Best Graph Database Podcasts (2025)

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Shilling Attacks on Recommender Systems 34:48

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23h ago34:48

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In this episode of Data Skeptic's Recommender Systems series, Kyle sits down with Aditya Chichani, a senior machine learning engineer at Walmart, to explore the darker side of recommendation algorithms. The conversation centers on shilling attacks—a form of manipulation where malicious actors create multiple fake profiles to game recommender system…

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From Data Fragmentation to Billion-Dollar Insights: The Vision of Manish Ravindra Sharath 7:19

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/from-data-fragmentation-to-billion-dollar-insights-the-vision-of-manish-ravindra-sharath. Manish Ravindra Sharath unified fragmented enterprise data using PySpark & cloud-native systems,boosting efficiency 99% and driving multimillion-dollar growth. Check more stories rela…

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Building a Layered Defense Against Web Scraping 8:43

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/building-a-layered-defense-against-web-scraping. Discover how a three-layer data-protection model blends AI, risk-based gating, and legal context to stop web scraping while preserving user trust. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-…

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Music Playlist Recommendations 52:29

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In this episode, Rebecca Salganik, a PhD student at the University of Rochester with a background in vocal performance and composition, discusses her research on fairness in music recommendation systems. She explores three key types of fairness—group, individual, and counterfactual—and examines how algorithms create challenges like popularity bias …

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Cosmo: The Graph Visualization Tool Built for Your Terminal 2:56

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/cosmo-the-graph-visualization-tool-built-for-your-terminal. Cosmo is a terminal-based interactive graph visualizer that automatically layouts and displays complex data structures for quick exploration. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c…

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Mix, Master & Mesh 50:59

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In this genre-blending episode of Data Powered Innovation Jam, hosts Ron Tolido, Robert Engels, and Arne Rossman welcome Stephen Brobst, CTO of Ab Initio and former CTO of Terradata, for a deep dive into the art of mixing data, AI, and music. From punk rock roots and stage-diving legends to the reinvention of enterprise data platforms, Stephen shar…

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How Businesses Are Turning Space Data into a Tool for Risk, Resilience, and Sustainability 6:06

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-businesses-are-turning-space-data-into-a-tool-for-risk-resilience-and-sustainability. Satellites are reshaping insurance, supply chains, and sustainability—here’s how space data became core to global business strategy. Check more stories related to data-science at: htt…

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Bypassing the Popularity Bias 34:33

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How Data Innovation Changed a State’s Infrastructure Engine 7:44

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-data-innovation-changed-a-states-infrastructure-engine. Deepak Chanda modernized Massachusetts’ infrastructure systems through data-driven process innovation—turning inefficiency into lasting operational reform. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://ha…

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Sustainable Recommender Systems for Tourism 38:02

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In this episode, we speak with Ashmi Banerjee, a doctoral candidate at the Technical University of Munich, about her pioneering research on AI-powered recommender systems in tourism. Ashmi illuminates how these systems can address exposure bias while promoting more sustainable tourism practices through innovative approaches to data acquisition and …

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Supply Chain Reaction 45:11

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Data Powered Innovation Jam, where data meets disco and AI grooves with funk. After a long summer break, our hosts return with fresh stories, musical nostalgia, and cutting-edge insights into the world of supply chain superintelligence. In this vibrant and eclectic episode, we’re joined by Guillaume Waline, Seni…

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How to Optimize Your Marketing Budget Using Just Three Letters: MMM 7:26

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-optimize-your-marketing-budget-using-just-three-letters-mmm. Marketing Mix Modeling is a statistical analysis method used in marketing to determine the optimal allocation of resources. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-scie…

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Here's How ShareChat Scaled Their ML Feature Store 1000X Without Scaling the Database 12:42

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/heres-how-sharechat-scaled-their-ml-feature-store-1000x-without-scaling-the-database. How ShareChat scaled its ML feature store to 1B features/sec on ScyllaDB, achieving 1000X performance without scaling the database. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://…

