Data Science at Airbnb

Discover how data science impacts decision making at Airbnb, Twitter and digital businesses in general.

Jan 2018

Guest

Robert Chang

Robert is currently a data scientist at Airbnb, where he uses machine learning to predict the value of new supply in the marketplace. Prior to his current role, he was a data scientist at Twitter leveraging product analytics and experimentation to drive user growth. Robert has a broad interest in sharing his experience working in tech, evangelizing and educating aspiring data scientists how to get into the field and become effective. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Operations Research and Stanford University with a degree in Statistics.

Host

Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Topics

Machine Learning

Big Data

Classification vs Clustering in Machine Learning: A Comprehensive Guide

Explore the key differences between Classification and Clustering in machine learning. Understand algorithms, use cases, and which technique to use for your data science project.

Kurtis Pykes

12 min

What is Named Entity Recognition (NER)? Methods, Use Cases, and Challenges

Explore the intricacies of Named Entity Recognition (NER), a key component in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Learn about its methods, applications, and challenges, and discover how it's revolutionizing data analysis, customer support, and more.

Abid Ali Awan

9 min

The Curse of Dimensionality in Machine Learning: Challenges, Impacts, and Solutions

Explore The Curse of Dimensionality in data analysis and machine learning, including its challenges, effects on algorithms, and techniques like PCA, LDA, and t-SNE to combat it.

Abid Ali Awan

7 min

Unlocking the Power of Data Science in the Cloud

Cloud analytics leaders from Exasol cover the motivation for moving analytics to the cloud, economic triggers for migration, success stories, the importance of flexibility and open-mindedness and much more.

Richie Cotton

41 min

Machine Learning Experimentation: An Introduction to Weights & Biases

Learn how to structure, log, and analyze your machine learning experiments using Weights & Biases.

George Boorman

9 min

A Beginner's Guide to BigQuery

Learn what BigQuery is, how it works, its differences from traditional data warehouses, and how to use the BigQuery console to query public datasets provided by Google.

Eduardo Oliveira

9 min

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