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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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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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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.  
 
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.  
 
 

Backend technologies for machine learning in production (Ep. 141)

This is one of the most dynamic and fascinating topics: API technologies for machine learning.
It's always fun to build ML models. But how about serving them in the real world? In this episode I speak about three must-know technologies to place your model behind an API.
 
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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.

You are the product (Ep. 140)

In this episode I am with George Hosu from Cerebralab
and we speak about how dangerous it is not to pay for the services you use, and as a consequence how dangerous it is letting an algorithm decide what you like or not.
 
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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
 
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.
 
Links
https://cerebralab.com
https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service

How to reinvent banking and finance with data and technology (Ep. 139)

The financial system is changing. It is becoming more efficient and integrated with many more services making our life more... digital. Is the old banking system doomed to fail? Or will it just be disrupted by the smaller players of the fintech industry?In this episode we answer some of these fundamental questions with Alessandro E. Hatami from Pacemakers
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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.  
 

What's up with WhatsApp? (Ep. 138)

Have you clicked the button? Accepted the new terms?
It's time we have a talk.

Is Rust flexible enough for a flexible data model? (Ep. 137)

In this podcast I get inspired by Paul Done's presentation about The Six Principles for Building Robust Yet Flexible Shared Data Applications, and show how powerful of a language Rust is while still maintaining the flexibility of less strict languages.
 
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