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Data Skeptic

The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the like, all from the perspective of applying critical thinking and the scientific method to evaluate the veracity of claims and efficacy of approaches.

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31:12

Covid-19 Impact on Bicycle Usage

Data Skeptic ·

2022/04/25

In this episode, we speak with Abdullah Kurkcu, a Lead Traffic Modeler. Abdullah joins us to discuss his recent study on the effect of COVID-19 on bicycle usage in the US. He walks us through the data gathering process, data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model building. Abdullah also disclosed his results and key takeaways from the study. Listen to find out more. Click here for additional show notes on our website. Thanks to our sponsor!Astrato is a modern BI and analytics platform built

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33:31

Learning Digital Fabrication Remotely

Data Skeptic ·

2022/04/22

Today, we are joined by Jennifer Jacobs and Nadya Peek, who discuss their experience in teaching remote classes for a course that is largely hands-on. The discussion was focused on digital fabrication, why it is important, the prospect for the future, the challenges with remote lectures, and everything in between. Click here for additional show notes on our website! Thanks to our sponsor! https://neptune.ai/ Log, store, query, display, organize, and compare all your model metadata in a single

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37:33

Remote Software Development

Data Skeptic ·

2022/04/18

Today, we are joined by Denae Ford, a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research and an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. Denae discusses her work around remote work and its culminating impact on workers. She narrowed down her research to how COVID-19 has affected the working system of software engineers and the emerging challenges it brings. Click here to access additional show notes on our website! Thanks to our sponsor! Weights & Biases : The developer-first

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39:52

Quantum K-Means

Data Skeptic ·

2022/04/11

In this episode, we interview Jonas Landman, a Postdoc candidate at the University of Edinburg. Jonas discusses his study around quantum learning where he attempted to recreate the conventional k-means clustering algorithm and spectral clustering algorithm using quantum computing. Click here to access additional show notes on our website!

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30:41

K-Means in Practice

Data Skeptic ·

2022/04/04

K-means is widely used in real-life business problems. In this episode, Mujtaba Anwer, a researcher and Data Scientist walks us through some use cases of k-means. He also spoke extensively on how to prepare your data for clustering, find the best number of clusters to use, and turn the ‘abstract’ result into real business value. Listen to learn. Click here to access additional show notes on our website! Thanks to our sponsor! ClearML is an open-source MLOps solution users love to customize, helping

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34:26

Fair Hierarchical Clustering

Data Skeptic ·

2022/03/28

Building a fair machine learning model has become a critical consideration in today’s world. In this episode, we speak with Anshuman Chabra, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Networks. Chhabra joins us to discuss his research on building fair machine learning models and why it is important. Find out how he modeled the problem and the result found. Click here to access additional show notes on our webiste! Thanks to our sponsor! https://astrato.io Astrato is a modern BI and analytics platform built for

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30:07

Matrix Factorization For k-Means

Data Skeptic ·

2022/03/21

Many people know K-means clustering as a powerful clustering technique but not all listeners will be as familiar with spectral clustering. In today’s episode, Sibylle Hess from the Data Mining group at TU Eindhoven joins us to discuss her work around spectral clustering and how its result could potentially cause a massive shift from the conventional neural networks. Listen to learn about her findings. Visit our website for additional show notes Thanks to our sponsor, Weights & Biases

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42:55

Breathing K-Means

Data Skeptic ·

2022/03/14

In this episode, we speak with Bernd Fritzke, a proficient financial expert and a Data Science researcher on his recent research - the breathing K-means algorithm. Bernd discussed the perks of the algorithms and what makes it stand out from other K-means variations. He extensively discussed the working principle of the algorithm and the subtle but impactful features that enables it produce top-notch results with low computational resources. Listen to learn about this algorithm.

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32:38

Power K-Means

Data Skeptic ·

2022/03/07

In today’s episode, Jason, an Assistant Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University talks about his research on K power means. K power means is a newly-developed algorithm by Jason and his team, that aims to solve the problem of local minima in classical K-means, without demanding heavy computational resources. Listen to find out the outcome of Jason's study. Click here to access additional show notes on our website! Thanks to our Sponsors:ClearML is an open-source MLOps solution users love

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25:53

Explainable K-Means

Data Skeptic ·

2022/03/03

In this episode, Kyle interviews Lucas Murtinho about the paper "Shallow decision treees for explainable k-means clustering" about the use of decision trees to help explain the clustering partitions. Check out our website for extended show notes! Thanks to our Sponsors:ClearML is an open-source MLOps solution users love to customize, helping you easily Track, Orchestrate, and Automate ML workflows at scale.

