Lak Lakshmanan: Data Science...Broader Than Ever! | The Data Canteen #16

<p>Lak is an operating executive at Silver Lake focused on improving the value of portfolio companies through data and AI-driven innovation. Prior to Silver Lake, Lak was the Director for Data Analytics and AI Solutions on Google Cloud and a Research Scientist at NOAA. He co-founded Google's Advanced Solutions Lab and is the author of several O'Reilly books and Coursera courses. He was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (the highest honor offered by the AMS) for his data science work.</p> <p>In this episode, Host Ted Hallum and Lak dive into Google Cloud's evolved view of what data science encompasses (IT'S BROADER THAN EVER!), the biggest developments that Lak sees on the horizon for our field, how to deal with the blistering pace of change in the datasphere, and the challenges faced by all non-tech organizations that are striving for an edge with AI.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>FEATURED GUEST:</p> <p>Name: Lak Lakshmanan</p> <p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valliappalakshmanan/</p> <p>Twitter: https://twitter.com/lak_luster</p> <p>Medium: https://lakshmanok.medium.com/</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>SUPPORT THE DATA CANTEEN (LIKE PBS, WE'RE LISTENER SUPPORTED!):</p> <p>Donate: https://vetsindatascience.com/support-join</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>EPISODE LINKS:</p> <p>Lak on Medium: https://lakshmanok.medium.com/</p> <p>Lak on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qphajtkAAAAJ&hl=en</p> <p>Lak's Website: www.vlakshman.com</p> <p>Lak's Books: https://aisoftwarellc.weebly.com/books.html</p> <p>Lak's Technical Articles: https://aisoftwarellc.weebly.com/articles.html</p> <p>Lak's Recorded Talks: https://aisoftwarellc.weebly.com/talks.html</p> <p>Lak's Courses: https://aisoftwarellc.weebly.com/courses.html</p> <p>Lak's Journal Articles: https://aisoftwarellc.weebly.com/research.html</p> <p>Lak's Resume/Vitae: https://aisoftwarellc.weebly.com/resumevitae.html</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>PODCAST INFO:</p> <p>Host: Ted Hallum</p> <p>Website: https://vetsindatascience.com/thedatacanteen