SDS 545: Scaling Data-Intensive Real-Time Applications — with Matthew Russell

Data scientist and entrepreneur Matthew Russell joins Jon Krohn to discuss the intersection of machine learning and fitness and dive deep into the strategies he and his team at Strongest AI use to scale data-intensive real-time applications. In this episode you will learn: • About Strongest's event platform and iOS app [6:06] • How Strongest scaled to serve million [8:14] • Strongest's unique approach to building a fitness app [17:50] • How to rapidly test ML models for deployment [29:01] • The three critical traits Matthew looks for in anyone he hires [33:11] • Mining the Social Web [41:14] • The values instilled in Matthew by pursuing a military education [53:30] • The key skills Matthew wishes he’d learned earlier in his career [1:03:51] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/545

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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.