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Why You Shouldn’t Judge by PnL Alone 13:23

2M ago13:23

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-you-shouldnt-judge-by-pnl-alone. PnL can lie. This hands-on guide shows traders how hypothesis testing separate luck from edge, with a Python example and tips on how not to fool yourself. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-scie…

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From "Decentralized" to "Unified": SUPCON Uses SeaTunnel to Build an Efficient Data Collection Frame 16:17

2M ago16:17

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/from-decentralized-to-unified-supcon-uses-seatunnel-to-build-an-efficient-data-collection-frame. SUPCON dumped siloed data tools for Apache SeaTunnel—now core sync tasks run 0-failure! Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science. Yo…

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Interpretable Real Estate Recommendations 32:57

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In this episode of Data Skeptic's Recommender Systems series, host Kyle Polich interviews Dr. Kunal Mukherjee, a postdoctoral research associate at Virginia Tech, about the paper "Z-REx: Human-Interpretable GNN Explanations for Real Estate Recommendations" The discussion explores how the post-COVID real estate landscape has created a need for bette…

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Enterprise Data Pipeline Revolution: Suresh Palli's Metadata-Driven Automation Success 7:50

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/enterprise-data-pipeline-revolution-suresh-pallis-metadata-driven-automation-success. Suresh Palli revolutionized enterprise data pipelines with metadata-driven automation, cutting dev time 40% and boosting scalability 5x. Check more stories related to data-science at: htt…

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Unified Data, Smarter Agents—Is Your Architecture Future-Proof? 7:51

2M ago7:51

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/unified-data-smarter-agentsis-your-architecture-future-proof. A hands-on guide to architecting unified, governed and AI-ready data platforms using open table formats, semantic layers and multicloud governance. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackerno…

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Data-Driven Decisions at Scale: A/B Testing Best Practices for Engineering & Data Science Teams 5:59

2M ago5:59

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/data-driven-decisions-at-scale-ab-testing-best-practices-for-engineering-and-data-science-teams. Ship features like scientists: randomize, measure, and learn fast. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science. You can also check excl…

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Why You Should (Almost) Always Choose Sync Gunicorn Workers 6:09

2M ago6:09

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-you-should-almost-always-choose-sync-gunicorn-over-workers-ze9c32wj. Anyone working on a WSGI web application frameworks like Flask would know that as a best practice it is very important to use a WSGI HTTP Server like Gunicorn to deploy the app outside your developmen…

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Beyond the Ten Blue Links: How Generative AI Rewires Our Brains for Search 7:26

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/beyond-the-ten-blue-links-how-generative-ai-rewires-our-brains-for-search. The age of searching is ending. A deep dive into the psychology of AI search, how it centralizes truth & why becoming a trusted source is key to brand survival Check more stories related to data-sci…

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Need Web Data? Here Are the 3 Methods Everyone’s Using 10:09

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/need-web-data-here-are-the-3-methods-everyones-using. Discover the three best, most modern methods to access and harness web data for your projects. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science. You can also check exclusive content a…

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Applying Transitive Closure to Sort Products Into Categories, Considering Nesting and Overlaps 15:50

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/applying-transitive-closure-to-sort-products-into-categories-considering-nesting-and-overlaps. A guide to efficiently managing nested categories and overlapping products, ensuring fast retrieval without duplicates in e-commerce systems. Check more stories related to data-s…

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Why Am I Seeing This? 49:36

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In this episode of Data Skeptic, we explore the challenges of studying social media recommender systems when exposure data isn't accessible. Our guests Sabrina Guidotti, Gregor Donabauer, and Dimitri Ognibene introduce their innovative "recommender neutral user model" for inferring the influence of opaque algorithms.…

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Navigating the Future of AI and Data Infrastructure with Bauplan 58:45

