451: Translating PhD Research into ML Applications

Published: March 11, 2021, midnight

Dan Shiebler joins us to discuss his category theory Ph.D. program, his full-time job at Twitter, and how the two crossover and combine in his overall data work.\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\nDan\u2019s neuroscience undergrad and MATLAB [4:12]\n\nDan\u2019s Ph.D. timeline and research [14:01]\n\nHow to start a Ph.D. while working full time [22:45]\n\nDan\u2019s work at TrueMotion and label data [30:39]\n\nDan\u2019s title and role at Twitter [39:15]\n\nSpecific projects at Twitter [44:09]\n\nWhat skills someone should bring to a Twitter job interview [52:06]\n\nWhat machine learning approaches will be important in the future? [1:00:38]\n\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/451