Chad Sanderson, the former Senior Program Manager for the AI Platform at Microsoft, has an impressive background as the Ex-Head of Data at Convoy and Chief Operator of a Data Quality Camp.

Chad's journey from journalism to the dynamic field of Data Science, Analytics, Engineering, and ML showcases his exceptional talent and intellect.

He is widely recognized for successfully implementing Data Contracts on a large scale, covering diverse areas such as Machine Learning models and Embedded Metrics.

During our insightful conversation, we delved into the significance of data quality, the power of personal networks, the future of data engineering, and the ever-expanding realm of big data.

Is your business suffering from low-quality data?

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⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Intro
(2:44) | What is Convoy?
(4:17) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(5:43) | From journalist to data specialist
(12:48) | Information economy & asymmetric information
(14:49) | A defining moment when you realized the significance of data quality?
(21:06) | Best practices & key factors for high-quality data?
(25:00) | Example use case of a data contract
(27:56) | “Data quality is the responsibility of everyone, not only data teams” - Why?
(35:46) | People forgot about the importance of data quality?!
(39:36) | How to prioritize data investments, tasks & use cases?
(46:05) | Future of data engineering in the next 10-15 years?
(50:09) | Blitz



⭕ Chad Sanderson:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-sanderson
Data Quality Camp: https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-quality-camp



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Steven Paul Sanderson is a Manager of Applications at Stony Brook Medicine & Senior Data Scientist at Manchu Technology Corp. Steven has a track record in 12 different companies across several industries.

Steven aims to construct a useful analysis of current public health issues in a proactive fashion, with a focus on predictive analytics for the healthcare industry. He is also the author of several R packages, including healthyverse.

We were profoundly conversing on Data Science, ML & Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, beneficial & excessive technologies and their distribution, Big Tech companies, data privacy & beyond.

Brilliant episode!

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⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(3:39) | From relaunch of a grill bar to data science
(10:25) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(12:55) | How ML & Big Data disrupt healthcare industry?
(22:48) | Noisy data & unnecessary overcomplication. Do's & Don'ts
(27:12) | How to ensure fairness of an ML model in healthcare?
(31:42) | Regulatory landscape. Europe vs. US
(39:16) | AI and Human Intelligence. Where we are heading? 
(46:10) | How to define the threshold between beneficial and excessive technology usage?
(51:25) | Potential consequences of becoming overly dependent on AI/Tech?
(57:00) | Blitz



⭕ Steven Paul Sanderson:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spsanderson
Healthyverse: https://github.com/spsanderson/healthyverse



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Sandeep Polavarapu Venkata Naga is a Data Scientist at Craftle & Ex-ML Engineer at NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program & a lifelong learner, who has undertaken the impressive task of launching a 100 Days of ML Challenge.

In this thoughtful conversation with Sandeep, we were talking about Data Science, the highs & lows of ML engineering, the NASA LCLUC program, immigration, the importance of personal projects & beyond...

Want to be a better data scientist/ML engineer?

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⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(1:59) | Craftle - AI Interior Design and Furniture Shopping
(6:05) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(11:01) | What is the NASA LCLUC program?
(26:17) | Highs & lows of an ML role. Academia vs. Industry.
(33:17) | How important is distributed/parallel computing for data scientists?
(38:39) | The biggest data challenge you've faced?
(39:59) | 100 Days of Machine Learning. Why do personal projects matter?
(53:48) | Blitz



⭕ Sandeep Polavarapu Venkata Naga:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeeppvn



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Leyla Loued-Khenissi is a Neuro, Behavioral & Decision Scientist at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Leyla pursues questions in the behavioral sciences to better understand the what, how, and why of human behavior with an eye towards illuminating the dusty corners of the mind and in so doing challenge assumptions about our inner workings by using advanced technology and computational principles.

She is a very kind, passionate, precise & extremely smart human being who shared valuable insights into the world of decision science.

In this episode, we tried to answer such questions as:
• Why decision making is such a tedious process?
• How data science & data analytics can help in optimizing decision-making?
• What’s the difference between certainty and uncertainty in decision-making?

Want to make better decisions?

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⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(3:04) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(7:09) | Day in the life of a research scientist
(11:49) | To what degree do we understand how the brain works?
(15:42) | Why decision-making is such a difficult process?
(21:09) | Certainty vs. Uncertainty
(23:23) | Automate Online Dating with AI - YourMove.ai
(31:59) | How data analysis can help optimize decision-making?
(38:42) | Biases
(41:39) | Emotion Intelligence
(44:36) | Where do you see the future of humanity in the next 15 years?
(50:11) | Blitz


⭕ Leyla Loued-Khenissi:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leyla-loued-khenissi



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Dmitri Mirakyan - Head of Product Analytics at Opendoor, former Analyst & Data Scientist, and Ex-Deloitte Consultant.

