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The Great Data Engineering Reset: From Pipelines to Agents and Beyond
2025-11-28 · 15:00
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 The Great Data Engineering Reset: From Pipelines to Agents and Beyond 🗓️ Friday 28th November ⏰ 15:00 PM GMT 🗣️ Joe Reis, Data Engineer and Architect For years, data engineering was a story of predictable pipelines: move data from point A to point B. But AI just hit the reset button on our entire field. Now, we're all staring into the void, wondering what's next. While the fundamentals remain unchanged, data continues to pose challenges in traditional areas such as security, data governance, management, and modeling. Everything else is up for grabs. This talk will cut through the noise and explore the future of data engineering in an AI-driven world. We'll discuss how our focus must shift from building dashboards and analytics to architecting for automated action. The reset button has been pushed. It's time for us to invent the future of our industry. Joe Reis, a "recovering data scientist" with 20 years in the data industry, is the co-author of the best-selling O'Reilly book, "Fundamentals of Data Engineering." He’s also the instructor for the wildly popular Data Engineering Professional Certificate on Coursera, in partnership with DeepLearning.ai and AWS. Joe’s extensive experience encompasses data engineering\, data architecture\, machine learning\, and more. He regularly keynotes major data conferences globally\, advises and invests in innovative data product companies\, writes at [Practical Data Modeling](https://practicaldatamodeling.substack.com/) and his [personal blog](https://joereis.substack.com/)\, and hosts the popular data podcast "[The Joe Reis Show.](https://open.spotify.com/show/3mcKitYGS4VMG2eHd2PfDN?si=3d3fde23fc1c4a33)" In his free time\, Joe is dedicated to writing new books and articles and thinking of ways to advance the data industry. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
The Great Data Engineering Reset: From Pipelines to Agents and Beyond
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Agentic Systems in Practice: Applying AI to Investments
2025-11-27 · 15:00
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 3rd December 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Agentic Systems in Practice: Applying AI to Investments 🗓️ Thursday 27th November 2025 ⏰ 15:00 - 16:00 PM GMT 🗣️ Kristof Rabay, Applied AI @ The Carlyle Group A brief technical look at how we arrived at today’s AI capabilities, followed by building an agentic system using OpenAI Agents SDK (any modern framework offers similar primitives and can get you production-ready). We’ll then fine-tune a small model to show how end-user alignment can be layered on top, illustrating where most real applied-AI work is shifting today. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 3rd December 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 3rd December 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
Agentic Systems in Practice: Applying AI to Investments
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❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Beyond Benchmarks: A Practical Framework for Measuring Success for Enterprise-Scale LLM Solutions 🗓️ Thursday 27th November ⏰ 12:30 PM GMT 🗣️ Li Fu, Data & AI Scientist Most organisations today can build a prototype with an LLM — but far fewer know how to measure whether it’s actually working. In enterprise settings, where reliability, safety, and business value matter as much as creativity, having the right evaluation framework is the difference between a successful GenAI rollout and an expensive experiment. This session introduces a comprehensive performance and utility suite designed specifically for evaluating generative AI systems like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and agentic workflows. We’ll walk through a four-dimension framework that goes beyond model accuracy: RAG Metrics: Precision, recall, grounding, and relevance of retrieved information. Summarisation Metrics: Faithfulness, coherence, and compression quality of generated summaries. Prompt Metrics: Effectiveness, robustness, and generalisability of LLM instruction design. Ethics Metrics: Fairness, safety, factual integrity, and risk-based compliance checks. Attendees will also learn how to connect these technical metrics to real-world outcomes, including user trust, operational efficiency, regulatory readiness, and ROI. Drawing on lessons from deploying GenAI in highly regulated enterprise environments, we’ll explore how to build automated evaluation pipelines, integrate human-in-the-loop feedback, and continuously improve performance post-deployment. We'll also talk about how enterprises balance technical metrics with business KPIs when deciding if a GenAI system is production-ready. By the end, you’ll walk away with an actionable evaluation playbook that transforms GenAI from a promising prototype into a measurable, trustworthy, and business-critical system. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
