ISSUE 352 · September 7, 2021
Trends
How Midsize Companies Can Compete in AI
Startups and multi-billion dollar giants are well-positioned to leverage AI's capabilities but mid-sized companies are being left behind. Here's how joint AI ventures can help them catch up.
Harvard Business Review
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Understanding Bias in AI: What is it, how to identify it, and how to mitigate it.
It’s no secret...bias in AI is a problem. The more powerful AI capacity becomes, the more important it becomes to ensure that we are producing tools that make life better for more people, not simply scaling and perpetuating forms of error. That’s why we’ve created a guide to understanding and addressing possible sources of bias for your AI/ML project.
Tutorials, Projects & Opinions
Twelve Software Design Tips for Data Scientists
You may not need to write large programs that scale but the tips outlined here will help make sure that even small scripts are clear, easy to maintain, and designed to evolve. This is a super useful post, especially for non-engineers. For a streamlined version, see the slides.
Greg Wilson
A Gentle Introduction to Graph Neural Networks
Awesome introduction to graph neural networks, starting with the basics of graphs and what makes graph data different from other types of data. With lots of visualizations along the way, this post gradually explains and builds out a GNN from a bare-bones implementation to a state-of-the-art model. There's a lot to learn and play with here.
Distill | Google Research
Multiplying Matrices Without Multiplying
This paper introduces a learning-based algorithm for multiplying matrices that greatly outperforms existing methods. It's important because matrix multiplication is one of the most fundamental operations in machine learning and this new approach looks FAST!
arXiv | Davis Blalock, John Guttag
Decision Making at Netflix
This introduction is the first in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B testing to make decisions. This post lays the groundwork. Upcoming posts will cover statistical concepts, infrastructure to support and scale tests, the role of experimentation, and the importance of culture.
Netflix Tech Blog
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Resources
Recommenders
Nice collection of examples, best practices and Python utilities for building and evaluating recommendation systems.
GitHub | Microsoft
Python Packages
Python packages are a key part of the language that enable you to create reusable, organized, and shareable code. This open-source book shows how to build efficient workflows for creating Python packages, including package organization, testing, versioning, CI/CD, and more!
py-pkgs | Tomas Beuzen and Tiffany Timbers
Data Visualization
Analyzing Geospatial Data in Python
Nice introduction to working with geospatial data using Python. Covers data types, common pitfalls, map projections, and how to work with and visualize data using the GeoPandas and Shapely libraries.
LearnDataSci | Ioannis Prapas
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