SDS 455: Legal Tech, Powered by Machine Learning

Horace Wu joins us to discuss his work on Syntheia, a unique product that helps sift through massive amounts of legal data to augment the capacities and function of law firms. In this episode you will learn: • Horace’s life and work in New York City [5:00] • Syntheia and Horace’s role there [6:25] • Horace’s background [12:07] • Nearmap [16:35] • Syntheia NLP use cases [21:46] • Design, coding, and the team [34:19] • What skills does one need for this field? [41:41] • What would Horace do differently and what is he excited for? [46:15] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/455

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The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact. Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy. We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.