Speaking
Conference talks, keynotes, and workshops
I like to give talks on a wide variety of subjects. If you'd like me to give a talk at your event, meetup, roast, or funeral, please get in touch!
Doing Data Science in the time of ChatGPT
Some (dated?) thoughts from 2023 on how ChatGPT affects data science.
LLM Simplicity
I didn't give them a topic in time, so they chose one for me!
What's the simplest thing that might possibly work, and why didn't you try that first?
I say this to people on my team all the time. Eventually they start trying it first!
Ten Ways to Fizz Buzz
Yes it's a thinly veiled pitch for my book, but (like the book) it's interesting!
Data Science: A Vision of Things to Come
In which I try to predict the future of data science.
Managing Junior Data Scientists in the Time of Coronavirus
I am trying to branch out and give talks that are less purely technical. (They're easier to write.)
Muppets and Transformers: The New Stars of NLP
A good overview of "modern" NLP circa 2020.
Statistics Isn't That Funny, But It Has Its Moments
Reproducibility: A Trojan Horse for Software Engineering Best Practices
Invited talk exploring how reproducibility can drive better engineering practices in machine learning research.
Modern NLP for Pre-Modern Practitioners
A whirlwind tour of all the new hotness in NLP.
If Not Notebooks, Then What?
Invited talk exploring alternatives to Jupyter notebooks for reproducible AI research.
Writing Code for NLP Research
A tutorial I gave along with two of my teammates. Due to a baggage-handlers strike at Brussels Airport (really!) it wasn't recorded.
How Becoming Not a Data Scientist Made Me a Better Data Scientist
Thoughts on why data scientists should care about software engineering best practices.
AllenNLP and Best Practices for NLP Research
When I worked on AllenNLP I thought a lot about the intersection between engineering best practices and NLP research.
I Don't Like Notebooks
This talk is possibly what I'm most famous for. If you like memes this is the talk for you.
Livecoding Madness: Let's Build a Deep Learning Library
A livecoding session where I built a deep learning library from scratch.
Using AI to Answer Science Questions
Seems quaint now that you'd just plug the questions into ChatGPT.
Fizz Buzz in Tensorflow
I've given this talk several times. The ODSC version was the best, but I don't think there's a video of it.
Fun With Trump Tweets
About two fun projects I did with Trump-related tweets.
Learning and Teaching Data Science from First Principles
Yes it's a thinly veiled pitch for my book, but (like the book) it's interesting!
Secrets of Fire Truck Society
What can we learn about the lives of fire trucks by studying their social networks?