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The Data Canteen
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Registrace 22. 12. 2020
The Data Canteen is a podcast for U.S. Military Veterans & Service Members who are (or aspire to) be data scientists or machine learning engineers.
The show is hosted by U.S. Army Veteran and Machine Learning Engineer Ted Hallum.
In each episode, Ted speaks with knowledgeable guests to help the listeners select optimal learning opportunities, leverage their education benefits, be ready for industry, dive into new technical topics, or meet fellow Vets in DS & ML!
The show is hosted by U.S. Army Veteran and Machine Learning Engineer Ted Hallum.
In each episode, Ted speaks with knowledgeable guests to help the listeners select optimal learning opportunities, leverage their education benefits, be ready for industry, dive into new technical topics, or meet fellow Vets in DS & ML!
Dr. Glen Ferguson: From Navy Electrician’s Mate to Director of AI & ML | The Data Canteen #20
Not many forces on Earth are comparable in power to a resilient spirit combined with a strong work ethic, and Dr. Glen Ferguson embodies this dynamic! Tune-in to this episode to hear how Dr. Ferguson went from a young man whose high school guidance counselor discouraged him from even applying to college, to enlisting in the U.S. Navy, to completing a PhD in physical chemistry, to becoming a data science individual contributor, to his present day role as Director of AI & ML at Huckleberry Labs! It is a remarkable story of resilience in the face of adversity and triumph against daunting odds!
FEATURED GUESTS:
Name: Glen Ferguson
Email: gallenferguson@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/glenferguson/
SUPPORT THE DATA CANTEEN (LIKE PBS, WE'RE LISTENER SUPPORTED!):
Donate: vetsindatascience.com/support-join
EPISODE LINKS:
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (book recommendation): www.amazon.com/The-Book-of-Why-audiobook/dp/B07CYJ4G2L
Deep Learning with Python 2nd Ed (book recommendation): www.amazon.com/Audible-Deep-Learning-Python-Second/dp/B09RN7QLT3
Deep Learning (book recommendation): www.deeplearningbook.org/
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (book recommendation): www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-Learning-Information-Statistics/dp/0387310738
Introduction to Statistical Learning 2nd Ed (book recommendation): hastie.su.domains/ISLR2/ISLRv2_website.pdf
PODCAST INFO:
Host: Ted Hallum
Website: vetsindatascience.com/thedatacanteen
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-data-canteen/id1551751086
CZcams: czcams.com/channels/aNx9aLFRy1h9P22hd8ZPyw.html
Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/show/the-data-canteen
CONTACT THE DATA CANTEEN:
Voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/datacanteen
VETERANS IN DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING:
Website: vetsindatascience.com/
Join the Community: vetsindatascience.com/support-join
Mentorship Program: vetsindatascience.com/mentorship
OUTLINE:
00:00:07 - Introduction
00:01:22 - Glen's first touch point with VDSML
00:03:15 - Glen's military background, college, & grad school
00:12:10 - Glen's first civilian career as a physical chemist working in materials science
00:15:31 - The shift to pursue data science
00:17:37 - A sabbatical in winemaking
00:20:25 - Glen's experience attending the NYC Data Science Academy
00:28:18 - Glen publishes about one of his data science projects in a peer reviewed journal
00:29:15 - Glen's first roles in data science as an individual contributor
00:38:37 - Glen moves into data science management
00:44:12 - Glen's overview of roles in the datasphere and military occupational specialties that map well to those roles
00:55:58 - Glen's current learning focus
00:57:29 - Glen's favorite learning resources
00:59:01 - The best way to contact Glen
01:00:03 - Farewells
FEATURED GUESTS:
Name: Glen Ferguson
Email: gallenferguson@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/glenferguson/
SUPPORT THE DATA CANTEEN (LIKE PBS, WE'RE LISTENER SUPPORTED!):
Donate: vetsindatascience.com/support-join
EPISODE LINKS:
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (book recommendation): www.amazon.com/The-Book-of-Why-audiobook/dp/B07CYJ4G2L
Deep Learning with Python 2nd Ed (book recommendation): www.amazon.com/Audible-Deep-Learning-Python-Second/dp/B09RN7QLT3
Deep Learning (book recommendation): www.deeplearningbook.org/
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (book recommendation): www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-Learning-Information-Statistics/dp/0387310738
Introduction to Statistical Learning 2nd Ed (book recommendation): hastie.su.domains/ISLR2/ISLRv2_website.pdf
PODCAST INFO:
Host: Ted Hallum
Website: vetsindatascience.com/thedatacanteen
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-data-canteen/id1551751086
CZcams: czcams.com/channels/aNx9aLFRy1h9P22hd8ZPyw.html
Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/show/the-data-canteen
CONTACT THE DATA CANTEEN:
Voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/datacanteen
VETERANS IN DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING:
Website: vetsindatascience.com/
Join the Community: vetsindatascience.com/support-join
Mentorship Program: vetsindatascience.com/mentorship
OUTLINE:
00:00:07 - Introduction
