to discuss her role at a fast-growing startup, working on natural language processing projects, and how she remains inspired by pursuing her side passions. In this episode you will learn: Lauren's experience as a course assistant [5:53] Stanford's Hacking the Coronavirus Course [11:53] How do you empower minority groups in AI [19:45] Lauren on zero-shot multilingual neural machine translation [23:25] Lauren's work...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Our Five-Minute Friday series on habit tracking returns with a look at one of Jon's daily mindfulness habits–meditation. Learn how to keep this habit going for the long run and discover which tools help Jon stay on track. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/548
Feb 11, 2022•4 min
In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Flint, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles, joins us to discuss how he uses data science and machine learning to explore the link between genetics and depression. In this episode you will learn: Johnathan's background [2:53] How we know that genetics plays a role in complex human behaviors including psychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia [8:00] The role that data science and ML pla...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Our Five-Minute Friday habit-tracking series continues! Learn more about alternate-nostril breathing–the mindfulness technique that is scientifically proven to lower blood pressure and regulate the stress response. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/546
Feb 04, 2022•5 min
Data scientist and entrepreneur Matthew Russell joins Jon Krohn to discuss the intersection of machine learning and fitness and dive deep into the strategies he and his team at Strongest AI use to scale data-intensive real-time applications. In this episode you will learn: About Strongest's event platform and iOS app [6:06] How Strongest scaled to serve million [8:14] Strongest's unique approach to building a fitness app [17:50] How to rapidly test ML models for deployment [29:01] The three crit...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Our habit-tracking series continues with a look at how making your bed can jumpstart your mornings, prevent you from taking part in negative habits and help you become happier. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/544
Jan 28, 2022•3 min
Nicole Büttner (Founder and CEO of Merantix Labs) joins the podcast to discuss driving A.I. innovation, automation, and transformation and building the ideal A.I. start-up founding team. In this episode you will learn: The three factors that spark A.I. innovation [12:48] How to make great use of the unlabelled, unbalanced data sets [18:54] How to engineer reusable data and software components [25:09] Merantix's A.I. Canvas framework for successful innovation [29:59] How to be a part of Merantix'...
Jan 25, 2022•55 min
Revisit the much-underrated continuous calendar and get started with this uncommon planning method thanks to Jon's 2022 template. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/542
Jan 21, 2022•3 min
In this episode, Kevin Hu joins the podcast to talk about founding and growing the data observability startup, Metaplane. Listen in to hear about his time in academia at MIT, his experience with Y Combinator, and his current routine as a technical founder. In this episode you will learn: What is data observability? [4:35] •How to identify data quality issues? [8:56] Kevin's PhD research on automating data science systems using machine learning [16:18] Why Kevin launched Metaplane [28:50] The pro...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, Jon opens up about starting his day with a glass of water – his first morning habit that sets his day off on a healthy and successful note. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/540
Jan 14, 2022•4 min
In this episode, Serg Masís joins the podcast to share his in-depth technical knowledge of Interpretable Machine Learning. Together they discuss why this field matters, how it’s evolving, and so much more. In this episode you will learn: What is interpretable machine learning? [8:41] The social and financial ramifications of interpreting models incorrectly [10:23] The challenges involved in interpretable ML [16:00] The most important interpretable ML concepts to master [19:54] The future of Inte...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min
In this episode, Jon shares his "life-changing" habit tracking system that has allowed him to achieve more, create more structure within his day and cut out bad habits. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/538
Jan 07, 2022•7 min
Sadie St. Lawrence returns to discuss the biggest data science trends that are set to take over the industry in 2022. In this episode you will learn: A look back at data science trends for 2021 [4:03] Micro and macro data science trends for 2022 [12:30] AutoML tools [15:20] The social implications of deepfakes [21:21] Scalable AI [38:40] Macro data science trends for 2022 [42:45] The impact of the remote-working economy in data science [43:21] Blockchain in data science [50:28] Data literacy of ...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Jon goes over his five biggest learnings from 2021 and what he hopes to work on in 2022. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/536
Dec 31, 2021•13 min
Prolific data science entrepreneur and Y Combinator alum Austin Ogilvie (Laika, Yhat) joins Jon Krohn for a revealing look into his journey of starting, growing, and selling a data science startup. From liberal arts graduate to twice successful technical founder, take a seat and learn from the best. In this episode you will learn: The story behind the naming of Yhat and its early beginnings [5:10] Austin and Yhat's experience at Y Combinator [19:00] The benefits of being a technical founder [25:...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Jon sends a holiday greeting to all listeners. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/534
Dec 24, 2021•2 min
Dr. Brett Tully joins us on the podcast to discuss his work as Director of AI Output Systems at Nearmap and his previous research in biomedical topics and nuclear fusion. In this episode you will learn: What is Nearmap? [5:22] What is a Director of AI Output Systems? [7:51] A case study [20:35] MLOps at Nearmap [26:37] Brett’s day-to-day and what he looks for in hires [40:19] Brett’s academic and research history [53:30] Brett’s work in nuclear fusion and predictions for the technology [1:04:48]...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 59 min
