Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000
<p>Chief Decision Scientist, <a href="https://twitter.com/quaesita">Cassie Kozyrkov</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/Neurotic">Mark</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/nyghtowl">Melanie</a> this week to explain data science, analytics, machine learning and statistical inference, in relation to decision intelligence.</p> <h5 id="cassie-kozyrkov">Cassie Kozyrkov</h5> <p>As Chief Decision Scientist at Google Cloud, <a href="https://twitter.com/quaesita">Cassie</a> advises leadership teams on decision process, AI strategy, and building data-driven organizations. She works to democratize statistical thinking and machine learning so that everyone - Google, its customers, the world! - can harness the beauty and power of data. She is the innovator behind the practice of Decision Intelligence Engineering at Google and she has personally trained over 15,000 Googlers in machine learning, statistics, and data-driven decision-making. Before her current role, she served in Google’s Office of the CTO as Chief Data Scientist. Prior to joining Google, Cassie worked as a data scientist and consultant. She holds degrees in mathematical statistics, economics, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. When she’s not working, you’re most likely to find Cassie at the theater, in an art museum, exploring the world, or curled up with a good novel.</p> <h5 id="cool-things-of-the-week">Cool things of the week</h5> <ul> <li>Cloud ML Engine adds Cloud TPU support for training <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/big-data/2018/05/cloud-ml-engine-adds-cloud-tpu-support-for-training"> blog</a> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/ml-engine/docs/tensorflow/using-tpus">docs</a></li> <li>Google Kubernetes Engine 1.10 is generally available and ready for the enterprise <a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/Google-Kubernetes-Engine-1-10-is-generally-available-and-ready-for-the-enterprise.html"> blog</a></li> <li>Introducing ultramem Google Compute Engine machine types <a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/Introducing-ultramem-Google-Compute-Engine-machine-types.html"> blog</a></li> <li>Increase performance while reducing costs with the new App Engine scheduler <a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/Increase-performance-while-reducing-costs-with-the-new-App-Engine-scheduler.html"> blog</a> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/how-instances-are-managed#scaling_dynamic_instances"> docs</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="interview">Interview</h5> <ul> <li>Decision Intelligence <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_Intelligence">wikipedia</a></li> <li>Redhat Summit Keynote <a href="https://youtu.be/hu2BmE1Wk_Q?t=7097">youtube</a></li> <li>Data Analytics <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_analysis">wikipedia</a></li> <li>Statistical Analysis <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics">wikipedia</a></li> <li>Machine Learning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning">wikipedia</a></li> <li>Deep Learning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learning">wikipedia</a></li> </ul> <p>There are several other episodes that provide insights into data science:</p> <ul> <li>#31 TensorFlow with Eli Bixby <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-31-tensorflow-with-eli-bixby/"> podcast</a></li> <li>#84 Kaggle with Wendy Kan <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-84-kaggle-with-wendy-kan/"> podcast</a></li> <li>#109 Cloud AutoML Vision with Amy Unruh and Sara Robinson <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-109-cloud-automl-vision-with-amy-unruh-and-sara-robinson/"> podcast</a></li> <li>#113 Open Source TensorFlow with Yifei Feng <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-113-open-source-tensorflow-with-yifei-feng/"> podcast</a></li> <li>#122 Project Jupyter with Jessica Forde, Yuvi Panda and Chris Holdgraf <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-122-project-jupyter-with-jessica-forde-yuvi-panda-and-chris-holdgraf/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> <p>As well as case studies on real world problems:</p> <ul> <li>#91 The Future of Media with Machine Learning with Amit Pande <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-91-the-future-of-media-with-machine-learning-with-amit-pande/"> podcast</a></li> <li>#115 Google Play Marketing with Dom Elliott and Stewart Bryson <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-115-google-play-marketing-with-dom-elliott-and-stewart-bryson/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="question-of-the-week">Question of the week</h5> <p>How can I secure my Google Cloud Platoform acount using a YubiKey?</p> <ul> <li>Securing your Cloud Platform Account with Security Keys <a href="https://cloud.google.com/solutions/securing-gcp-account-security-keys"> docs</a></li> <li>Encrypting Google Application Default and gcloud credentials with GPG SmardCard <a href="https://medium.com/google-cloud/encrypting-google-application-default-and-gcloud-credentials-with-gpg-smardcard-fb6fec5c6e48"> blog</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="where-can-you-find-us-next">Where can you find us next?</h5> <p>Mark will be speaking at the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Monthly-SF-Game-Development-Community/">Monthly SF Game Development Community</a>, presenting on <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Monthly-SF-Game-Development-Community/events/250559719/"> You Can’t Just Add More Servers</a> on May the 30th in San Francisco.</p> <p>Melanie is speaking at a joint <a href="http://wimlds.org">WiMLDS</a> and <a href="http://www.pyladies.com">PyLadies</a> event “Paths to Data Science” on June 26th. More details to come.</p>
