#42 Full Stack Data Science

Hugo speaks with Vicki Boykis about what full-stack end-to-end data science actually is, how it works in a consulting setting across various industries and why it’s so important in developing modern data-driven solutions to business problems. Vicki is a full-stack data scientist and senior manager at CapTech Consulting, working on projects in machine learning and data engineering. They'll also discuss the increasing adoption of data science in the cloud technologies and associated pitfalls, along with how to equip businesses with the skills to maintain the data products you developed for them. All this and more: Hugo is pumped!

Links from the show

FROM THE INTERVIEW
• Vicki's Tech Blog
• Vicki on Twitter
• CapTech Consulting
• Vicki's Tweet about Programming
• Building a Twitter art bot with Python, AWS, and socialist realism art

FROM THE SEGMENTS

Data Science Best Practices (with Ben Skrainka~15:00)

• Cross-industry standard process for data mining
• Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics

Statistical Lesson of the Week (with Emily Robinson at ~32:05)

• Sex Bias in Graduate Admissions: Data from Berkeley (Bickel et al., Science, 1975)
• Time Series Analysis Tutorial with Python

Original music and sounds by The Sticks.