✳✴❇ Behavioural Science, Better Data Engineering & Timnit Gebru’s New Institute
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Last week MachineHack launched an ML Hackathon in association with Deloitte. The response has been great, already more than 1000 data scientists have participated in the hackathon.
With just a week to go, you can participate in the hackathon here.
Also, our upcoming conference Machine Learning Developers Summit 2022 is scheduled in-person in Bangalore, Dates - 19-20th Jan. We are excited to be able to move back to in-person conferences, they are absolutely fun.
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Behavioural Science vs Data Science
We have released a report, that studies how and to what extent organisations in India leverage behavioural science and data science to analyse consumer behaviour across different industries and functions.
According to the study, there is limited use of Behavioural Science techniques by Indian organisations to study buying behaviour. Around 1 in 5 respondents said they had none or rare utilisation.
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Towards Better Data Engineering
The data engineering team at Sigmoid designs robust data platforms by breaking data silos to provide it in an accessible format. They are also responsible for creating automated data pipelines, helping transition from on-premise to the cloud in a cost-effective way, and more.
Also: How This Data Solutions Company Helps AI Projects Succeed Where Nearly 50% Of PoCs Fail
+ How Do Activation Functions Introduce Non-Linearity In Neural Networks?
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Data Science Hiring Process At Myntra
Myntra’s data science team – one of the largest data science teams in the country – is the mastermind behind everything that the company does today, including business value, as a large majority of their solutions are AB tested.
Myntra’s data science team is structured around pods-one-pod for a specific problem or business area. For example, there are separate pods for homepage, search, SCM inbound, SCM outbound, etc. Each of these pods is led by a data science manager and consists of 3-4 scientists. Multiple data science managers report to the head of data science.
Also: Data Science hiring processes at 100+ companies in India
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Council Posts
AIM Leaders Council is an invitation-only forum of senior executives in the Data Science and Analytics industry. To check if you are eligible for a membership, please fill the form here.
+ The Big Refresh: Insights-led Segmentation Is The Next Normal
+ Emerging Technologies & How They Are Revamping The Marketing Landscape
+ A Case For A More Data-driven Talent Management
+ How Data Science Can Help Overcome The Global Chip Shortage
+ Starting From The Basics—Integrating AI In Your Start-Up
+ The Trifecta of Data Transformation—AI, Smart Analytics and Automation
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Zerodha Cannot See The Use Of AI/ML
A heated debate has been prevailing on LinkedIn since Nithin Kamath, Founder & CEO at Zerodha, posted, “I keep getting asked how we use AI/ML/Blockchain at @zerodhaonline, and I keep saying we don’t and haven’t found any use-case yet.”
There were many who loved the duo’s honesty, while there were also several who completely trashed their idea of underestimating the technology and the potential and scope it holds.
Also: Zerodha Vs Groww
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Hands-on Guides for ML Developers
+ A Beginner’s Guide to Using Attention Layer in Neural Networks
+ SceneFormer: A Transformer for 3-D Indoor Scene Generation
+ This ML Model Can Help Robots Learn About The Relationships Between Objects
+ Popular Datasets Released By Tech Firms In 2021
+ What is Activity Regularization in Neural Networks?
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Startups & People
+ How This Pune-Based Startup Is Leveraging AI to Democratize Location Intelligence
+ Meet This Year’s IBM Call for Code Global Challenge Winner: Saaf Water
+ This Is The Golden Age Of Machine Learning: Priya Ponnapalli, AWS
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Timnit Gebru’s New Institute
Timnit Gebru launched Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research (DAIR) Institute, an independent, community-driven organisation that aims to counter Big Tech’s influence on the research and development of AI.
Gebru is one of the most respected voices in the field of AI Ethics. Last year, Gebru, who then worked as the co-lead of the Ethics AI team, was ousted from Google for allegedly co-authoring a paper on large language models and their adverse effects.
Also: Google’s Ethical Dilemma
+ Yet Another Case Of Tech Companies’ Failed Attempt To Build Ethical AI
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Highlights From AWS CEO Adam Selipsky’s Keynote At re:Invent 2021
This year’s AWS re:Invent event is special for more than one reason. To start with, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the event and the 15th anniversary of AWS.
This was also the first time Adam Selipsky, the newly appointed CEO of the cloud service provider, delivered his first keynote speech.
Also: Key Takeaways From Swami Sivasubramanian’s Speech At The AWS re:Invent 2021
+ What To Expect From AWS re:Invent 2021 Event?
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BOTTOM OF THE NEWS
Here's what all happened last week.
+ Union Transport Minister Suggests Use Of AI-driven Tech To Improve Road Safety In India
+ AWS Announces Scholarship Program For Their AI And ML courses
+ IIIT Hyderabad Launches 36 Week Foundation Course On Modern Machine Learning
+ Programming Language Julia Releases Version 1.7
+ MongoDB Announces Pay-As-You-Go Service In AWS Marketplace
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