Author Archives: Ben Lorica

Time-turner: Strata San Jose 2017, day 1

There are so many good talks happening at the same time that it’s impossible to not miss out on good sessions. But imagine I had a time-turner necklace and could actually “attend” 3 (maybe 5) sessions happening at the same time. Taking into account my current personal interests and tastes, here’s how my day wouldContinue reading “Time-turner: Strata San Jose 2017, day 1”

Deep learning that’s easy to implement and easy to scale

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Anima Anandkumar on MXNet, tensor computations and deep learning, and techniques for scaling algorithms. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes,Continue reading “Deep learning that’s easy to implement and easy to scale”

Building machine learning solutions that can withstand adversarial attacks

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Parvez Ahammad on minimal supervision, and the importance of explainability, interpretability, and security. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud,Continue reading “Building machine learning solutions that can withstand adversarial attacks”

Deep learning for Apache Spark

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Jason Dai on BigDL, a library for deep learning on existing data frameworks. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud,Continue reading “Deep learning for Apache Spark”

The key to building deep learning solutions for large enterprises

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Adam Gibson on the importance of ROI, integration, and the JVM. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. AsContinue reading “The key to building deep learning solutions for large enterprises”

Use deep learning on data you already have

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Putting deep learning into practice with new tools, frameworks, and future developments. Deep learning has made tremendous advances in the past year. Though managers are aware of what’s been happening in the research world, we’re still in the early days of putting that research intoContinue reading “Use deep learning on data you already have”

How big compute is powering the deep learning rocketship

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Greg Diamos on building computer systems for deep learning and AI. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. SpecialistsContinue reading “How big compute is powering the deep learning rocketship”

2017 will be the year the data science and big data community engage with AI technologies

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: A look at some trends we’re watching in 2017. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. This episode consistsContinue reading “2017 will be the year the data science and big data community engage with AI technologies”

Data is only as valuable as the decisions it enables

[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Ion Stoica on building intelligent and secure applications on live data. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. InContinue reading “Data is only as valuable as the decisions it enables”