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Reflection on an Almost Two-Year Journey of Generative AI in Industry – Maria Sukhareva ​About the speaker: ​Maria Sukhareva is a principal key expert in Artificial Intelligence in Siemens with over 15 years of experience at the forefront of generative AI technologies. Known for her keen eye for technological innovation, Maria excels at transforming cutting-edge AI research into practical, value-driven tools that address real-world needs. Her approach is both hands-on and results-focused, with a commitment to creating scalable, long-term solutions that improve communication, streamline complex processes, and empower smarter decision-making. Maria's work reflects a balanced vision, where the power of innovation is met with ethical responsibility, ensuring that her AI projects deliver impactful and production-ready outcomes. We talked about: 00:00 DataTalks.Club intro 02:13 Career journey: From linguistics to AI 08:02 The Evolution of AI Expertise and its Future 13:10 AI vulnerabilities: Bypassing bot restrictions 17:00 Non-LLM classifiers as a more robust solution 22:56 Risks of chatbot deployment: Reputational and financial 27:13 The role of AI as a tool, not a replacement for human workers 31:41 The role of human translators in the age of AI 34:49 Evolution of English and its Germanic roots 38:44 Beowulf and Old English 39:43 Impact of the Norman occupation on English grammar 42:34 Identifying mushrooms with AI apps and safety precautions 45:08 Decoding ancient languages ​​like Sumerian 49:43 The evolution of machine translation and multilingual models 53:01 Challenges with low-resource languages ​​and inconsistent orthography 57:28 Transition from academia to industry in AI Join our Slack: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: 00:00 DataTalks.Club intro 00:00 Large Hadron Collider and Mentorship 02:35 Career overview and transition from physics to data science 07:02 Working at the Large Hadron Collider 09:19 How particles collide and the role of detectors 11:03 Data analysis challenges in particle physics and data science similarities 13:32 Team structure at the Large Hadron Collider 20:05 Explaining the connection between particle physics and data science 23:21 Software engineering practices in particle physics 26:11 Challenges during interviews for data science roles 29:30 Mentoring and offering advice to job seekers 40:03 The STAR method and its value in interviews 50:32 Paid vs unpaid mentorship and finding the right fit ​About the speaker: ​Anastasia is a particle physicist turned data scientist, with experience in large-scale experiments like those at the Large Hadron Collider. She also worked at Blue Yonder, scaling AI-driven solutions for global supply chain giants, and at Kaufland e-commerce, focusing on NLP and search. Anastasia is a mentor for Ml/AI, dedicated to helping her mentees achieve their goals. She is passionate about growing the next generation of data science elite in Germany: from Data Analysts up to ML Engineers. Join our Slack: https://datatalks .club/slack.html

We talked about: 00:00 DataTalks.Club intro 02:34 Career journey and transition into MLOps 08:41 Dutch agriculture and its challenges 10:36 The concept of "technical debt" in MLOps 13:37 Trade-offs in MLOps: moving fast vs. doing things right 14:05 Building teams and the role of coordination in MLOps 16:58 Key roles in an MLOps team: evangelists and tech translators 23:01 Role of the MLOps team in an organization 25:19 How MLOps teams assist product teams 27 :56 Standardizing practices in MLOps 32:46 Getting feedback and creating buy-in from data scientists 36:55 The importance of addressing pain points in MLOps 39:06 Best practices and tools for standardizing MLOps processes 42:31 Value of data versioning and reproducibility 44:22 When to start thinking about data versioning 45:10 Importance of data science experience for MLOps 46:06 Skill mix needed in MLOps teams 47:33 Building a diverse MLOps team 48:18 Best practices for implementing MLOps in new teams 49:52 Starting with CI/CD in MLOps 51:21 Key components for a complete MLOps setup 53:08 Role of package registries in MLOps 54:12 Using Docker vs. packages in MLOps 57:56 Examples of MLOps success and failure stories 1:00:54 What MLOps is in simple terms 1:01:58 The complexity of achieving easy deployment, monitoring, and maintenance Join our Slack: https://datatalks .club/slack.html

We talked about: 00:00 DataTalks.Club intro 01:56 Using data to create livable cities 02:52 Rachel's career journey: from geography to urban data science 04:20 What does a transport scientist do? 05:34 Short-term and long-term transportation planning 06:14 Data sources for transportation planning in Singapore 08:38 Rachel's motivation for combining geography and data science 10:19 Urban design and its connection to geography 13:12 Defining a livable city 15:30 Livability of Singapore and urban planning 18:24 Role of data science in urban and transportation planning 20:31 Predicting travel patterns for future transportation needs 22:02 Data collection and processing in transportation systems 24:02 Use of real-time data for traffic management 27:06 Incorporating generative AI into data engineering 30:09 Data analysis for transportation policies 33:19 Technologies used in text-to-SQL projects 36:12 Handling large datasets and transportation data in Singapore 42:17 Generative AI applications beyond text-to-SQL 45:26 Publishing public data and maintaining privacy 45:52 Recommended datasets and projects for data engineering beginners 49:16 Recommended resources for learning urban data science About the speaker: Rachel is an urban data scientist dedicated to creating liveable cities through the innovative use of data. With a background in geography, and a masters in urban data science, she blends qualitative and quantitative analysis to tackle urban challenges. Her aim is to integrate data driven techniques with urban design to foster sustainable and equitable urban environments.  Links: - https://datamall.lta.gov.sg/content/datamall/en/dynamic-data.html 00:00 DataTalks.Club intro 01:56 Using data to create livable cities 02:52 Rachel's career journey: from geography to urban data science 04:20 What does a transport scientist do? 05:34 Short-term and long-term transportation planning 06:14 Data sources for transportation planning in Singapore 08:38 Rachel's motivation for combining geography and data science 10:19 Urban design and its connection to geography 13:12 Defining a livable city 15:30 Livability of Singapore and urban planning 18:24 Role of data science in urban and transportation planning 20:31 Predicting travel patterns for future transportation needs 22:02 Data collection and processing in transportation systems 24:02 Use of real-time data for traffic management 27:06 Incorporating generative AI into data engineering 30:09 Data analysis for transportation policies 33:19 Technologies used in text-to-SQL projects 36:12 Handling large datasets and transportation data in Singapore 42:17 Generative AI applications beyond text-to-SQL 45:26 Publishing public data and maintaining privacy 45:52 Recommended datasets and projects for data engineering beginners 49:16 Recommended resources for learning urban data science Join our slack: https: //datatalks.club/slack.html