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| Deepfakes & Data Upskilling |
In our season 3 kickoff, we’re challenging ourselves to ask --who grants authority to those in charge of validating content? How do we remain cognizant of big tech and corporations that shape our content and decisions? In a landscape filled with big, competitive players - we explore how data scientists should focus their learnings. |
| Analytics in the NFL & Revolutions in Data Discovery |
This episode, in honor of draft season, we’re discussing the NFL’s newest tactics to quantify and predict players’ success, and diving into Spotify’s case for data discovery. Leaving behind the problems of “not enough data,” Will and Triveni ask new questions: when we have so much data, where do we start, how do we organize it, and how can we use it? |
| The Messiness of Data |
With the upcoming 2020 presidential election, there's a lot for data scientists and analysts to learn from the political realm and its unending streams of messy data. Will and Triveni sit down with seasoned political data expert, Grace Turke-Martinez, Analytics Director at The Messina Group to understand how political data professionals extrapolate insights from messy data, work around human indecision, and forecast using imperfect data sets. |
| Fighting Cheating AI & Redefining AI companies |
AI is meant to help us expedite processes and get to the conclusions quicker. But, what happens when the process that AI takes to get to the end goal is erroneous? In this episode we discuss how you can prevent your AI from cheating and define what it means to be a successful AI company in today’s tech-saturated world. |
| Data Nuance & Human-in-the-Loop Monitoring |
For our Season 3 finale, we're taking a look at model accuracy, the threat of generalized results, and how to understand and demonstrate the nuanced results of your models. Is the onus on scientists and journalists to subdue buzzy headlines or should media consumers be more wary of extrapolated statistics?
We also take a peek into how the NYT applies Machine Learning to their comment moderation, and how human-in-the-loop monitoring works behind the scenes, especially in fast-paced and ethically questioning environments.
This is also our final episode with Will on the team - and we'd like to thank him for all of the hard work, great ideas, and many laughs he's provided with us along the way. He's been an invaluable team member, but do not fear!
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| Banana Byte: Zoom Privacy |
Zoom conferencing software recently made headlines for its huge leaks in privacy and security, pushing a number of big corporations to block the software and push for new privacy legislation. During this Banana Byte session, we cover the things Zoom overlooked - and what it means for data privacy, usability, and user experience.
During our off-season break, we'll be releasing more of these Banana Bytes - which are short, bi-weekly segments we run live on LinkedIn and Twitter, where we discuss the latest headlines and topics in the data science space. Be sure to tune in for our next live session, and stay-up-to-data with the Banana Data Podcast!
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| Banana Byte: The Hidden Costs of Cloud Computing |
Many claim that Cloud has stolen the computing show - providing scalability, cost savings, loss prevention, and more - it's taken the world (and the headlines) by storm. So, on this Banana Byte, we ask - is cloud computing inevitable? Or is it just a disruptive buzzword whose negatives outweigh the benefits?
During our off-season break, we'll be releasing more of these Banana Bytes - which are short, bi-weekly segments we run live on LinkedIn and Twitter, where we discuss the latest headlines and topics in the data science space. Be sure to tune in for our next live session, and stay-up-to-data with the Banana Data Podcast!
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| Banana Byte: Understanding the Value of Deep Learning |
Deep Learning has become a mainstay in today's data science and AI practices - but what makes it so valuable? On this Banana Byte, we explore when, why, and how to use deep learning, and how it compares to (and might replace!) other common algorithms.
During our off-season break, we'll be releasing more of these Banana Bytes - which are short, bi-weekly segments we run live on LinkedIn and Twitter, where we discuss the latest headlines and topics in the data science space. Be sure to tune in for our next live session, and stay-up-to-data with the Banana Data Podcast!
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