Living in an Algorithmic World



Algorithms have crept into every nook and corner of our lives. Whether it be buying groceries, finding a doctor, or planning a vacation.

The ways in which algorithms can shape our world is limited only our collective imagination, and as data science practitioners, we play a large part in making that happen. This meeting is a platform to bring together practicing data science practitioners, to share our experiences, thoughts and vision, as we move into an algorithm driven world.

We believe this meeting (and the meetings that may follow) will help sow the seeds for mind-opening discussions and interesting collaborations.

Agenda

10:30 am

Welcome Note

10:45 am

Multi-armed bandits for fun and profit

In this talk we will cover a specific kind of Markov decision process called the Multi-armed bandit which is used to model many common use cases in reinforcement learning such as A/B testing, clinical trials, ad-serving, resource allocation, recommendations etc. Bandit algorithms come in stochastic and adversarial flavors with different variations, all seeking to maximize some form of expected payout while keeping the total regret low.
We will discuss some common strategies to solve different kinds of bandit problems, their optimality with respect to the exploration-exploitation tradeoff as well as the empirical performance on real datasets.

Janani Sriram

By: Janani Sriram from Mad Street Den

11:15 am

Deep data on Television

The mobile has made tremendous progress - but it is still referred as `second screen` to the Television. Television (specifically Live TV) will continue to be the most efficient way to get high quality content to millions of homes. Even though all the devices around us have gotten smarter - people still watch TV by memorizing channel numbers and move between painful guides. At the root of this problem is the lack of enough `smart` data about what's happening on TV. Do you know?

* Do you know what channels are playing English Action Movies that are not in an Ad Break?
* Do you know which Ad is playing on (say) Star Plus?
* Do you know which celebrities are on screen - right now - across 400 channels?
* Do you know which shows are talking about Trump, right now?

Deeper data about Live TV enables much better experiences for the viewer, but the entire industry. The industry does not know what exactly people are watching on TV.
At Sensara, we've built a Deep TV Engine, that mines real time information about the ads, songs, and promos playing out on TV; and even knows the celebrities on screen. The talk will discuss how machine learning is used to build deep information on TV at scale.

Bharath Kumar Mohan

By: Bharath Kumar Mohan from Sensara

11:45 am

Coffee Break

12:00 pm

Talk

12:30 pm

Talk / Fish Bowl

1:00 pm

Networking and Lunch

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Location

ThoughtWorks Technologies Pvt Ltd ACR Mansion, 147/F 8th Main, 3rd Block Koramangala, Bengaluru « Open in Google Maps »

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