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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

Entering the world of AI research

Alex Antic: How did you go from graduating with a PhD in machine learning and bioinformatics at the University of Cambridge to becoming a leading researcher at DeepMind – one of the leading AI research laboratories in the world?

Petar Veličković: I was born and raised in Belgrade in Serbia, where I completed my primary and secondary education. It was a given at the time for Serbian students who were really interested in natural sciences to attend the Mathematical Grammar School in Belgrade. Even if you were more adept at physics or computer science, like myself, it was still kind of a given that you go through the full curriculum of mathematics that’s offered there. It offers you the same level of education you would receive in some parts of a first or second year of an undergraduate degree.

It prepared me really well for everything that came after that. Using that knowledge, I was able to attend Trinity College in Cambridge...