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Adi Polak

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Adi Polak is an experienced software engineer and people manager focused on data, AI, and machine learning for operations and analytics. She has built algorithms and distributed data pipelines using Spark, Kafka, HDFS, and large-scale systems, and has led teams to deliver pioneering ML initiatives. An accomplished educator, she has taught thousands of students how to scale machine learning with Spark and is the author of Scaling Machine Learning with Spark and High Performance Spark (2nd Edition). Earlier this year, she began exploring data streaming with Flink and ML inference, focusing on high-performance, end-to-end systems.

Bio from: Databricks DATA + AI Summit 2023

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O'Reilly Data Engineering Books 2 Databricks DATA + AI Summit 2023 2 IN PERSON: Apache Kafka x Apache Flink 1 IN-PERSON: Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® Meetup 1 Big Data LDN 2025 1 Big Data LDN 2025 1 Data + AI Summit 2025 1 Small Data SF 2025 1

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The High Performance Data & AI Debate

2025-09-24 · Big Data LDN 2025

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with Hugo Lu , Jon Cooke (Dataception) , Parmar , Chris Freestone , David Richardson , Paul Rankin (Paul Rankin IT) , Jesse Anderson (Big Data Institute) , Taylor McGrath (Boomi) , Karl Ivo 🎧 Sokolov , Nick White , Chris Tabb (LEIT DATA) , Kelsey Hammock , Jean-Georges Perrin (Actian) , Mehdi Ouazza (MotherDuck) , Adi Polak (Treeverse) , Eevamaija Virtanen

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