Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, PHD, is the President of KDnuggets, a leading site for Analytics, Big Data, Data Science, and Machine Learning. Gregory is a co-founder of KDD (Knowledge Discovery and Data mining conferences), and a top research conference in the field... He is also a co-founder and past chair of ACM SIGKDD, a professional association for Data Mining and Data Science, and a well-known Data Scientist.
Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam Khan
Agenda:
RB - According to Forbes, you're one of the top Big Data Influencers...Your KDNuggets site has well over 60 awards and mentions as a leading publication. I often find myself reading and tweeting your articles from KDNuggets. There are few places to find exciting articles on Data Science, AI, BigData... Please tell us a brief history of KDNuggets...
SB - I understand you have transitioned from researcher role to a high level editor role. What do you enjoy about it?
RB - What are your thoughts on Global trend on Machine Learning, AI, & Big Data?
SB - Where does automation of Data Science come into play? Is that a helpful process or distraction from useful analysis? How do you implement it?
RB - We all have bias. Does Big Data suffer from any bias such as implicit bias?
SB - Who are these so called Citizen Data Scientists? Why are they important? How can they serve society at large?
RB - How do we connect with you on twitter & social media?
Additional Reference Materials from Gregory for our listeners.
Data Science Automation:
Data Scientists Automated and Unemployed by 2025?
www.kdnuggets.com/2015/05/data-sci…omated-2025.html
The Current State of Automated Machine Learning
www.kdnuggets.com/2017/01/current-…ne-learning.html
Trends:
Machine Learning overtaking Big Data
www.kdnuggets.com/2017/05/machine-…ng-big-data.html
Optimism about AI improving society is high, but drops with experience developing AI systems
www.kdnuggets.com/2017/07/optimism…-experience.html
Bias in Big Data
www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/ev…race-and-gender
www.theguardian.com/technology/2017…esearch-reveals
www.forbes.com/sites/mariyayao/2…-ai/#42d724d270b3
Mirage of a Citizen Data Scientist:
www.kdnuggets.com/2016/03/mirage-c…a-scientist.html
Citizen Data Scientist Cartoon:
www.kdnuggets.com/2016/03/cartoon-…a-scientist.html
Overfitting
The Cardinal Sin of Data Mining and Data Science: Overfitting
www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/cardinal…ata-science.html
Music: www.freesfx.co.uk
