There's no single path to a data scientist role. Practitioners come from fields as varied as software development, economics, and academia. Many people in that last group aren't sure what it's like to transition from an advanced degree program into industry. That's why I was happy to speak with Dr Resham Sarkar, a machine learning expert who heads up personalization at Slice. Before she started building ML around pizza, she completed a PhD in physics and then worked in insuretech.

The idea of turning data into money has been a draw since the early days of the term "Big Data." As many companies have learned, sometimes the hard way, this isn't always easy and it's hardly guaranteed to work. That's where today's guest comes in. For this episode, Formulatedby's Senior Content Advisor Q McCallum sat down with Micheline Casey to explore the what, why, and how of a company monetizing its data. There are a lot of matters to consider, ranging from technology to policy to...

Data scientists and ML engineers write a lot of code: building data pipelines, wiring up models, and sometimes translating concepts from research papers into algorithms.

We recorded this episode at our February 2021 Data Science Salon Virtual on Healthcare, Finance & Technology. Formulated.by’s Senior Content Advisor, Q McCallum, sat down with Ayda Farhadi, Senior Data Scientist at UPS, and Vasileios Stathias, Lead Data Scientist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to discuss applying AI to healthcare.

Our Senior Content Advisor Q McCallum sat down with Otakar Hubschmann, Head of Applied Data at TransRe, to talk about ML/AI in the world of reinsurance.  They take a deep dive into the insurance industry and the role reinsurance plays there, with a side-trip to show how this differs from the quantitative finance you see in hedge funds.

We recorded this episode at our December 2020 Data Science Salon Virtual on Finance & Technology. Formulated.by’s Senior Content Advisor, Q McCallum, sat down with some new friends to discuss trends and challenges in the world of AI.

We recorded this episode at our November 2020 Virtual Data Science Salon on Retail & Ecommerce. Formulated.by’s Content Advisor, Roger Magoulas, sat down with some of the event's speakers to talk about data science trends and challenges in retail & ecommerce.

Today's podcast is about the intersection of AI and the law. Formulatedby's Senior Content Advisor, Q McCallum, spoke with Shane Glynn, an attorney who has deep knowledge of the tech and AI worlds.

We recorded this episode at our September 2020 Data Science Salon virtual event on Media, Advertising, & Entertainment. Formulatedby's Senior Content Advisor, Q McCallum, sat down with some new friends to discuss trends and challenges in the world of AI: Anne Bauer | Director of Data Science at The New York Times Yves Bergquist | Director of the AI & Neuroscience in Media Project, at USC Kim Martin | Engineering Leader of Data Science and Engineering at Netflix Dominick Rocco |...

How can mission and purpose drive a data professional? And what happens when we can no longer trust the data that's presented to us?

The term "algorithms" has several meanings, from machine learning models to tools of Wall St traders. Then there's the classic computer science definition: a set of instructions for solving problems. Think "simulated annealing," "evolutionary computing," or "LRU cache." These are the sort of algorithms we'll explore today.

Our guest for this episode is Jean-Georges Perrin, the author of Spark in Action, 2nd edition. We talk about his career path (he's been doing "big data" since before the term existed), what inspired him to write Spark in Action, and where Spark fits in your company's data efforts. He also shares his thoughts on data quality.

The Media and Entertainment industry has undeniably been heavily disrupted by changes in technology. Listen as Ayan Battacharya, Advanced Analytics Specialist Leader at Deloitte Consulting and Harini Krishnan, Data Scientist at Capsule8, share observations they've garnered from their own experience on the state of data science in Media & Entertainment, live from DSS NYC 2019.

In June 2019, over 200 data scientists gathered at Viacom HQ in New York to hear key industry players’ takes on what makes an effective data-driven strategy. Q McCallum, Senior Content Adviser at Formulated.by, took a deeper dive into the major topics of concern for data science when he spoke with DSS NYC speakers Lauren Lombardo, Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen and Sergey Fogelson, Vice President of Data Science and Modeling at Viacom. Listen as they speak about current practices and debate...