VIRTUAL - SotonDataCloud - 14th March - 3 speakers
Details
Welcome to Southampton Data Platform and Cloud Group.
This is the meetup for the VIRTUAL event.
Registration will open two weeks before the event:
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 6:00 AM
Agenda
18:00: Welcome and Intros
18:00: Tori Tompkins & Anna-Maria Wykes - Getting started with MLOps in Azure
19:00: Kevin Chant - Spreading your SQL Server wings with Azure Synapse Analytics
20:00: Raffle and finish
Session details:
1. Tori Tompkins & Anna-Maria Wykes - Getting started with MLOps in Azure
We are being asked more and more to work with various aspects of data, regardless of our core skill set. This is particularly the case when productionising Machine Learning Models.
In this session we will talk about various Azure technologies we can use in our day jobs to achieve this, including ML Studio, Databricks & AKS.
We will look at the various components needed and different architectures that can be implemented, including how to manage Feature Stores and monitoring Model Life Cycles.
When working with data it is vital that different Data Professionals, Software Developers/Engineers & others in tech work in harmony together for successful outcomes. Consequently we will also cover how we can try to best achieve this, and how this has been done in the real world.
2. Kevin Chant - Spreading your SQL Server wings with Azure Synapse Analytics
Are you a SQL Server Professional who is thinking about spreading your SQL Server wings by looking into Azure Synapse Analytics?
If so, feel free to join this session. Where I will do a quick introduction to Azure Synapse Analytics before demonstrating where your SQL Server background can come in handy.
Even though this session is aimed at SQL Server Professionals, other Data Platform professionals can learn things in this session as well.
About Tori Tompkins:
Tori is a Senior Data Science Consultant at Advancing Analytics who has worked on a variety of machine learning and data science projects but mostly with Azure technologies, Databricks, MLFlow, Scikit-learn, PyTorch and NetworkX. She is a regular presenter of YouTube series Data Science Moments and founder of Girls Code Too UK.
About Anna-Maria Wykes:
Anna is a veteran software & data engineer and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, with over 17 years of experience. Anna has tackled projects from real-time analytics with Scala & Kafka, building out Data Lakes with spark and applying engineering to Data Science. She is a senior consultant with Advancing Analytics, helping shape & evolve their data engineering practice. Anna has a real passion for data and strives to bring the worlds of Software Development and Data Science closer together. Other areas of interest include UX, Agile methodologies, and helping to organize/run local Code Clubs
About Kevin Chant:
Manager, Data Engineering for Avanade Netherlands. Originally from the UK and now living in the Netherlands. Dual-category Microsoft MVP for both Data Platform and Developer Technologies.
Many years experience in the IT sector, and has supported databases for companies in the top 10 of the fortune 500 list.
In addition to a lot of experience with the Microsoft Data Platform, also has over twenty Microsoft Certifications. Plus, was probably the last ever person in the world to gain the MCSD Azure Architect certification.
Real life experience with Microsoft Data Platform and Azure Devops. Previously SQL Server Product Owner of around 1,900 instances. In addition, done various things for the Data Platform Community. With the last being one of the organizers of the online DataWeekender conference.
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A massive thanks to our sponsor Spectrum IT. Without them, we would not be able to host this event for free. Spectrum IT kindly provide funding for the room, pizza and a £20 Amazon Voucher for in-person attendees. Jess Pomfret provides the book about dbatools as a raffle prize for virtual attendees.
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