Academia vs. Industry for Machine Learning, Research at Uber AI Labs, ML for Wind Farms - Jason Yosinski - The Data Scientist Show #070

Jason Yosinski was a founding member of Uber AI Labs. He is also a co-founder of WinscapeAI a company dedicated to using custom sensor networks and machine learning to increase the efficiency and sustainability of wind farms. Jason holds a PhD in computer science from Cornell University. We talked about his experience at Uber AI, his research in deep learning, and ML for wind farms. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.

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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:06:06) His advice for Uber ML teams
(00:16:03) From research to industry
(00:20:24) ML for wind farms
(00:25:40) Metrics for wind energy prediction
(00:29:23) Start with a small dataset
(00:32:00) ML in academia vs. the industry
(00:33:24) Do you need a PhD for ML?
(00:38:14) Daliana's story about grad school
(00:41:37) The value of a PhD
(00:43:13) ML Collective
(00:48:36) Technical communication
(00:57:21) ML Skillsets
(00:59:45) Future of machine learning
(01:05:23) Personal development: Hoffman process
(01:15:13) Do things that excites you