A Practical Framework for Measuring Success for Enterprise-Scale LLM Solutions
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❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Competitor Response Planning Suite - Turning Threats into Strategic Advantage 🗓️ Wednesday 26th November ⏰ 12:30 PM (GMT) 🗣️ Rajat Kumar, Applied Data Science Manager @ dunnhumby and Namish Kaushik, Senior Applied Data Scientist @ dunnhumby In today’s hyper-competitive retail environment, the presence of a competitor store isn’t just a challenge - it’s a direct threat to customer loyalty, sales, and profitability. This session introduces the Competitor Response Planning (CRP) Suite, a pioneering solution that fuses geo-spatial intelligence with predictive modeling to help retailers proactively counter competitive impact. Built on the theme of “Innovating with Data”, the CRP Suite is a three-pronged modeling framework designed to predict customer churn risk across New Competitor Advent, Existing Competitor Landscapes and Instore Media Optimization. The session will showcase how the CRP Suite integrates retailer data with third-party sources to extract key variables—store DNA, customer behavior, and geo-location—and trains custom propensity models tailored to different competitor types. This enables targeted retention strategies that replace generic mass offers with personalized interventions. Attendees will also explore how the CRP Suite has been productionized into the Voila dashboard, empowering non-technical users to self-serve insights, trigger models, and navigate competitive threats with ease. Whether you're a data scientist, marketer, or business strategist, this session will demonstrate how data innovation can transform competitive threats into strategic opportunities—driving measurable outcomes for retailers and delighting customers through personalization. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
Competitor Response Planning Suite - Turning Threats into Strategic Advantage
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Context-Aware Vision Systems Using Knowledge Graphs
2025-11-25 · 15:00
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Context-Aware Vision Systems Using Knowledge Graphs 🗓️ Tuesday 25th November ⏰ 15:00 PM GMT 🗣️ Niyati P, Software, ML Lead Traditional computer vision systems often rely solely on pixel-level features and deep learning to interpret images, limiting their ability to understand complex scenes or generalize across contexts. This talk introduces a new paradigm: context-aware vision systems powered by knowledge graphs. By embedding structured semantic knowledge into vision pipelines, machines can infer not just what is seen, but why it matters. We explore how knowledge graphs provide contextual cues—such as object relationships, scene hierarchies, and domain-specific constraints—that enhance visual perception and reasoning. From improving object recognition in ambiguous environments to enabling semantic scene parsing and zero-shot learning, this approach bridges the gap between raw visual data and high-level cognition. The session will highlight recent breakthroughs, implementation strategies using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), and applications in domains like autonomous driving, medical imaging, and industrial robotics. Attendees will leave with insights on designing vision systems that not only see—but understand. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
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Revolutionizing Stock Markets with AI
2025-11-25 · 12:30
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 3rd December 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Revolutionizing Stock Markets with AI 🗓️ Tuesday 25th November 2025 ⏰ 12:30 - 1:30 PM GMT 🗣️ Liyana Saleem, Platform Engineer @ IBM & Pardis Farahi, Platform Engineer @ IBM This session explores how AI is transforming today’s data-driven stock markets, where vast volumes of real-time information shape trading decisions. We’ll introduce how traditional trading approaches are now being augmented by machine learning, NLP, and reinforcement learning to detect patterns, analyse sentiment, and adapt to shifting market regimes. Using a fictional trading simulation, we’ll demonstrate how a simple model can anticipate short-term trends and make decisions informed by a company’s background data. We’ll also highlight real-world applications, examine the key advantages and common pitfalls of AI-driven systems, and touch on the importance of transparency and oversight when applying these tools in practice. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 3rd December 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 3rd December 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
