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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.
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Episodes

571: Collaborative, No-Code Machine Learning

Einblick co-founder and associate professor at MIT, Tim Kraska, joins Jon Krohn to discuss no-code collaboration tools for data science and uncovers the clever database and machine learning tricks under the hood of the visual data computing platform. In this episode you will learn: The inspiration behind Einblick [2:45] Einblick's progressive approximation engine [6:43] How no-code tools impact productivity [17:18] The critical steps to become more data-driven as an organization [24:30] How rese...

May 03, 202258 min

570: DALL-E 2: Stunning Photorealism from Any Text Prompt

In this episode, Jon is back with another A.I. model breakthrough! He updates listeners on OpenAI's outstanding DALL-E 2 model. The new natural language processing model churns out staggering visual examples of whatever text your mind can dream up. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/570

Apr 29, 20226 min

569: A.I. For Crushing Humans at Poker and Board Games

Research Scientist at Meta AI, Dr. Noam Brown, joins Jon Krohn to discuss his award-winning no-limit poker-playing algorithms and the real-world implications of his game-playing A.I. breakthroughs. In this episode you will learn: What Meta A.I. is and how it fits into Meta, the company [3:01] Noam's award-winning no-limit poker-playing algorithms, Libratus and Pluribus algorithms. [4:33] What game theory is and how does Noam integrate it into his models? [8:45] The real-world implications of Noa...

Apr 26, 202245 min

568: PaLM: Google's Breakthrough Natural Language Model

In this episode, Jon updates listeners on one of the industry's biggest breakthroughs to date –Google's new natural language processing model, PaLM. The key innovation with PaLM is scaling up Google's Pathways modeling approach to half a trillion parameters — many-fold more parameters than had previously been trained using this approach. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/568

Apr 22, 20225 min

567: Open-Access Publishing

In this episode, the MIT Press Director and Publisher, Dr. Amy Brand, joins Jon Krohn to discuss open-access publishing in data science and how to address the inequalities that exist for women and minorities in STEM. In this episode you will learn: What it’s like to run the prestigious MIT Press [4:34] How open access makes scholarly work more impactful [6:34] How publishing outstanding STEM books for broader audiences, including for children, can help address STEM biases [19:28] Amy's award-win...

Apr 19, 20221 hr 18 min

566: The Best Time to Plant a Tree

In this episode, Jon reflects on the Chinese proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." He also challenges listeners to reflect on their long-term goals that have gone unfulfilled. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/566

Apr 15, 20224 min

565: AGI: The Apocalypse Machine

In this episode, Jeremie Harris dives into the stirring topic of AI Safety and the existential risks that Artificial General Intelligence poses to humankind. In this episode you will learn: Why mentorship is crucial in a data science career development [15:45] Canadian vs American start-up ecosystems [24:18] What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? [38:50] How Artificial Superintelligence could destroy the world [1:04:00] How AGI could prove to be a panacea for humankind and life on the pl...

Apr 12, 20222 hr 5 min

564: Clem Delangue on Hugging Face and Transformers

In this episode, Jon speaks with the CEO of Hugging Face, Clem Delangue, about open-source machine learning and transformer architectures, while attending the ScaleUp:AI Conference in New York. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/564

Apr 08, 202219 min

563: How to Rock at Data Science — with Tina Huang

In this episode, superstar data science YouTuber Tina Huang joins us to discuss what it's like to work at one of the world's largest tech companies, her strategies for efficient learning, and how best to prepare for a career in data science from scratch. In this episode you will learn: The key areas to focus on when getting started in data science [6:01] Tina’s five steps to consistently doing anything [11:55] Tina's day-to-day life as a data scientist at one of the world’s largest tech companie...

Apr 05, 20221 hr 5 min

562: Daily Habit #8: Math or Computer Science Exercise

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, 20226 min

561: Engineering Data APIs

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, 202254 min

560: Daily Habit #7: Read Two Pages

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, 20224 min

559: GPT-3 for Natural Language Processing

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, 20221 hr 28 min

558: Jon's Answers to Questions on Machine Learning

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, 20227 min

557: Effective Pandas

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, 20221 hr 31 min

556: Jon's Machine Learning Courses

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, 20227 min

555: Sports Analytics and 66 Days of Data with Ken Jee

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, 20221 hr 14 min

554: Jon's Deep Learning Courses

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, 20225 min

553: The Statistics and Machine Learning Quests of Dr. Josh Starmer

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, 20221 hr 49 min

552: The Most Popular SuperDataScience Episodes of 2021

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, 20225 min

551: Deep Reinforcement Learning — with Wah Loon Keng

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, 20221 hr 21 min

550: Daily Habit #6: Write Morning Pages

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, 20224 min

549: Engineering Natural Language Models — with Lauren Zhu

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, 20221 hr 6 min

548: Daily Habit #5: Meditate

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, 20224 min

547: How Genes Influence Behavior — with Prof. Jonathan Flint

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, 20221 hr 16 min

546: Daily Habit #4: Alternate-Nostril Breathing

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, 20225 min

545: Scaling Data-Intensive Real-Time Applications — with Matthew Russell

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, 20221 hr 16 min

544: Daily Habit #3: Make Your Bed

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, 20223 min

543: Sparking A.I. Innovation — with Nicole Büttner

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, 202255 min

542: Continuous Calendar for 2022

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, 20223 min
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