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22:03

Customer Clustering

Data Skeptic ·

2022/02/28

Have you ever wondered how you can use clustering to extract meaningful insight from a time-series single-feature data? In today’s episode, Ehsan speaks about his recent research on actionable feature extraction using clustering techniques. Want to find out more? Listen to discover the methodologies he used for his research and the commensurate results. Visit our website for extended show notes! https://clear.ml/ ClearML is an open-source MLOps solution users love to customize, helping you easily

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23:01

k-means Image Segmentation

Data Skeptic ·

2022/02/22

Linh Da joins us to explore how image segmentation can be done using k-means clustering. Image segmentation involves dividing an image into a distinct set of segments. One such approach is to do this purely on color, in which case, k-means clustering is a good option. Check out our website for extended show notes and images! Thanks to our Sponsors: Visit Weights and Biases mention Data Skeptic when you request a demo! & Nomad Data In the image below, you can see the k-means clustering

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26:27

Tracking Elephant Clusters

Data Skeptic ·

2022/02/18

In today’s episode, Gregory Glatzer explained his machine learning project that involved the prediction of elephant movement and settlement, in a bid to limit the activities of poachers. He used two machine learning algorithms, DBSCAN and K-Means clustering at different stages of the project. Listen to learn about why these two techniques were useful and what conclusions could be drawn. Click here to see additional show notes on our website! Thanks to our sponsor, Astrato

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24:22

k-means clustering

Data Skeptic ·

2022/02/14

Welcome to our new season, Data Skeptic: k-means clustering. Each week will feature an interview or discussion related to this classic algorithm, it's use cases, and analysis. This episode is an overview of the topic presented in several segments.

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46:43

Snowflake Essentials

Data Skeptic ·

2022/02/07

Frank Bell, Snowflake Data Superhero, and SnowPro, joins us today to talk about his book “Snowflake Essentials: Getting Started with Big Data in the Cloud.” Snowflake Essentials: Getting Started with Big Data in the Cloud by Frank Bell, Raj Chirumamilla, Bhaskar B. Joshi, Bjorn Lindstrom, Ruchi Soni, Sameer Videkar Snowflake Solutions Snoptimizer - Snowflake Cost, Security, and Performance Optimization - Coming Soon! Thanks to our Sponsors: Find Better Data Faster with Nomad Data. Visit

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34:50

Explainable Climate Science

Data Skeptic ·

2022/01/31

Zack Labe, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Colorado State University, joins us today to discuss his work “Detecting Climate Signals using Explainable AI with Single Forcing Large Ensembles.” Works Mentioned “Detecting Climate Signals using Explainable AI with Single Forcing Large Ensembles” by Zachary M. Labe, Elizabeth A. Barnes Sponsored by: Astrato and BBEdit by Bare Bones Software

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43:21

Energy Forecasting Pipelines

Data Skeptic ·

2022/01/24

Erin Boyle, the Head of Data Science at Myst AI, joins us today to talk about her work with Myst AI, a time series forecasting platform and service with the objective for positively impacting sustainability. https://docs.myst.ai/docs Visit Weights and Biases at wandb.me/dataskeptic Find Better Data Faster with Nomad Data. Visit nomad-data.com

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39:09

Matrix Profiles in Stumpy

Data Skeptic ·

2022/01/17

Sean Law, Principle Data Scientist, R&D at a Fortune 500 Company, comes on to talk about his creation of the STUMPY Python Library. Sponsored by Hello Fresh and mParticle: Go to Hellofresh.com/dataskeptic16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Visit mparticle.com to learn how teams at Postmates, NBCUniversal, Spotify, and Airbnb use mParticle’s customer data infrastructure to accelerate their customer data strategies.

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25:19

The Great Australian Prediction Project

Data Skeptic ·

2022/01/14

Data scientists and psychics have at least one major thing in common. Both professions attempt to predict the future. In the case of a data scientist, this is done using algorithms, data, and often comes with some measure of quality such as a confidence interval or estimated accuracy. In contrast, psychics rely on their intuition or an appeal to the supernatural as the source for their predictions. Still, in the interest of empirical evidence, the quality of predictions made by psychics can be put

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26:00

Water Demand Forecasting

Data Skeptic ·

2022/01/10

Georgia Papacharalampous, Researcher at the National Technical University of Athens, joins us today to talk about her work “Probabilistic water demand forecasting using quantile regression algorithms.” Visit Springboard and use promo code DATASKEPTIC to receive a $750 discount

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