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Enhancing Data Quality for AI Success
2025-11-24 · 15:00
Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 Enhancing Data Quality for AI Success 🗓️ Monday 24th November ⏰ 15:00 - 16:00 PM (GMT) 🗣️ Aarohi Tripathi, Lead Data Engineer The success of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications significantly hinges on the quality of the data utilized. High-quality data is paramount for model accuracy, robustness, and reliability. This session explores the critical dimensions of data quality, including accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness, and their impact on AI performance.This session engages in a comprehensive framework outlining best practices for data collection, cleaning, and validation to mitigate common challenges such as bias, noise, and missing values. Moreover, case studies illustrating successful data enhancement initiatives across various industries underscore the transformative potential of investing in data quality. By fostering a culture of data stewardship and employing advanced technologies for data management, organizations can enhance their AI capabilities, leading to more insightful decision-making and improved outcomes. Aarohi currently works as a Senior Data Engineer at CVS Health. She builds data pipelines to capture product adoption metrics and then use this data to send out recommendations for the opportunity analytics. Previously she worked with Walmart for the Workforce Management and Contact Center Analytics teams building large scale data pipelines and capturing metrics using PowerBI and Tableau. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
Enhancing Data Quality for AI Success
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It’s Not Just the Ad: How Meta Learned to Rank Everything Around It
2025-11-24 · 12:30
❄️ DSF WinterFest 2025: Global Online Summit ❄️ Join the global data celebration! Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2025 Online \| 2-3 sessions per day \| Theme: Innovating with Data DSF WinterFest is back, and this year, it’s going global! Join our 50,000-strong community for a week of world-class talks, tutorials, and panels exploring how data, AI, and analytics are reshaping the world. Expect inspiring content, expert insights, and the cosy, welcoming DSF atmosphere we are known for, all from the comfort of your own space! Why join? 🌍 A global stage with speakers and attendees from every corner of the world 🎟️ One ticket for the full week. Register once and access every session 💻 Easy access from anywhere. Join live or catch replays in your own time ☕ Cosy community vibe. No travel, no stress, just data and connection 🎟️ Tickets: Choose your experience and secure your spot today: Free Pass - Watch live and enjoy replays until 30 November 2025 Upgrade at Checkout - Get extended replay access until May 2026 Register on our website to receive your joining links, add sessions to your calendar, and tune in live from anywhere in the world. Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. 🎁 Competition: We’re spreading festive cheer! One lucky attendee will win a £300 Amazon gift voucher (or equivalent in your currency). Find out more here. ❄️❄️❄️ Session details: 💡 It’s Not Just the Ad: How Meta Learned to Rank Everything Around It 🗓️ Monday 24th November ⏰ 12:30 PM GMT 🗣️ Ayelet Lejtman, Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Meta Most recommendation systems focus on ranking the main item—whether it’s the perfect product, ad, or video. But in high-impact environments like Meta, optimizing the presentation of that item can be just as critical. Which image best complements an ad? Which text overlay (“Best Seller,” “Limited Time”) will drive engagement? These “non-product” recommendations are often overlooked, yet they can be harder to model than the primary recommendation itself. In this talk, I’ll share our team’s multi-year journey from early missteps to a robust, scalable ranking pipeline for creative elements that surround the main recommendation. We’ll explore: Data collection and labeling strategies tailored to secondary recommendation targets Model architectures and feature engineering approaches that work in large-scale environments Lessons learned on experimentation speed, evaluation metrics, and failure patterns Attendees will leave with actionable insights to design and deploy ranking models for any “artifact” that supports the main recommendation—whether in ads, e-commerce, or content platforms—so they can improve impact without overhauling their primary recommender system. ❄️❄️❄️ 🔗 How to join: Once registered, you’ll receive your unique joining link by email, plus handy reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each session. Don't forget to add the sessions you are attending to your calendar. