Essential Complexity: An Introduction to Coresets w/ John Feminella
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Fall is here. Join us for John Feminella's talk "Essential Complexity: An Introduction to Coresets"
About the talk:
Big data can mean big headaches, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this talk, we'll describe the idea of coresets, a mathematical trick that allows one to select a much smaller subset of a large data set which preserves the essential shape of the data. While this technique is popular in academic literature, it's often underused in practical implementations, so my hope is that you'll find applications for it in your own work!
About John:
John Feminella is an avid technologist, occasional public speaker, and frequent instigator of assorted shenanigans. He recently co-founded UpHex, a startup providing analytics management for digital agencies and their clients. John is a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia, mentors budding entrepreneurs, and is a top 0.1%-ranked user on StackOverflow.
He lives in Charlottesville, VA and likes meta-jokes, milkshakes, and referring to himself in the third person in speaker bios.
RVA Data Hackers meets monthly to hear, present and discuss topics in machine learning & big data. Come on down and help us build Richmond's Data Hacking community.