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Transform Your Data Science: AI & Open Source in Focus

As AI's role in analytics grows, the data science life cycle needs to become more scalable and efficient. Data teams are under pressure to deliver faster results and manage complex workflows, but many organizations still lack a clear AI strategy.
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What you’ll learn

Communicating results effectively through reports, visualizations, dashboards, applications, and technical documentation is a critical part of this life cycle. Open-source tools such as R and Python remain at the heart of modern data science, but they can be complex to learn and use.

Watch Fern Halper, Ph.D., VP of Research at TDWI, and experts from Posit and Databricks as they discuss how AI-infused tools can transform data science.

Topics covered:

  • How open-source tools enable modern data science workflows.
  • Using AI and automation throughout the data science life cycle.
  • Practical steps to address skill gaps with AI-infused tools.
  • The Databricks and Posit integration for powering data science.
     

Speakers

Fern Halper

Fern Halper

VP Research, Senior Research Director for Advanced Analytics, at TWDI
A well-known figure in the analytics community, she's written hundreds of articles on data mining and IT and co-authored several "Dummies" books on cloud computing and big data. Her work focuses on advanced analytics, including predictive analytics, social media, and big data.

Joe Marini

Director, ISV Partner Ecosystem, at Databricks
Joe Marini is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the software industry. He is currently the Director of Engineering Strategy in the Office of the CTO at Databricks. Previously, he held leadership positions at major tech companies like OutSystems, Google, Microsoft, and Adobe, focusing on developer-oriented products and platforms.
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James Blair

Sr. Product Manager, Posit
James Blair is a Senior Product Manager at Posit, where he focuses on helping Posit commercial products seamlessly integrate into cloud platforms and environments. He has a background in statistics and data science and finds any excuse he can to write R code and ride his bike, although usually not at the same time.