GIVEAWAY INFORMATION: Thanks to O'Reilly and the authors, we are giving away 5 copies of the Practical Natural Language Processing book. Giveaway tweet: [TBD at 7:30PM IST] To participate in the giveaway, retweet and comment about your favourite part of the conversation with the #practicalnlp hashtag. The winners will be selected and notified on October 1, 2020. To be updated about the results, subscribe to the Youtube channel and follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/mkulkhanna. You can also get a 30-day free trial from the O'Reilly website by using the promo code PNLP20 or the link below. Link: https://learning.oreilly.com/get-learning/?code=PNLP20 Episode Introduction: This is the 10th episode of the podcast and a really special one. I've got the authors of the Practical Natural Language Processing book. The book is a comprehensive guide to building, iterating and scaling real world NLP Systems. It is for anyone who is involved in any way in building NLP systems in industry - from software engineers to data scientists to ML engineers to product managers and business leaders. The book is already topping the charts on Amazon and has been endorsed by various experts from academia and industry. Episode Overview: So for this episode, I talk to the authors of the book - Sowmya, Bodhi, Anuj and Harshit. We talk about the key ideas behind the book - about how it bridges the gap between theory and building practical ML/NLP solutions. We talk about the inspiration behind writing the book, how it stands out, how it has been structured, who can benefit from it and lots more. We also talk about the elephant in the room, GPT-3 and try to make sense of the hype around it and understand it's broader impact and how it positions us, as a community to leverage these systems on a wider scale. We also talk about the state of ML and NLP in general, about the many misconceptions and misinformed expectations that surround these fields in the context of the business of AI, and about how they've tried to incorporate this message in the book. Practical Natural Language Processing Book: Website: http://www.practicalnlp.ai/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PracticalNLProc Authors / Guests: Sowmya Vajjala: https://twitter.com/adyantalamadhya She is a research officer at National Research Council, Canada’s largest federal research and development organization. Her past work experience spans both academia as a faculty at Iowa State University, USA and industry at Microsoft Research. Bodhisattwa Majumder: https://twitter.com/mbodhisattwa He is a Computer Science PhD student working on NLP and ML at UC San Diego. His research interests include Lang Generation and Dialogue & Interactive Systems Anuj Gupta: https://twitter.com/anujgupta82 He is currently Head of Machine Learning and Data Science at Vahan Inc. He has built NLP and ML systems at Fortune 100 companies as well as startups as a senior leader. Harshit Surana: https://twitter.com/surana_h He is a co-founder at DeepFlux Inc. He has built and scaled ML systems and engineering pipelines at several Silicon Valley startups as a founder and an advisor. Connect with me ♂️: Website: https://mukulkhanna.github.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkulkhanna Deep Neural Notebooks podcast : Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC66w1T4oMv66Jn1LR5CW2yg Anchor: www.anchor.fm/deep-neural-notebooks Spotify: www.open.spotify.com/show/2eq1jD7V5K19aZUUJnIz5z Apple Podcasts: www.podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/deep-neural-notebooks/id1488705711
In this episode, I talk with Shalini De Mello, who is a Principal Research Scientist and Research Lead at NVIDIA. Her research interests are in computer vision and machine learning for human-computer interaction and smart interfaces. At NVIDIA, she has developed technologies for gaze estimation, 2D and 3D head pose estimation, hand gesture recognition, face detection, video stabilization and GPU-optimized libraries for mobile computer vision. Her research has been focused on human-computer interaction in cars and has led to the development of NVIDIA’s innovative DriveIX product for smart AI-based automotive interfaces for future generations of cars. Shalini received her Masters and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Punjab Engineering College. In this episode, we talk about her journey - about how she got started with Computer Vi...