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Summary In this conversation, the founders of Bauplan, Jacopo and Ciro, share their extensive backgrounds in AI and data infrastructure, discussing the evolution of NLP and the challenges faced in the industry. They highlight the importance of data pipelines in AI effectiveness and the complexities of building data infrastructure. The discussion al…

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Eco-aware GNN Recommenders 44:42

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In this episode of Data Skeptic, we dive into eco-friendly AI with Antonio Purificato, a PhD student from Sapienza University of Rome. Antonio discusses his research on "EcoAware Graph Neural Networks for Sustainable Recommendations" and explores how we can measure and reduce the environmental impact of recommender systems without sacrificing perfo…

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Email as a Knowledge Graph: Micro CEO Brett on Rebuilding CRM at the Inbox 1:01:28

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Summary Brett — founder & CEO of Micro — joins Nitay and Kostas to share how he’s turning email into a knowledge graph and rebuilding CRM right inside the inbox. He traces a path from Google’s M&A and Allo product team to Clearbit and Launch House, then digs into why most “inbox zero” workflows fail, how interoperability and AI agents shift power t…

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Networks and Recommender Systems 17:45

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Kyle reveals the next season's topic will be "Recommender Systems". Asaf shares insights on how network science contributes to the recommender system field.

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Community, Compilers & the Rust Story with Steve Klabnik 59:02

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Summary Steve Klabnik has spent the last 15 years shaping how developers write code—from teaching Ruby on Rails to stewarding Rust’s explosive growth. In this wide-ranging conversation, Steve joins Kostas and Nitay to unpack the forces behind Rust’s rise and the blueprint for developer-first tooling. From Rails to Rust: How a web-framework luminary…

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Network of Past Guests Collaborations 34:10

4M ago34:10

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Kyle and Asaf discuss a project in which we link former guests of the podcast based on their co-authorship of academic papers.

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The Network Diversion Problem 46:14

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In this episode, Professor Pål Grønås Drange from the University of Bergen, introduces the field of Parameterized Complexity - a powerful framework for tackling hard computational problems by focusing on specific structural aspects of the input. This framework allows researchers to solve NP-complete problems more efficiently when certain parameters…

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The Hour of (data) Power 47:40

4M ago47:40

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Ready for your Hour of (Data) Power with some Radioactive and Electric Feel thrown in? Ok, so hang tight, get your coffee or lemonade (depending on how your summer looks like!), as we bring you a double whammy from your newest Data-powered Innovation Jam to celebrate the anniversary launch of the 10th edition of the Data Powered Innovation Review. …

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Complex Dynamic in Networks 56:00

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In this episode, we learn why simply analyzing the structure of a network is not enough, and how the dynamics - the actual mechanisms of interaction between components - can drastically change how information or influence spreads. Our guest, Professor Baruch Barzel of Bar-Ilan University, is a leading researcher in network dynamics and complex syst…

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Github Network Analysis 36:46

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In this episode we'll discuss how to use Github data as a network to extract insights about teamwork. Our guest, Gabriel Ramirez, manager of the notifications team at GitHub, will show how to apply network analysis to better understand and improve collaboration within his engineering team by analyzing GitHub metadata - such as pull requests, issues…

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Networks and Complexity 17:49

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In this episode, Kyle does an overview of the intersection of graph theory and computational complexity theory. In complexity theory, we are about the runtime of an algorithm based on its input size. For many graph problems, the interesting questions we want to ask take longer and longer to answer! This episode provides the fundamental vocabulary a…

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How Cloudflare Reinvents Serverless at Global Scale with Josh Howard 52:19

5M ago52:19

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Summary Josh Howard, Senior Engineering Manager at Cloudflare, joins Kostas and Nitay to discuss Cloudflare's innovative serverless platform, Durable Objects, and Workers. Learn how Cloudflare enables developers to build stateful applications with global scale, consistency, and simplicity at the network edge. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Backgro…

