Data Science, Past, Present and Future (with Hilary Mason)
In this episode, Hugo speaks with Hilary Mason about the past, present, and future of data science.
About Hilary Mason
Hilary Mason is the VP of Research at Cloudera Fast Forward Labs, and Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners. Previously, Hilary was Chief Scientist at bitly. She co-hosts DataGotham, a conference for New York's home-grown data community, and co-founded HackNY, a non-profit that helps engineering students find opportunities in New York's creative technical economy. She’s on the board of the Anita Borg Institute and an advisor to several companies including Sparkfun Electronics, Wildcard, and Wonder. Hilary served on Mayor Bloomberg’s Technology Advisory Board, and is a member of Brooklyn hacker collective NYC Resistor.
Links from the show
FROM THE INTERVIEW
- Hilary Mason
- Cloudera Fast Forward Labs
- Fast Forward Labs' Webinar on Machine Learning and Interpretability
- Some of ProPublica's work on bias in Machine Learning algorithms
FROM THE SEGMENTS
Statistical Pitfalls (with Michael Betancourt)
Tales from the Open Source (with Chris Fonnesbeck)
Original music and sounds by The Sticks.
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