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Creators of Intelligence

By : Dr. Alex Antic
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Creators of Intelligence

By: Dr. Alex Antic

Overview of this book

A Gartner prediction in 2018 led to numerous articles stating that "85% of AI and machine learning projects fail to deliver.” Although it's unclear whether a mass extinction event occurred for AI implementations at the end of 2022, the question remains: how can I ensure that my project delivers value and doesn't become a statistic? The demand for data scientists has only grown since 2015, when they were dubbed the new “rock stars” of business. But how can you become a data science rock star? As a new senior data leader, how can you build and manage a productive team? And what is the path to becoming a chief data officer? Creators of Intelligence is a collection of in-depth, one-on-one interviews where Dr. Alex Antic, a recognized data science leader, explores the answers to these questions and more with some of the world's leading data science leaders and CDOs. Interviews with: Cortnie Abercrombie, Edward Santow, Kshira Saagar, Charles Martin, Petar Veličković, Kathleen Maley, Kirk Borne, Nikolaj Van Omme, Jason Tamara Widjaja, Jon Whittle, Althea Davis, Igor Halperin, Christina Stathopoulos, Angshuman Ghosh, Maria Milosavljevic, Dr. Meri Rosich, Dat Tran, and Stephane Doyen.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Creators of Intelligence

Increasing diversity and inclusion in the field

AA: Speaking of changes that you’ve witnessed throughout the industry during your career, have you also noticed much change in regard to diversity and inclusion among people actually working in the field? Things used to be very different when I started off as a quant many years ago in investment banking: it was unfortunately very male-dominated. I’m seeing a positive shift in data science, but I think we still have a long way to go. I’d love to hear your thoughts, and what you think we could and should be doing to change things up.

CS: It is no surprise that when you joined the field, it was very male-focused: it continues to happen in technical fields.

Regarding diversity and inclusion, there is still an enormous amount of work to be done in data science, engineering, and related fields. I think it’s incredibly, incredibly important.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance that diversity and inclusion...