Subscribe • Previous Issues “Life is like an ice cream cone. It’s melting so you better eat it before it’s too late.” – Lila.GPT3 FREE Report: 2021 NLP Industry Survey Results Read this new report and learn how companies are building language applications today. The 2021 NLP Industry Survey was a global online survey that drew aContinue reading “Gradient Flow #44: 2021 NLP Industry Survey Results; No-Code Overview”
Author Archives: Ben Lorica
Taking Low-Code and No-Code Development to the Next Level
Low-Code and No-Code are already impacting software development and analytics, we describe what else is needed. By Assaf Araki and Ben Lorica Recent analyses of technical job postings in the US by Dice and CompTIA show demand for developers and software engineers growing rapidly year-over-year, from 2020 to 2021. Last year’s dip in the numberContinue reading “Taking Low-Code and No-Code Development to the Next Level”
2021 NLP Survey Report
By Ben Lorica and Paco Nathan. Our 2021 NLP Industry Survey report is informed by several important contrasts: organizations with years of history deploying NLP applications in production compared to those which are exploring NLP, responses from Technical Leaders versus general practitioners, and company size. We draw insights and indicate trends based on those contrasts.Continue reading “2021 NLP Survey Report”
Gradient Flow #43: Graph Databases; Language Understanding; Program Synthesis
Subscribe • Previous Issues “Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg Data Exchange podcast The State of Data Journalism A conversation with Tara Kelly, Data Editor at DataJournalism.com (DJC) an organization created by the European Journalism Centre. DJC provides journalists and media groups with free resources, materials, online video courses and community forums. Why GraphContinue reading “Gradient Flow #43: Graph Databases; Language Understanding; Program Synthesis”
Gradient Flow #42: Data Quality; Oscilloscope for Deep Learning; Feature Stores
Subscribe • Previous Issues “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.” – Carl Honoré Data Exchange podcast An oscilloscope for deep learning Charles Martin is the founder of CalculationContinue reading “Gradient Flow #42: Data Quality; Oscilloscope for Deep Learning; Feature Stores”
Data Quality Unpacked
Companies have a pressing need for good data By Kenn So and Ben Lorica. As much as we loathe to repeat what has been written hundreds of times, we have to: the world is data driven. Companies gather more data about their customers to build better products, and those who can make use of thatContinue reading “Data Quality Unpacked”
Gradient Flow #41: What’s New in Data Engineering; MLOps Anti-Patterns
Subscribe • Previous Issues “Time matters most when decisions are irreversible.” – Peter Bernstein Data Exchange podcast Changes to the data science role and to data science tools Sean Taylor is a Data Science Manager at Lyft, and was previously a research scientist and manager at Facebook where he was instrumental in the creation and releaseContinue reading “Gradient Flow #41: What’s New in Data Engineering; MLOps Anti-Patterns”
An Enterprise Software Roadmap for Sky Computing
How the software market will evolve alongside Sky computing By Assaf Araki and Ben Lorica. Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing areas within the enterprise IT market. A recent study estimates that the global market for cloud computing will grow from $371.4 billion in 2021 to $832.1 billion in 2025. Yet, we areContinue reading “An Enterprise Software Roadmap for Sky Computing”
Gradient Flow #40: Data Augmentation in NLP, Temporal Knowledge Bases, Storage for AI
Subscribe • Previous Issues “Discovering you were wrong is an update, not a failure, and your worldview is a living document meant to be revised.” – Julie Gaef Data Exchange podcast Storage Technologies for a Multi-cloud World Brad King is the CTO of Scality, a company that builds software-defined file and object storage systems for hybrid &Continue reading “Gradient Flow #40: Data Augmentation in NLP, Temporal Knowledge Bases, Storage for AI”
Gradient Flow #39: Becoming TikTok, Next-gen Workflow Orchestration and Forecasting
Subscribe • Previous Issues This edition has 450 words which will take you about 2 minutes to read. “There’s always a way if you’re not in a hurry.” – Paul Theroux Data Exchange podcast Towards a next-generation data orchestrator Chris White is the CTO of Prefect, a startup building tools to help companies build, monitor, andContinue reading “Gradient Flow #39: Becoming TikTok, Next-gen Workflow Orchestration and Forecasting”