computer science

Speaking about data with Mikkel Settnes from Dreamdata.io (Ep. 170)

In this episode Mikkel and Francesco have a really interesting conversation about some key differences between large and small organization in approaching machine learning. Listen to the episode to know more.
 
References
https://dreamdata.io/b2b-attribution
https://dreamdata.io/services
 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-020-00001-2

Send compute to data with POSH data-aware shell (Ep. 169)

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References
Paper https://deeptir.me/papers/posh-atc20.pdf
Code https://github.com/deeptir18/posh

CSV sucks. Here is why. (Ep. 166)

It's time we get serious about replacing the CSV format with something that, guess what? it has been around for so long.
In this episode I explain the good parts of CSV files and the not so good ones. It's time we evolve to something better.
 
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Apache Arrow, Ballista and Big Data in Rust with Andy Grove RB (Ep. 160)

Do you want to know the latest in big data analytics frameworks? Have you ever heard of Apache Arrow? Rust? Ballista? In this episode I speak with Andy Grove one of the main authors of Apache Arrow and Ballista compute engine.Andy explains some challenges while he was designing the Arrow and Ballista memory models and he describes some amazing solutions.
 
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References
 
https://arrow.apache.org/
 
https://ballistacompute.org/
 
https://github.com/ballista-compute/ballista
 
 
 
 

True Machine Intelligence just like the human brain (Ep. 155)

In this episode I have a really interesting conversation with Karan Grewal, member of the research staff at Numenta where he investigates how biological principles of intelligence can be translated into silicon.We speak about the thousand brains theory and why neural networks forget.
 
 
References
Main paper on the Thousand Brains Theory: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2018.00121/full
Blog post on Thousand Brains Theory: https://numenta.com/blog/2019/01/16/the-thousand-brains-theory-of-intelligence/
GLOM paper by Geoff Hinton: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.12627.pdf
Why neural networks forget? https://numenta.com/blog/2021/02/04/why-neural-networks-forget-and-lessons-from-the-brain
 

Polars: the fastest dataframe crate in Rust - with Ritchie Vink (Ep. 146)

In this episode I speak with Ritchie Vink, the author of Polars, a crate that is the fastest dataframe library at date of speaking :) If you want to participate to an amazing Rust open source project, this is your change to collaborate to the official repository in the references.
 
References
https://github.com/ritchie46/polars
 

Apache Arrow, Ballista and Big Data in Rust with Andy Grove (Ep. 145)

Do you want to know the latest in big data analytics frameworks? Have you ever heard of Apache Arrow? Rust? Ballista? In this episode I speak with Andy Grove one of the main authors of Apache Arrow and Ballista compute engine.Andy explains some challenges while he was designing the Arrow and Ballista memory models and he describes some amazing solutions.
 
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If building software is your passion, you’ll love ThoughtWorks Technology Podcast. It’s a podcast for techies by techies. Their team of experienced technologists take a deep dive into a tech topic that’s piqued their interest — it could be how machine learning is being used in astrophysics or maybe how to succeed at continuous delivery.
 
References
 
https://arrow.apache.org/
 
https://ballistacompute.org/
 
https://github.com/ballista-compute/ballista
 
 
 
 

Pandas vs Rust (Ep. 144)

Pandas is the de-facto standard for data loading and manipulation. Python is the de-facto programming language for such operations. Rust is the underdog. Or is it?In this episode I am showing you why that is no longer the case.
 
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Useful Links
https://github.com/haixuanTao/Data-Manipulation-Rust-Pandas
https://github.com/ritchie46/polars
https://github.com/rust-ndarray/ndarray
 

Concurrent is not parallel - Part 2 (Ep. 143)

In plain English, concurrent and parallel are synonyms. Not for a CPU. And definitely not for programmers. In this episode I summarize the ways to parallelize on different architectures and operating systems.
Rock-star data scientists must know how concurrency works and when to use it IMHO.
 
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Useful Links
http://web.mit.edu/6.005/www/fa14/classes/17-concurrency/
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch16-00-concurrency.html
https://urban-institute.medium.com/using-multiprocessing-to-make-python-code-faster-23ea5ef996ba
 

Concurrent is not parallel - Part 1 (Ep. 142)

In plain English, concurrent and parallel are synonyms. Not for a CPU. And definitely not for programmers. In this episode I summarize the ways to parallelize on different architectures and operating systems. Rock-star data scientists must know how concurrency works and when to use it IMHO.
 
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This episode is supported by Chapman’s Schmid College of Science and Technology, where master’s and PhD students join in cutting-edge research as they prepare to take the next big leap in their professional journey.To learn more about the innovative tools and collaborative approach that distinguish the Chapman program in Computational and Data Sciences, visit chapman.edu/datascience
 
Amethix use advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to build data platforms and predictive engines in domain like finance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, logistics, energy. Amethix provide solutions to collect and secure data with higher transparency and disintermediation, and build the statistical models that will support your business.