SDS 391: Data Science Campfire Tales with John Elder

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 11 p.m.

John Elder joins for an amazing podcast to share his data science "campfire tales" spanning over 20 years of his career in the industry. It will definitely help you in your work to incorporate some of the best principles. In this episode you will learn:\u2022 John\u2019s first bungee jump [4:01] \u2022 Calculus and newer approaches [14:01]\u2022 Elder Research [21:11]\u2022 Domain knowledge advice [25:26]\u2022 The importance of instincts [41:52]\u2022 Ensembles and simplicity [59:33]\u2022 John\u2019s opinions on neural nets [1:10:49]\u2022 Target shuffling method [1:17:27]\u2022 What does the future of data science hold? [1:39:53]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/391