Listen "391: Data Science Campfire Tales with John Elder"
Episode Synopsis
John Elder joins for an amazing podcast to share his data science "campfire tales" spanning over 20 years of his career in the industry. It will definitely help you in your work to incorporate some of the best principles.
In this episode you will learn:
John’s first bungee jump [4:01]
Calculus and newer approaches [14:01]
Elder Research [21:11]
Domain knowledge advice [25:26]
The importance of instincts [41:52]
Ensembles and simplicity [59:33]
John’s opinions on neural nets [1:10:49]
Target shuffling method [1:17:27]
What does the future of data science hold? [1:39:53]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/391
In this episode you will learn:
John’s first bungee jump [4:01]
Calculus and newer approaches [14:01]
Elder Research [21:11]
Domain knowledge advice [25:26]
The importance of instincts [41:52]
Ensembles and simplicity [59:33]
John’s opinions on neural nets [1:10:49]
Target shuffling method [1:17:27]
What does the future of data science hold? [1:39:53]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/391
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