Berlin Buzzwords 2018: Ellen Friedman – Beyond the Algorithm: What Makes Machine Learning Work?
Channel: Plain Schwarz
Date: 2018-06-13

There’s a lot of excitement and growing interest in machine learning, even in mainstream business practice. The Data Scientist is a Star whose skills are much in demand. But for machine learning to be a practical success in real world, production settings, there’s a lot beyond the algorithm and model that must be done correctly. 

Is the question or issue being addressed by machine learning appropriate for the specific goal? Can models be evaluated in a meaningful way and deployed and maintained in production with the expertise available? Is there sufficient domain knowledge to make certain the project is addressing the right issues? Is there a way to take practical action on the insights gained through machine-driven decisions?

This presentation will explore real world examples to discover some of the pitfalls to avoid and to show a variety of tips and best practices - from planning to model management and deployment in production -- that can help make your machine learning systems successful.

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