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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

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

622: Burnout: Causes and Solutions

Is burnout on the horizon for you and your team? Christina Maslach, author of the new book "The Burnout Challenge," joins Jon Krohn to help us identify the common signs of looming burnout while steering us in a healthier direction. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/622 Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Oct 28, 202224 min

621: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Analytics and Data Applications

Cryptocurrency and blockchain take center stage this week as we welcome Chief Economist at Chainalysis, Philip Gradwell, to discuss the data science applications in this exciting field. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts, and by Bunch (superdatascience.com/bunch), the AI driven leadership coach. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode...

Oct 25, 20221 hr 12 min

620: OpenAI Whisper: General-Purpose Speech Recognition

What’s your secret to superb audio recognition? Whisper it. We mean that literally—Whisper is the latest in OpenAI’s growing suite of models aimed to benefit humanity. On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn reviews OpenAI’s latest model, Whisper. This tool will vastly improve the way human speech is recognized and converted to text. Jon gets under the hood to show how the team managed to get such a powerfully accurate recognition model. Listen to the episode and find out how you c...

Oct 21, 20227 min

619: Tools for Deploying Data Models into Production

Jon Krohn speaks with Erik Bernhardsson, the man who invented Spotify’s original music recommendation system. They address the different ways to interview a data science candidate, how to deploy a data model into the cloud, and the approach he took that made Spotify go from a digital music startup to an AI-driven streaming giant. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-qualit...

Oct 18, 20221 hr 21 min

618: The Joy of Atelic Activities

Telic and atelic activities take center stage this week as Jon Krohn contemplates how our daily actions contribute to our overall sense of fulfillment. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/618Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Oct 14, 20224 min

617: Causal Modeling and Sequence Data

Dr. Sean Taylor, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Motif Analytics, joins Jon Krohn this week for yet another perspective on causal modeling. Tune in for a great conversation that covers large-scale causal experimentation, Information Systems, Bayesian parameter searches, and more. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperD...

Oct 11, 20221 hr 11 min

616: The Four Requirements for Expertise (beyond the 10,000 Hours)

10,000 hours of study: Will it make you an expert? On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn explores whether increasing your skills is just a numbers game or if there is more to becoming proficient in your area of interest, whether that’s flute playing or data wrangling. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/616Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Oct 07, 20226 min

615: How to Ace Your Data Science Interview

“Being a great data scientist” and “being great at a data science interview” are not one and the same. Jon Krohn speaks with Nick Singh about how to strengthen your interviewee skills, and how you can even beat out more senior competition to land a coveted data science role.This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScien...

Oct 04, 202255 min

614: Thriving on Information Overload

World-leading futurist, author and entrepreneur, Ross Dawson joins us for the first of our extended Five-Minute Friday episodes. As information overwhelm becomes increasingly unavoidable, Dawson is here to share the five powers from his new book 'Thriving on Overload', to help us transition from overwhelm into abundance. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/614Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Sep 30, 202234 min

613: Causal Machine Learning

Dr. Emre Kiciman, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research joins the podcast to share his world-leading knowledge on causal machine learning.This episode is brought to you by Datalore (datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn:• What is causal m...

Sep 27, 20221 hr 12 min

612: More Guests on Fridays

Some exciting changes are coming to our popular Five-Minute Friday series! From longer episodes to new guests, tune in to hear what's next. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/612Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.

Sep 23, 20223 min

611: Open-Ended A.I.: Practical Applications for Humans and Machines

Dr. Ken Stanley, a world-leading expert on Open-Ended AI and author of the genre-bending book "Why Greatness Cannot be Planned," joins Jon Krohn for a discussion that has the potential to shift your entire view on life. Tune in now to learn more about the complex topics of genetic ML algorithms, the Objective Paradox, Novelty Search, and so much more.This episode is brought to you by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience...

Sep 20, 20221 hr 31 min

610: Who Dares Wins

On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn shares his life motto, “Who dares, wins”, and the sentiment behind it: that to get anywhere in life, it is first necessary to try. Jon believes that “daring”, in this instance, simply means taking action when we have a good idea or when a new opportunity becomes available. Listen to the end for constructive advice on how to be daring in your own life right now. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/610Interested in sponsoring a Super...

Sep 16, 20226 min

609: Data Mesh

Jon Krohn speaks with Zhamak Dehghani, the empathetic technologist who coined the term “data mesh”. They explore what a data mesh is, and how its approach toward secure interconnectivity will help solve a roster of data-led business problems. This episode is brought to you by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • Th...

Sep 13, 202251 min

608: Daily Habit #11: Assigning Deliverables

Company meetings should be held to solve problems. So, why do we often feel like the weekly stand-ups and check-ins are a waste of everyone’s time? On this episode of Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn brings his habit-making practices into the dreaded meeting room. Make every meeting productive and positive with his five-step method for assigning deliverables. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/608

Sep 09, 20224 min

607: Inferring Causality

We welcome Dr. Jennifer Hill, Professor of Applied Statistics at New York University, to the podcast this week for a discussion that covers causality, correlation, and inference in data science. This episode is brought to you by Pachyderm, the leader in data versioning and MLOps pipelines and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. In this episode you will learn: • How causality is central to all applications of data science [4:32] • How correlation does not impl...

Sep 06, 20221 hr 13 min

606: Four Thousand Weeks

Four thousand weeks equate to roughly 80 years—a lifetime for those of us lucky enough to get there. What do we choose to do with this time? How can we stop ourselves from feeling like time in general is slipping away? In this episode, host Jon Krohn reviews the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by journalist Oliver Burkeman. He outlines how he has personally benefited from this essential reflection on our thirst for productivity and efficiency. Additional materials: www.supe...

Sep 02, 20226 min

605: Upskilling in Data Science and Machine Learning

Kian Katanforoosh, CEO of Workera and Lecturer at Stanford University, joins Jon Krohn to reveal the tools, frameworks, and machine learning models that power his platform and remote team. In this episode you will learn: • What a skills intelligence platform is [3:11] • How mentorship can be life-changing [7:45] • Four ways that ML drives Kian’s skills intelligence platform [10:57] • Kian's day-to-day responsibilities as the CEO of Workera [21:00] • What frameworks and software languages Kian an...

Aug 30, 202259 min

603: Geospatial Data and Unconventional Routes into Data Careers

Christina Stathopoulos, Analytical Lead for Waze and Adjunct Professor at IE Business School, joins the podcast to shed light on her work with geospatial data and how she nurtured an entire data career while abroad in Spain. In this episode you will learn: • Christina's tips on navigating an unconventional path into a data career [3:05] • Geospatial data and open-source packages for working with it [10:08] • Guidance to help women and other underrepresented groups to thrive in tech [22:28] • The...

Aug 23, 202256 min

602: We Are Living in Ancient Times

Inspired by a quote from by science fiction writer, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Jon Krohn reflects on the notion of living in ancient times and the machine learning-related implications that arise from this perspective. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/602

Aug 19, 20223 min
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