00:01:22 - Glen's first touch point with VDSML
00:03:15 - Glen's military background, college, & grad school
00:12:10 - Glen's first civilian career as a physical chemist working in materials science
00:15:31 - The shift to pursue data science
00:17:37 - A sabbatical in winemaking
00:20:25 - Glen's experience attending the NYC Data Science Academy
00:28:18 - Glen publishes about one of his data science projects in a peer reviewed journal
00:29:15 - Glen's first roles in data science as an individual contributor
00:38:37 - Glen moves into data science management
00:44:12 - Glen's overview of roles in the datasphere and military occupational specialties that map well to those roles
00:55:58 - Glen's current learning focus
00:57:29 - Glen's favorite learning resources
00:59:01 - The best way to contact Glen
01:00:03 - Farewells
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Rogue Robots, Cyborgs, & Artificial General Intelligence w/ Rob Albritton | The Data Canteen #18
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UCLA’s Master of Quantitative Economics | The Data Canteen #17
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Lak Lakshmanan: Data Science...Broader Than Ever! | The Data Canteen #16
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Lak Lakshmanan is an operating executive at Silver Lake focused on improving the value of portfolio companies through data and AI-driven innovation. Prior to Silver Lake, Lak was the Director for Data Analytics and AI Solutions on Google Cloud and a Research Scientist at NOAA. He co-founded Google's Advanced Solutions Lab and is the author of several O'Reilly books and Coursera courses. He was ...
Matt Harrison: Effective Pandas | The Data Canteen #15
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Matt Harrison is one of the foremost experts on Python and Pandas. He holds a degree in computer science from Stanford University, possesses experience in roles ranging from Senior Software Engineer to CTO, and operates a consulting firm named MetaSnake. In this episode, Host Ted Hallum and Matt dive into the most crucial, powerful, challenging, and enjoyable content in his new book entitled Ef...
Nick Singh: Ace The Data Science Interview | The Data Canteen #14
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Nick Singh is ex-Facebook, ex-Google, and co-author of the new best selling book entitled Ace The Data Science Interview: 201 Real Interview Questions Asked By FAANG, Tech Startups, & Wall Street! In this episode, Host Ted Hallum and Nick Singh unpack everything you need to know about the data science hiring process, to include: resume tips. building portfolio projects, cold-contacting hiring m...
Al Bellamy: #LinkedInHardMode Challenge | The Data Canteen #13
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(Apologies all, as there was some degraded audio on my end during this episode. I'll be investigating, perhaps swapping out some equipment, and hope to have this sorted by the time I record next month's episode!) In this episode, I'm joined by Al Bellamy who tells us about his journey from Marine Corps logistician to his current role as a Senior Marketing Intelligence Analyst! During his milita...
Erick Quintero: VDSML Member Profile | The Data Canteen #12
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In this episode, I'm joined by Erick Quintero to trace his incredible journey from Nicaragua, to California, into the U.S. Marine Corps as an Anti-tank Assaultman/Machine Gunner, and onward into data science! Erick and I also chat in-depth about the challenges some combat veterans in the datasphere face related to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Erick provides examples of healthy techniq...
Dr. Dan Hudson: Analytics & Automation Hiring Manager | The Data Canteen #11
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In this episode, I have a great chat with Dr. Dan Hudson, Director of Advanced Analytics and Intelligent Automation at Guidehouse. Dan and I having a wide ranging conversation, to include: the veteran-friendly culture at Guidehouse, Dan's military background and personal data science journey, insights from his experiences as an analytics and automation hiring manager, the future of our field, a...
Molly Larkin: FourthBrain | The Data Canteen #10
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In this episode, Chris Sanchez and I have a fantastic conversation with Molly Larkin, Director of Operations at FourthBrain. If you haven’t heard of it, FourthBrain is an awesome bootcamp that’s backed by Andrew Ng’s AI Fund. FourthBrain offers hybrid online programs for budding machine learning engineers. The Data Canteen’s parent organization, Veterans in Data Science and Machine Learning (VD...
Dr. Chris Smith: Wake Forest's MSBA | The Data Canteen #09
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Katie Keller: Cleared Data Science | The Data Canteen #08
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In this episode, I'm joined by Katie Keller who is the Editorial Communications Manager for ClearanceJobs. Katie shares generously from her wealth of knowledge and experience to help you land your next great opportunity in cleared data science or machine learning! We chat about the trajectory of cleared data science salaries in 2021, your best bets for making it past applicant tracking systems,...
