Using Event-Driven Architecture to build Machine Learning Applications

Join us for the monthly Full Stack Data Science Meetup where we talk about the intersection of Data Science and Full Stack Development!

In this meetup, we'll discuss using Event-Driven Architecture for ML applications!
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 - Networking and refreshments
6:30-6:45 - Introductions
6:45-8:00 - Presentations & Demos

Title:
The Surprising Benefits of Using Event-Driven Architecture to build Machine Learning Applications

Description:
One of the most common patterns used in building machine learning applications is to build a REST API that will generate and return inferences when client applications send some data to this API in the form of a request, a.k.a, the request/response pattern.

There is nothing inherently wrong with using this approach, but it does have some limitations.

This talk will cover a relatively new, but increasingly popular architecture known as event-driven architecture and will demonstrate how it not only addresses some of the limitations of traditional request-response based applications, but it also offers some benefits specifically for machine learning and data analytics.

The talk will conclude with a demo of a sentiment analysis application that generates inferences on Yelp review data using a customized DistilBERT LLM.

Speaker:
Prema Roman is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Rotational Labs and an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University. She has a proven track record of building high quality software applications and data products across several sectors including financial services, e-commerce, and the government. Her passion for continuous learning has taken her a long way from her start as a data analyst, as she takes on new challenges at Rotational Labs building globally distributed systems and machine learning data products. She holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and Marketing from George Mason University.

Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/P2DErzOONUo?feature=share