))
The Variational Book // Yuri Plotkin // #253
Manage episode 434026022 series 3241972
Content provided by Demetrios. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Demetrios or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
Yuri Plotkin is a Biomedical Engineer and Machine Learning Scientist and the author of The Variational Book.
The Variational Book // MLOps Podcast #253 with Yuri Plotkin, an ML Scientist. // Abstract Curiosity has been the underlying thread in Yuri's life and interests. With the explosion of Generative AI, Yuri was fascinated by the topic and decided he needed to learn more. Yuri pursued learning by reading, deriving, and understanding seminal papers within the last generation. The endeavors culminated in the writing of a book on the topic, The Variational Book, which Yuri expects to release shortly in the coming months. A bit of detail about the topics he covers can be found here: www.thevariationalbook.com. // Bio Evolved from biomedical engineer to wet-lab scientist, and more recently transitioned Yuri's career to computer science with the last 10+ years developing projects at the intersection of medicine, life sciences and machine learning. Yuri's educational background is in Biomedical Engineering, at Columbia University (M.S.) and University of California, San Diego (B.S.). Current interests include generative AI, diffusion models, and LLMs. // MLOps Jobs board https://mlops.pallet.xyz/jobs // MLOps Swag/Merch https://mlops-community.myshopify.com/ // Related Links Website: https://plotkiny.github.io/ The Variational Book: www.thevariationalbook.com SAS: https://www.sas.com/en_us/home.html SAS® Decision Builder: https://www.sas.com/en_us/offers/23q4/microsoft-fabric.html
Data Engineering for AI/ML Conference: https://home.mlops.community/home/events/dataengforai --------------- ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ------------- Join our slack community: https://go.mlops.community/slack Follow us on Twitter: @mlopscommunity Sign up for the next meetup: https://go.mlops.community/register Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://mlops.community/ Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm/ Connect with Yuri on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuri-plotkin/
451 episodes
Share
