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Julia Ferraioli (class of 2007) Senior Developer Advocate @juliaferraioli, google.com/+JuliaFerraioli When am I ever going to use this? ... tales from a career in industry

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Game Changers A bit of background

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3 @juliaferraioli BA in CS @ Bryn Mawr College 2003-2007 A career retrospective 2007-2009 2009-2010 2010-Now Software Engineer @ Microsoft MSCS @ Rochester TE @ DocuSign Cloud @ Google

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4 @juliaferraioli BA in CS @ Bryn Mawr College 2003-2007 A career retrospective

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5 ● Machine learning with background knowledge ● Incorporating user interface to allow interactive clustering ● Algorithm used a variety of improvement on good ol’ k-means DREU @ UMBC 5 Humans are smart. Machines are smart. Humans + machines are smarter. http://goo.gl/yZkUjU

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6 @juliaferraioli research in your very own AI lab on developmental robotics

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Impossible is closer than we think.

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8 @juliaferraioli BA in CS @ Bryn Mawr College 2003-2007 A career retrospective 2007-2009 Software Engineer @ Microsoft 2007-2009 Software Engineer @ Microsoft

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9 ● Launched & shut down a product in 2 years ● Learned lots about what I didn’t want ● Demystified “big name” technology ● Used precisely none of my skills Software Engineering 9

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This isn’t for me.

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Changing directions isn’t failure.

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12 @juliaferraioli BA in CS @ Bryn Mawr College 2003-2007 A career retrospective 2007-2009 2009-2010 Software Engineer @ Microsoft MSCS @ Rochester

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13 @juliaferraioli 13

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14 ● New technology is made up of old technology ● Build for the world ● Applications always go further than you think ● (Reprise) People are smart Breaking (down) research 14 http://www.vizwiz.org/

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Everything is interconnected.

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16 @juliaferraioli BA in CS @ Bryn Mawr College 2003-2007 A career retrospective 2007-2009 2009-2010 2010-Now Software Engineer @ Microsoft MSCS @ Rochester TE @ DocuSign Cloud @ Google

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17 @juliaferraioli 17

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Developer Relations @ Google

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19 ● Go back to the basics ● Those algorithms underpin everything ● Publish, publish, publish ● Always learn, always update Research is everywhere 19 Use the research; don’t expose the complexity

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Game Changers Research in industry

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21 Cluster management with Borg http://goo.gl/1C4nuo

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22 Cluster management with Borg the system we internally call http://goo.gl/1C4nuo

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Game Changers Image by Connie Zhou

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24 @juliaferraioli 24 job hello_world = { runtime = { cell = 'ic' } // Cell (cluster) to run in binary = '.../hello_world_webserver' // Program to run args = { port = '%port%' } // Command line parameters requirements = { // Resource requirements ram = 100M disk = 100M cpu = 0.1 } replicas = 5 // Number of tasks } Developer View 10000

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26 @juliaferraioli 26 Developer View

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27 @juliaferraioli 27 Failures task-eviction rates and causes

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28 @juliaferraioli 28 Failures advanced bin- packing algorithms experimental placement of production VM workload, July 2014 stranded resources available resources one machine

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Game Changers

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30 Having weird dreams since 2015 http://goo.gl/OWjBWO

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31 @juliaferraioli 31 What is this?

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32 @juliaferraioli 32 What is this? Possible answers: ● A painting by Seurat ● “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” ● Example of pointillism ● People at a park ● Something that belongs in a museum ● A nice break from class Very...human answers

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33 @juliaferraioli 33 A machine’s view

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34 @juliaferraioli 34 A machine’s view

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35 @juliaferraioli 35 Deep learning * with neural networks * very simplified

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36 @juliaferraioli 36 Deep learning with neural networks

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37 @juliaferraioli 37 Sometimes it doesn’t quite...work the way we anticipate

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38 @juliaferraioli 38 Possible applications?

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39 @juliaferraioli 39 Are there non-technical benefits of research... ...besides weird pictures?

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Game Changers Impossible isn’t a limit; it’s a challenge.

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Game Changers A fine-tuned BS-detector is invaluable.

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Game Changers Complexity reduction applies to problems, too.

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Game Changers Critical thinking is a muscle.

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Game Changers Advice from me

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45 Take all the opportunities you get… ...even if you think they’re weird.

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46 ...no matter how famous you think they are. Talk to everyone...

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47 ...whether it be a language, how to blow glass, or how to play an instrument. Always look to learn something new...

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48 @juliaferraioli 48

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49 @juliaferraioli 49 Open source scientific computing ● SciPy ● SciRuby ● Kubernetes ● Ruby Science Foundation ● Various universities ● Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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Thanks! Creative Commons image by Feans Questions?