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Every doc you take 43:30

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From punk rock to process automation, from Blondie to BSON — it’s a genre-defying episode of the Data-Powered Innovation Jam where we grab a virtual bench in Central Park with Andrew Davidson, SVP of Products at MongoDB, and let the data conversation run wild. What follows is an improvisational jam session on the evolution of data, the art of distr…

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Graphs for Causal AI 41:00

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How to build artificial intelligence systems that understand cause and effect, moving beyond simple correlations? As we all know, correlation is not causation. "Spurious correlations" can show, for example, how rising ice cream sales might statistically link to more drownings, not because one causes the other, but due to an unobserved common cause …

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The six pistols of technology trends 1:18:45

6M ago1:18:45

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Ready for the remix? You might have already listened to one of the most recent episodes of the Cloud Realities podcast, where six dynamic voices from two podcast teams came together to unpack Capgemini’s TechnoVision 2025. From infrastructure and applications to collaboration, user experience, automation, and — naturally — a heavy dose of data and …

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Power Networks 41:50

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Unveiling Graph Datasets 44:12

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Business Physics: How Brand, Pricing, and Product Design Define Success with Erik Swan 1:01:31

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Summary In this episode, Erik reflects on his long and storied tech career—from the days of punch cards to founding multiple startups, including a stint at Splunk. At 61, he offers a unique perspective on how the industry has evolved and shares candid insights into what it takes to build a successful company. He discusses the evolution from buildin…

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Models on the dance floor 43:10

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What happens when Professor Erik Proper of the Technical University of Vienna teams up with the ever-inquisitive ‘Dr. Bob’ Robert Engels – modestly supported by co-hosts Weiwei Feng and Ron Tolido - to discuss AI, models, semantics, ontologies, and context? A true PhD Fest? Or a practical exploration of the synergies between the academic and busine…

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Network Manipulation 40:58

7M ago40:58

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In this episode we talk with Manita Pote, a PhD student at Indiana University Bloomington, specializing in online trust and safety, with a focus on detecting coordinated manipulation campaigns on social media. Key insights include how coordinated reply attacks target influential figures like journalists and politicians, how machine learning models …

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You can’t touch this (Data) 34:25

7M ago34:25

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Much like a hammer sees every problem as a nail, data experts tend to see opportunity in every single data field. Collaboration on data is still one of the best ways to bring data to life and build business value on top of it. Sharing data across organizations is one of the most powerful ways to spark innovation. But when data needs to stay private…

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Incremental Materialization: Reinventing Database Views with Gilad Kleinman of Epsio 52:19

7M ago52:19

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Summary In this episode, Gilad Kleinman, co-founder of Epsio, shares his unique journey from PHP development to low-level kernel programming and how that evolution led him to build an innovative incremental views engine. Gilad explains that Epsio tackles a common challenge in databases: making heavy, complex queries faster and more efficient throug…

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The Small World Hypothesis 17:25

7M ago17:25

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Kyle discusses the history and proof for the small world hypothesis.

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Thinking in Networks 33:55

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Kyle asks Asaf questions about the new network science course he is now teaching. The conversation delves into topics such as contact tracing, tools for analyzing networks, example use cases, and the importance of thinking in networks.

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Smells like gene spirit 44:18

7M ago44:18

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Ever thought AI practitioners could win a Noble prize? Well, they already have. Not for predicting your next favourite movie or generating poetry, but for groundbreaking advancements in Life Sciences. And it won’t be the last time. In this episode, hosts Ron Tolido, Robert Engels, and Weiwei Feng find themselves venturing into unexpected territory …

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Fraud Networks 42:55

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In this episode we talk with Bavo DC Campo, a data scientist and statistician, who shares his expertise on the intersection of actuarial science, fraud detection, and social network analytics. Together we will learn how to use graphs to fight against insurance fraud by uncovering hidden connections between fraudulent claims and bad actors. Key insi…