591: Simulations and Synthetic Data for Machine Learning

Published: July 12, 2022, 11 a.m.

Mars Buttfield-Addison, PhD Candidate at the University of Tasmania, joins Jon Krohn for a high-energy episode covering everything from Machine Learning simulations to Swift, space junk, and more!\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\u2022 What simulations and synthetic data are, and why they can be invaluable for real-life applications [5:47]\n\u2022 How simulated bots can solve any problem [9:07]\n\u2022 Practical uses of simulated data [21:49]\n\u2022 Why the mobile operating system language Swift is interesting for A.I. [25:46]\n\u2022 Why it's critical to track the amount of junk in space [35:47]\n\u2022 Whether programming or statistical skills are more important in data science [47:05]\n\u2022 What it\u2019s like creating video games in a "secret" games lab [56:45]\n\u2022 Why you might want to do a data science internship in industry before pursuing in academia [ 1:01:54]\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/591