In this episode, I interview Varun Jampani, who is a Research Scientist at Google Research. You might recognise him from the renowned Super SloMo paper. His work lies at the intersection of Computer Vision and Machine Learning. His main focus is to leverage machine learning techniques for better inference in computer vision models. Prior to joining Google, he was a research scientist at NVIDIA. He completed his PhD at the Max-Planck Institute (MPI) for Intelligent Systems. He is also a IIIT Hyderabad alum, where he did his Bachelor's and Master's. In this episode, we talk about his journey — from his Bachelor's and Masters at IIIT Hyderabad to his PhD at MPI, about how his research has shaped over the years, about his focus on always asking good research questions and tackling fundamental problems in Computer Vision as a whole. We also talk about the SuperSloMo paper, about how it started, the key design decisions that were taken and the challenges faced in the process. If there's ...
In the seventh episode of Deep Neural Notebooks, I interview Shimon Whiteson. Shimon sir is a Computer Science Professor at the University of Oxford, where he leads the Whiteson Research Lab. He is also a Data Scientist at Waymo (formerly the Google Self Driving Car Project). His research specialises in Reinforcement Learning (RL), Cooperative Multi-Agent RL, to be precise. So this interview is all in the context of Reinforcement Learning. We talk about his journey - how he started with Machine Learning & RL. I ask him about his thoughts on the state of RL - about how the field has progressed and changed since he started, about how it has become so popular in the last few years, and about the challenges being faced. We also talk about his research at Waymo, about recent projects from his lab, and about the scope and future of telepresence robots, one of which was developed under his guidance. We also talk about the infamous Reward Hypothesis in the context of RL and Philosophy. In t...
In the fifth episode of the Deep Neural Notebooks podcast, I interview Professor, Author, Sitarist and Composer, Srinivas Reddy. He is a Guest Professor of South and Southeast Asian Studies at IIT Gandhinagar and Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Contemplative Studies at Brown University. He lives in Rhode Island and spends his time performing, teaching and conducting research around the world. He is an author of 4 books, 3 of which are translations of Telugu and Sanskrit texts; and the latest book that came out this March is a critical biography of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara, called RAYA. Srinivas is a professional concert sitarist and has given numerous recitals in the US, India and Europe. He has three albums to his credit: GITA (1999), Sitar & Tabla (2001) and Hemant & Jog (2008). This episode is more in the realms of spirituality, in the context of South Asian philosophy and the Bhagwad Gita. We discuss some of his favourite verses and chapters from the Gita, about the deep underlying wisdom, and how we can make sense of them in today's day and age. I ask him about his thoughts on religion, consciousness, meditation, his passion for music and much more. He also talks about how India never really recovered from colonialisation and how the quest for adoption of Western ideologies has left us devoid of any appreciation for our cultural heritage, and how unconditioning ourselves is the first step in moving forward on our spiritual path. Keep in mind that this episode was recorded in the first week of January, wayyy before the pandemic outbreak; so some of his advice like going out for a walk on a beautiful sunny day was shared in a pre-COVID-19 context. I hope you enjoy the episode, and learn something valuable from it. If you do, please leave a thumb's up or a 5-star rating depending on the streaming platform. Links: Srinivas Reddy: https://www.srinivasreddy.org/ Books: - Giver of the Worn Garland (Amuktamalyada) - http://www.tinyurl.com/amukta - The Dancer and the King (Malavikagnimitram) - https://www.amazon.com/Malavikagnimitram-Dancer-King-Kalidasa/dp/0670086878/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1495455130&sr=8-2&keywords=dancer+and+the+king - The Cloud Message (Meghadutam) - https://www.amazon.com/Meghadutam-Kalidasa-ebook/dp/B01N7PFSGG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495454149&sr=8-1&keywords=kalidasa+meghadutam - RAYA: Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9353450977/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3 Concerts: - Classical Sitar Concert by Srinivas Reddy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwjcOHgyyiw - Srinivas Reddy Concert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRWLXjtoIPc Albums: - Hemant and Jog (2008): https://play.google.com/store/music/album/?id=B3jmymz4awn3ws5343nvncrib3e Podcast links - - Youtube: https://youtu.be/JK2X_ZM4vHM - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3a6HY7p - Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3caOFqr - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SJ7z5gavxGR9zaPFJkwCs - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/deep-neural-notebooks/episodes/DNN-6-Spirituality--Music--The-Bhagavad-Gita--Srinivas-Reddy-ecnl7p Connect with me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkulkhanna Website: https://mukulkhanna.co LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mukulkhanna/
In this episode, I interview Leslee Lazar, a cognitive neuroscientist and visual artist. He is a professor at IIT Gandhinagar, at the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Science, working on processing of tactile perception in the somatosensory cortex of the brain. He is passionate about art and design, and uses illustrations, graphic design, infographics, collages and photography to convey complex stories. Neuroscientist by day, visual artist by evening, his research interests include understanding creativity and perception of art from a Neuroscience point of view. He has some amazing artworks, illustrations and posters that I'd recommend you to check out on his Instagram and Tumblr accounts, links to which can be found below. In this episode, we talk about his journey - from Zoology to Neuroscience, his work on touch perception, about creativity, and about how we as humans share an innate appreciation for art and beauty. On the intersection of Computer Science and Neuroscience, I asked ...
