Episode 7 - Mythili Venkatakrishnan - Analytics & Machine Learning - 7/31/2017




Terminal Talk show

Summary: <p> </p> <p>Mythili Venkatakrishnan is here to set the record straight on Analytics and Machine Learning. It's great, it's powerful, but it ain't magic. </p> <p> </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>  0:00 - Show intro / News</p> <p>  7:26 - Yeah, but what *is* Machine Learning?</p> <p>  13:30 - But I was told this was all magic...</p> <p>  15:35 - How this all fits together on z</p> <p>  16:25 - Getting started with machine learning in business</p> <p>  19:07 - The value of pairing math skills with business knowledge</p> <p>  22:55 - "Just because it's right doesn't mean it should be done"</p> <p>  25:18 - How can a DBA play in the Machine Learning space?</p> <p>  29:28 - Pervasive Encryption</p> <p>  30:42 - Data In Place / Federating Data</p> <p>  32:38 - Model Selection</p> <p>  33:48 - How To Train Your Data Model</p> <p>  35:00 - You don't need to use a terminal to work on a mainframe</p> <p>  37:06 - Decoupling the abilities from the tooling</p> <p>  40:32- "What's Up With That" / Other Podcasts You Might Enjoy</p> <p> </p> <p>  Links:</p> <p>    email: contact@terminaltalk.net</p> <p>    twitter: @terminaltalk</p> <p> </p> <p>    zTrial Program: https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/trials.html</p> <p> </p> <p>  Podcasts:</p> <p>    My Favorite Murder - True Crime / Dark Stuff / Murder Mystery</p> <p>    The Last Podcast on the Left - Also True Crime / Dark Stuff / Murder Mystery</p> <p>    Ted Talks Tech - Quick narratives on single subjects</p> <p>    Security Now - Loooong show, but very thorough discussions on security issues</p> <p>    Reply All - Where technology and society meet</p> <p>    Mainframe, Performance, Topics - Marna Walle and Martin Packer's Podcast, featuring... take a guess</p> <p>    Stuff You Should Know - Tidbits of information discussed ing reat detail</p> <p>    Stuff You Missed In History Class - World History made interesting</p> <p>    Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Lesser-discussed items researched and discussed</p> <p>    S Town - Follow the life of an interesting man living in a world he couldn't quite fit into</p> <p>    Serial - A story a season, long-form storytelling at its finest</p> <p>    Missing Richard Simmons - Hey, whatever happened to Richard Simmons?</p> <p>    Breakdown - When the criminal justice system breaks down, this podcast takes a closer look</p> <p>    Crimetown - What do you down when crime becomes the norm, rather than the exception</p> <p>    We Hate Movies - A bunch of guys discuss bad movies</p> <p>    The Flophouse - A bunch of guys discuss *really* bad movies</p> <p>    Rewatchability - A bunch of guys discuss movies that were considered good at one point in time</p> <p>    The Dollop - A bi-weekly American History podcast proving that we've always been this dysfunctional</p> <p>    Dumb People Town - Local man gets head stuck in jar... guess the age and the contents of the jar</p> <p>    Every Little Thing - Small facets of life that you've never given a second thought to... discussed.</p> <p>    Song Exploder - Find out how musicians build their songs, layer by layer</p> <p>    This American Life - Top-notch "slice of life" podcasting. Always interesting.</p> <p>    99% Invisible - Discussions of design and social interaction. Way more interesting than it sounds.</p> <p>    Criminal - Sometimes when things go wrong, they go *really* wrong. This is Criminal.</p> <p>    Lore - Ghost stories done right</p> <p>    You Are Not So Smart - It's amazing our brains work at all</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>