Presentation: Papers in Production Lightning Talks
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In this slot, we offer 3 lightning talks that will cover papers of interest in topics ranging from data engineering to ML presented by various experts in the field.
"Towards a Solution to the Red Wedding Problem"
Gwen Shapira will present the paper by Christopher S. Meiklejohn, Heather Miller, and Zeeshan Lakhani.
One of the more interesting trends in the AI field is "AI on the edge". There is a lot of value in pushing computation to the edge, much of the time, the edge is where data comes from. But there are also real challenges. Gwen Shapira will present the paper "Towards a Solution to the Red Wedding Problem", where the authors introduce and present a solution to one of the biggest challenges in edge computing: Concurrent updates of shared data.
"A Density-Based Algorithm for Discovering Clusters in Large Spatial Databases with Noise"
Roland Meerten will present the paper by Martin Ester, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Jiirg Sander and Xiaowei Xu.
This paper describes how you can group data points together by looking at the number of data points around it. Besides being an efficient way of grouping data it is also able to flag points which are likely noise. Roland will both explain the algorithm, as well as show a possible application for autonomous vehicles.
"A Machine Learning Approach to Databases Indexes"Randy Shoup will present the paper written by Alex Beutel, Tim Kraska, Ed H. Chi, Jeffrey Dean, and Neoklis Polyzotis. When we think of the "best" data structure for a workload, we classically mean the least worst - the data structure that performs least poorly given a mostly unknown data distribution. We could custom-design an optimal structure if we knew the data distribution, of course, but that involves significant programming effort. Enter machine learning, and Google's research paper "The Case for Learned Indexes" (https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub46518). By replacing a standard B-Tree with a machine learned model, this paper demonstrates a 70% improvement in speed and a 10x improvement in space on real-world workloads. That in itself is revolutionary. Far more importantly, though, it introduces us to a whole new class of techniques to build software.
2019 Tracks
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Sequential Data: Natural Language, Time Series, and Sound
Techniques, practices, and approaches around time series and sequential data. Expect topics including image recognition, NLP/NLU, preprocess, & crunching of related algorithms.
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ML in Action
Applied track demonstrating how to train, score, and handle common machine learning use cases, including heavy concentration in the space of security and fraud
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Deep Learning in Practice
Deep learning use cases around edge computing, deep learning for search, explainability, fairness, and perception.
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Handling Sequential Data Like an Expert / ML Applied to Operations
Discussing the complexities of time (half track) and Machine Learning in the data center (half track). Exploring topics from hyper loglog to predictive auto-scaling in each of two half-day tracks.
Half-day tracks -
AI Meets the Physical World
Where AI touches the physical world, think drones, ROS, NVidia, TPU and more.
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Hands-on Codelabs & Speakers Office Hours
Codelabs are a self-guided tutorial of a product, API, or tool kit followed by an Office Hour period with the lab’s creator.
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Papers in Production: Modern CS in the Real World
Groundbreaking papers make real-world impact.
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Hands-on Codelabs & Speakers Office Hours
Codelabs are a self-guided tutorial of a product, API, or tool kit followed by an Office Hour period with the lab’s creator.
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Solving Software Engineering Problems with Machine Learning
Interesting machine learning use cases changing how we develop software today, including planned topics touching on infrastructure optimization, developer experience, security, and more.