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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

Discussing diversity and inclusion

AA: One thing you touched on that I’d like to tease out a bit, if you’re comfortable with it. You talked about your discomfort at being the only female student in the class. It must have occurred many, many times throughout your career that you’re in a meeting and you’re just surrounded by all these males. How has that been, and what do you think we should be doing to change that? This whole notion of diversity and inclusion is a big topic. I would love to hear your thoughts on that.

MM: It is a really hard one, and it happens all the time. I’m far more comfortable with it now; otherwise, I guess I wouldn’t be here because it is a common thing, and also because I work a lot with people in IT, and IT is the same as data.

It’s been up and down. I would say that I’ve had some interesting experiences along the way. I have a daughter and a son, and I wanted them both to go into IT, and I tried...