He is very kind, smart & passionate about building things & building teams building things.

In this episode, we talked about:
• What makes smart people go into consulting?
• Why do companies love hiring ex-consultants?
• What are the major differences between Data Science Consultants in corporations vs. Freelancers?
• How to automate online dating with AI?
• Generative AI & LLMs
• .... and beyond.

Tune in!

The whole video conversation you can find here:
YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/MEKzhnHyxjI


⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(8:57) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(12:13) | What makes smart people go into consulting?
(17:12) | Being a data scientist in consulting vs. early-stage startup. What's the difference?
(25:53) | Personal opinion: Generalist vs. Specialist in Data Science
(31:16) | Impact of Data Science Framework on everyday life
(41:30) | Automate Online Dating with AI - YourMove.ai
(51:43) | How to distinguish AI-generated text from human ones? Can AI reflect human personality?
(58:48) | Cybersecurity, tail risks, the danger of AI systems
(01:05:51) | Blitz


⭕ Dmitri Mirakyan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmirakyan
YourMove AI: https://yourmove.ai



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Asha Joshi is a Co-Founder & CTO at THINKIN Labs, Member of a Startup Grind, Contributor at OpenAI & Entrepreneur at Startup Chile.

She is a kind, erudite human being who is building the next foreign language unicorn as a CTO at Thinkin Labs.

Fluency. Not language learning.

In this episode, we've been talking primarily about language learning, fluency, the role of Artificial Intelligence in modern education, untapped potentials & beyond.

Want to know what's the difference between fluency & language learning?

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⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(3:07) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(6:34) | Time management secret
(8:18) | THINKIN Labs. What is the difference between language learning & fluency?
(11:24) | Why do we still use 300+ years old methods for language learning?
(21:06) | Example of fluency
(26:38) | Untapped potential in Education Technology (EdTech)
(32:40) | Will future AI systems be able to imagine?
(34:00) | Blitz


⭕ Asha Joshi:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashafromthinkin
THINKIN Labs: https://getthinkin.com



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Simeon Bamford is a researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (ITT), Freelance Consultant in Neuromorphic Engineering & passionate AI & ML enthusiast.

He is one of the most brilliant & kind researchers I've talked to so far. In his life, he worked from wet biology through prosthetic systems and neuromorphic sensors and processors to computational neuroscience and machine learning.

This episode was mainly about neuromorphic engineering or in other words - a growing computer engineering approach that models and develops computing devices inspired by the human brain.

We've talked about traditional & neuromorphic computers, Moore's Law, Universe, Life, Intelligence, Computing, AI & beyond...

Don't know what neuromorphic engineering is & how to beat Moore's Law?

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⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(5:29) | What makes you get up every day in the morning?
(8:30) | Are we alone in the universe?
(12:40) | Traditional vs. Neuromorphic computers
(26:06) | Neuromorphic processors. What is it all about?!
(35:00) | Moore's Law. Can neuromorphic processors provide a way around it?
(44:08) | Will neuromorphic computers become the "computers of the future"?
(48:42) | In which areas do we need more breakthroughs?
(50:50) | Skills required to work in neuromorphic engineering?
(54:13) | Best piece of advice for all the curious listeners
(55:22) | Blitz


⭕ Simeon Bamford:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simbamford
Website: https://sim.me.uk/



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Mikita Smalianchanka is a Senior iOS Engineer at Wongdoody, has 6+ years of experience in mobile app development, and has plenty of experience in the iOS environment. Besides that, he is a very close friend of mine.

Mikita is one of the smartest, most experienced & kindest engineers I know. In this friendly chat, we discussed Data Science & ML on edge devices (phones) and their role in mobile app development, the Data Science approach at Google vs. Apple, the current rise of ChatGPT, data privacy & beyond...

Curious about the future of edge devices? Tune in!

⭕ Outline:
 
(0:00) | Introduction
(2:11) | Most interesting project you worked at?
(9:56) | 9-5 projects vs. own projects?
(12:49) | What makes you wake up every day in the morning?
(18:12) | Role of Data Science in mobile app development?
(31:05) | Mind-blowing Machine Learning use cases at Netflix & Google
(46:01) | Should customer data privacy be globally regulated?
(57:25) | On-Device Machine Learning. What is it? Pros & Cons?
(01:17:39) | AI failures at Amazon. Learnings.
(01:25:31) | Untapped potential of On-Device Machine Learning
(01:36:55) | What will the future of Humanity in 15 years look like?
(01:42:17) | Blitz



⭕ Mikita Smalianchanka:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niki-smol/



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