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Joanna McKenzie and Ellen Friedman in Conversation

Podcasts 21/07/2021

The Data Lab podcast - Dr Ellen Friedman and Dr Joanna McKenzie

Joanna McKenzie – Principle Data Scientist at The Data Lab – talks to Ellen Friedman about their journeys through the world of data and what being a data scientist means today.

Ellen Friedman, Principal Technologist for HPE Ezmeral at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an international speaker, author and scientist, with a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University. She currently focuses on large-scale data analytics and AI/machine learning. Ellen was a committer for the Apache Drill and Apache Mahout open source software projects and co-author of multiple books published by O’Reilly Media, including AI & Analytics at Scale, AI & Analytics in Production, Machine Learning Logistics, A New Look at Anomaly Detection and Innovations in Recommendation.

https://media.blubrry.com/thedatalab/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yzgyd4/Joanna_and_Ellen_Friedman_Podcast8vyhn.mp3

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