Why Machine Learning isn't Scary

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   Why Machine Learning
   isn't Scary
   PyCaribbean 2019
   Rivo Laks ⋅ 2019-02-17
   

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   Who is Rivo?
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   One Year Ago
   Thorgate - Estonian product dev company
   Mostly full-stack web dev
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   One Year Ago
   Thorgate - Estonian product dev company
   Mostly full-stack web dev
   Thinking about moving towards
   machine learning / data science
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   Sabbatical
   Quit my previous job
   Went on a sabbatical
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   Sabbatical
   Quit my previous job
   Went on a sabbatical
   Started doing ML courses ...
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   Starting is Hard
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   DjangoGirls
   Workshop to get women started
   with web development
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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   DjangoGirls
   Workshop to get women started
   with web development
   Makes starting with web dev less scary
   Rivo Laks @rivolaks
   

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    DjangoGirls
    Workshop to get women started
    with web development
    Makes starting with web dev less scary
    Takes away the mystery &
    shows you can do it
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Misconceptions in ML
    You need advanced math/statistics/etc
    degree to do ML... right?
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Misconceptions in ML
    You need advanced math/statistics/etc
    degree to do ML... right?
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    fast.ai
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    fast.ai o ers free deep learning courses
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    fast.ai o ers free deep learning courses
    Aims to make deep learning accessible to
    everyone
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    deep learning course
    Practical approach
    State-of-the-art
    Minimizes initial e ort needed
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Training a Simple Model
    From fast.ai's rst lesson
    Detect 35 dog & cat breeds
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Training a Simple Model
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Training a Simple Model
    From fast.ai's rst lesson
    Detect 35 dog & cat breeds
    Use pre-trained model
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Training a Simple Model
    path = untar_data(URLs.PETS)
    data = ImageDataBunch.from_folder(
    path, size=224,
    ).normalize(imagenet_stats)
    learn = create_cnn(data, models.resnet34)
    learn.fit_one_cycle(4)
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Training a Simple Model
    path = untar_data(URLs.PETS)
    data = ImageDataBunch.from_folder(
    path, size=224,
    ).normalize(imagenet_stats)
    learn = create_cnn(data, models.resnet34)
    learn.fit_one_cycle(4)
    95% accuracy!
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Course Topics
    Image classi cation
    Language models (NLP)
    Tabular data (e.g. sales predictions)
    Datasets preparation
    Some theory behind neural nets
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Real-World Applications
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    More Data Than Ever Before
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    More Data Than Ever Before
    It needs to be analyzed
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    More Data Than Ever Before
    It needs to be analyzed
    Most jobs involve data processing
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    More Data Than Ever Before
    It needs to be analyzed
    Most jobs involve data processing
    Machine learning skills are
    becoming universally necessary
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    More Data Than Ever Before
    It needs to be analyzed
    Most jobs involve data processing
    Machine learning skills are
    becoming universally necessary
    Existing frameworks make it easy
    to get started
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Spectrum of ML Roles
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Spectrum of ML Roles
    Data scientist
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Spectrum of ML Roles
    Data scientist
    Machine learning engineer
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Spectrum of ML Roles
    Data scientist
    Machine learning engineer
    Data engineer
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Spectrum of ML Roles
    Data scientist
    Machine learning engineer
    Data engineer
    Software engineer
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Is Data Science Overhyped?
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Is Data Science Overhyped?
    Lots of junior data scientists
    entering the market
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Is Data Science Overhyped?
    Lots of junior data scientists
    entering the market
    Creating ML models is
    a tiny piece of puzzle
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Is Data Science Overhyped?
    Lots of junior data scientists
    entering the market
    Creating ML models is
    a tiny piece of puzzle
    Maybe get started with another role
    in the same eld
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Back to My Journey
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Programming Language Detector
    image-based detection of 8 languages
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Programming Language Detector
    image-based detection of 8 languages
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Programming Language Detector
    image-based detection of 8 languages
    very similar to fast.ai lesson
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Programming Language Detector
    image-based detection of 8 languages
    very similar to fast.ai lesson
    95% accuracy
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Robotex
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Robotex
    Goal: predict customer satisfaction
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    Robotex
    Goal: predict customer satisfaction
    Solution: calculate subscores for each input
    parameter, then sum the subscores
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Robotex
    Goal: predict customer satisfaction
    Solution: calculate subscores for each input
    parameter, then sum the subscores
    Surprisingly won the competition :)
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Job Offers
    Started looking at jobs
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Job Offers
    Started looking at jobs
    Got several very interesting o ers
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Job Offers
    Started looking at jobs
    Got several very interesting o ers
    Also got turned down couple of times
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Veriff
    Joined Veri 3 weeks ago
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Veriff
    Joined Veri 3 weeks ago
    Estonian startup doing
    online identity veri cation
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Veriff
    Joined Veri 3 weeks ago
    Estonian startup doing
    online identity veri cation
    Machine learning engineer,
    getting models into production
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Final Words
    Take it one step at a time
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Final Words
    Take it one step at a time
    There's a lot of excellent material online
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Final Words
    Take it one step at a time
    There's a lot of excellent material online
    Machine learning roles are spectrum,
    pick wisely and use your existing skills
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Links
    My programming language detector
    fast.ai online course
    Data science is di erent now - Vicki Boykis
    But what is this “machine learning
    engineer” actually doing? - Tomasz Dudek
    Rivo Laks @rivolaks
    

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    Thanks! Questions?
    Rivo Laks ⋅ @rivolaks ⋅ rivolaks.com
    tinyurl.com/pyc-MLNotScary
    

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