In the fourth episode of Deep Neural Notebooks, I talk with Mr. Mukul Pandya. He is the the editor-in-chief and executive director of the Knowledge@Wharton, the online business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Senior Fellow in the Wharton School’s Management Department. He is a winner of four awards for investigative journalism and author of three books, Pandya has more than 30 years of experience as a writer and editor. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Economist and other publications. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Bombay. We talk about many things - about his journey, his beginnings, the story of Knowledge@Wharton, about his experiences of interviewing legends like Adam Grant, the founder of Intel and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, about the importance and drawbacks of technology in the conquest for knowledge, about figuring out the right balance and utilising te...
In the third episode of Deep Neural Notebooks, I talk with Michael Droettboom, from Mozilla. Michael is a Staff Data Engineer at Mozilla, where he works on managing the telemetry from Mozilla products, that can be used for improving the user experience and the product itself, while respecting data privacy and making sure that instead of snarfing it all up, only the absolutely minimal data is gathered from the user. He specialises in imaging and data: sheet music, scientific visualization, astronomy, biomedical data and software telemetry. He started his Open Source journey around 2007, contributing to Matplotlib, while he was a Senior Computer Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He later went on to become a lead developer of Matplotlib, carrying on the vision of Matplotlib’s original author, John Hunter. In this episode, we talk about his beginnings - his education in Computers’ and Music, his experience in Astronomy, working at the Space Telescope Science Institut...
In the second episode of Deep Neural Notebooks, I talk with Thomas Wolf. Thomas is the Chief Science Officer at HuggingFace, a Brooklyn based start-up that aims at building the first truly social artificial intelligence. His interesting background includes a PhD in Quantum Physics and a degree in Law, followed by a five-year long career as a Patent Attorney, before his passion for Science brought him to HuggingFace. Thomas, and his team at HuggingFace believes in the power of Open Source and have been active contributors on Github, sharing their research and progress, allowing the development of technology for the better. In this episode, we talk about his diverse career background- his journey from Physics to Law to Deep Learning and Conversational Agents. We also talk about the vision at HuggingFace, the challenges in building a long-term, companion-like Conversational Agent, the state of Natural Language Processing, and how we can do better. Links: Thomas Wolf: https://twitter.co...
In the first episode of the Deep Neural Notebooks podcast, I talk with Shanmuganathan Raman, who is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Science Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar. He has been my mentor for my research internship at IIT. He has obtained his MTech and PhD degrees from IIT Bombay and was a post-doc research associate at Department of Electrical Engineering,Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. His PhD thesis on 'Low Dynamic Range solution to High Dynamic Range Imaging problem' received the IIT Bombay Excellence in PhD Thesis Work' Award. His research interests include Computer Vision, Computational Photography, Machine Learning and Computer Graphics. In this episode we discuss his educational background, his theses, the state of HDR imaging and computational photography. We also talk about deep learning, the scope of traditional algorithms in a DL-minded society and the road ahead. Relevant links: Prof. Shanmuganathan Raman: people.iitgn.ac.in/~shanmug...