Episode 5: The Legend of Plas Vander

Adversarial Learning

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Our guest is Jake VanderPlas, who is a real Data Science Fellow at the UW eScience Institute, and is the author of the recently published Python Data Science Handbook.

Topics discussed include

BiCapitalization
bridging the astronomy-astrology divide
whether the e in eScience is the same as the e in eBay
Myers-Briggs
why Jake keeps saying “transcriptable” like it's a real word
whether newsletters have replaced blogs
how to talk to people at parties
what it’s like being a data scientist in academia
whether students still hook up in the library
why your zodiac sign isn’t what you think it is
whether Pluto is a planet and why people care
teaching statistics using simulation
how to pronounce "numpy"
using deep learning to identify new constellations
building an AI that chooses the right data visualization

This week's theme music has a cool Vegas swanky lounge vibe.

Please listen to it.

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