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, your ticket includes replay access until 30 November 2025 (or May 2026 with the upgrade). 📘 Reminders: Time zones: All sessions are listed in GMT - please check your local time when registering. Recordings: Access replays until 30 November 2025 with a free pass, or until May 2026 with an upgraded ticket Please note: Clicking “Attend” on Meetup does not register you for this summit. You must register via our website to receive your links. Join the Celebration ❄️ Five days. Global speakers. Cutting-edge insights. Free to join live - replays included. Upgrade for extended access. Register now and be part of the global data community shaping the future. #DSFWinterFest |
It’s Not Just the Ad: How Meta Learned to Rank Everything Around It
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Video Screening: Future of Space Medicine
2025-10-09 · 13:00
Emily Calandrelli
– MIT Engineer and science communicator
@ MIT
Screening of the segment 'Future of Space Medicine' hosted by MIT Engineer and science communicator Emily Calandrelli. Explore innovations from autonomous surgical robots to 3D-printed medical devices essential for deep-space missions and long-duration habitats. |
World Space Week 2025
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PyData Roma Capitale × GDG Roma Città Meetup @ Sourcesense
2025-05-07 · 17:00
PyData Roma Capitale × GDG Roma Città Meetup! 🎉 Because two great communities are better than one Let’s keep building a city where developers, data scientists and the merely Python‑curious can share, stumble and grow together. This edition teams up with GDG Roma Città to spotlight those exciting (and occasionally painful!) first steps every coder takes. Location: Sourcesense S.p.A., Via del Poggio Laurentino 9, 00144 Roma Date: 7 May 2025 Time: 19:00 – 21:30 Schedule:
“My First Month with Python” – Giulio Alfieri: In a world where titles grow grander and roles ever more prestigious, it’s easy to forget where it all began: that first day, the uncertain week, the messy, relentless first month. Obstacles that felt insurmountable, questions that seemed foolish, and the rare, hard‑earned victories—whether by luck or sheer determination. But in the realm of development, no one is born a master. Every developer is forged through trials, shaped by mistakes, and elevated by the courage to ask, to fail and to learn. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett Lightning Talks: Themes: first coding experiences, Python hacks, data mishaps, side projects—anything the community will love. Beginners especially encouraged! Want to speak?
Fresh off your first Sign up: Space is limited, so RSVP now to secure your seat. Please note
We can’t wait to hear your “first‑month” tales. Let’s try, fail, debug and fail better—together! 🙌 |
PyData Roma Capitale × GDG Roma Città Meetup @ Sourcesense
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Welcome to DSF Sandbox Sessions! Top tech talks and masterclasses from the best in the industry. Every month, and completely free. The catch? There isn’t one. Just a monthly dose of epic content to power up your data passion! Event details 📆 Date: Thursday 27th February 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm GMT 💡 Topic: Data Privacy, AI Regulation, and Beyond: Legal Essentials for Data Scientists 🗣️ Speakers: Stefano Debolini from Sheridans Data scientists are increasingly navigating complex legal landscapes, from data privacy regulations to intellectual property challenges in AI models. This practical workshop will cover key legal issues you need to know in 2025, with real-world examples and actionable advice on how to handle them effectively. Learn how top organisations are staying compliant while innovating and get your questions answered by legal experts in the tech space. All attendees of this session will receive an exclusive document: ’10 Things Data Scientists Need to Know in 2025.’ A must-read for every data professional – trust us, number 3 will shock you! Registering for the event: Click the 'Sign up here!' button on the specific event page following the link below. Once you have completed the registration form, you will be emailed a link to join the webinar. You will also receive a reminder link one week, one day and one hour prior to the event. PLEASE NOTE: Clicking 'attend' on Meetup does not register you for the event. You will need to register for the event on the link provided below to receive a joining link. If you do not, you will not be able to join the event. Click here to sign up for this specific event Please note the time zone when you book this event. |
Data Privacy, AI Regulation, and Beyond: Legal Essentials for Data Scientists
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