Dr. Keith Allen: VDSML Member Profile | The Data Canteen #07
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In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Keith Allen to trace his journey from U.S. Army Infantry officer to data science consultant! Dr. Allen and I also chat in-depth about his passion for sports analytics, and how that drove him to focus his PhD dissertation on the question "Should we go for it on fourth down?" FEATURED GUEST: Name: Dr. Keith Allen Email: getallenkl@gmail.com LinkedIn: www.linkedi...
Dr. Joe Wilck: William & Mary's MSBA | The Data Canteen #06
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Are you looking for a veteran-friendly school that offers both name recognition and a technically rigorous entry point into data science and machine learning? You should consider the College of William and Mary's Master of Science in Business Analytics program (MSBA)! This program offers the opportunity to become proficient in quantitative data skills while grappling with challenging business p...
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Rob Albritton: Chat with an AI/ML Hiring Manager | The Data Canteen #05
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Dr. Scott Nestler: Notre Dame's MSBA | The Data Canteen #03
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Chris Sanchez: Data Science-related Master's Degrees vs. Bootcamps | The Data Canteen #02
This is gold. Thank you!
Very interesting thoughts. We are currently having a huge problem coming to an agreement on definitions on roles, coming up with the jobs we need in AI/ML, and screening candidates at my organization. It seems I'm not alone here.
I've been marathoning interviews with Matt Herrison. Thanks for doing this!
Hi, Is it the discound code still valid?
Matt is a guru of pandas
That is a fact 😉! Thanks for tuning in, and we're glad you enjoyed this episode 👍!
You mentioned a lot of applications for the Army. Have you seen much work with other branches, yet?
Absolutely! The domain of national security is generally ripe for extracting a lot more value with using data science and machine learning. Having said that, with the Army being the largest armed service branch of the U.S. military, it represents an outsized portion of that opportunity potential :-)!
If there's one organization that has a lot of opportunities (in raw form), it's the Army. I really have a lot of hope for our future; assuming we use our power to good causes.
Good interesting discission. Thanks
Great video this was a big help! Thank you all! I have been interested in the BootCamp for a while and this answered all of my questions. Guess all there is left to do is apply and take the assessment. Onward!
Great discussion!
Wow this is very insightful, I've been torn between sticking to the fundamentals or actually trying to get more projects completed before my interview date. Great interview!
Dom W., thank you so much for that feedback 🙏! Sounds like this episode served you well, and that makes me very happy 😁! And, yes, the ultimate answer to demonstrating competence in the datasphere is functional polished implementations of whatever it is that you would like to do for a living - which can range from Tableau/PowerBI dashboards all the way up to deployed ML pipelines and beyond. As they say, “seeing is believing” (despite the fact that Adversarial GANs & “deep fakes” are somewhat eroding that age-old maxim 😂).
I love crack the coding interview, great book. People throw a lot of shade at coding interviews, I can see why but I must say, the books that come out as a product of coding interviews have made me more efficient and quick on my feet. I will check out Nick's book.
I'm here :)
Bureaucracy is really Rob's pet peeve 😤 😂
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Al, I had a great time chatting with you and I think what you're doing with the #LinkedInHardMode Challenge is fantastic. Thank you so much for coming on the show - can't wait to have you on again in the future!
Thanks brother. Love what you're doing. Hope this challenge helps some people in the community.
Albert Bellamy, thank you for coming on the show! You're doing our VDSML members a great service with the #LinkedInHardMode Challenge!
My pleasure. It was a fun talk.
Get you some of this! It was a great time talking to Ted Hallum, and lots of fun talking up the challenge. Thanks for having me on the show!
thank you for the shout out! great show and spot on questions! Thanks for the insights Molly!
agree 100% about credentials, need demonstrated skills. I've seen many people tout their Phd as an argument that I should just trust the their model without providing any methodology or evaluation statistics. Another scenario is touting it to suggest that everything has been tried to solve a problem and that nothing else can be done. I've had someone say this to me and then when I asked them to provide their methodology, it showed that they merely dumped a bunch of data into an multi-layer perceptron without doing any feature engineering or EDA.
I like it Ted!
Thanks so much Tim! Please let us know if there's a topic we can cover on the show that would be helpful to you!
Great episode! Here is where you can download the 2021 Security Clearance Compensation Report: news.clearancejobs.com/2021/03/03/2021-security-clearance-compensation-reflects-a-resilient-ready-national-security-workforce/
Great work Ted and Chris! I'm hooked! You've earned a repeated podcast listener.
Thanks so much David! Please let us know if there's a topic we can cover on the show that would be helpful to you!