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With Brian D'Alessandro (Head of Data Science, Zocdoc), Pedro Rubio (Head of Search Engg, Zocdoc), Vivek Menezes (Software Enggr, Cockroach Labs).
Tue, Sep 19, 2017 @ 06:30 PM   FREE   Zocdoc HQ, 568 Broadway
 
     
 
 
              

  
 
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We've got two awesome presentations for you! Check below for more details.

Also, we're switching it up on you this month! We'll be hosting at a new location - so try not to show up to Greenhouse's office :)




Presentation #1: The anatomy of Zocdocs Patient Powered Search(~30-45 mins)

Brian D'Alessandro & Pedro Rubio from Zocdoc


Brian is the Head of Data Science at Zocdoc, an online doctor marketing place & booking tool, & is also an Adjunct Professor for NYU's Center for Data Science graduate program. Prior to Zocdoc, Brian was VP of Data Science at Dstillery, an online advertising firm. Brian is a veteran data scientist & leader with over 15 years of experience developing machine learning driven practices & products. Brian holds several patents & has published dozens of peer reviewed articles on the subjects of causal inference, large scale machine learning & data science ethics. Brian is also the drummer for the critically acclaimed indie rock band Coastgaard.


Pedro is the Head of Search Engineering at Zocdoc, & online marketplace & booking tool. Pedro is a technology lead with over 15 years of experience dealing with operating systems, electronic trading systems, & full stack web development. Pedros specialty is taking disparate & complex systems & simplifying them to create powerful solutions. Hes passionate about plotting paths forward through the toughest problems (like simplifying the process to find a doctor!). Pedro is not in a rock band, but has had many rocks.





Talk Abstract: The anatomy of Zocdocs Patient Powered Search - a peak into the architecture & machine learning that powers Zocdocs doctor discovery & booking marketplace.

Most physician search systems require patients to know exactly what theyre looking for, either in terms of the appropriate specialty for a given condition or the medical terminology to describe the condition. At Zocdoc, we have built a patient friendly search system to power our core doctor discovery & booking platform using various products from the AWS stack & custom Machine Learning pipelines. This talk will focus on the anatomy of our Patient Powered Search & will cover both the architecture & algorithms that enable us to go from "ear ache" to "otolaryngologist."




Presentation #2: The Hows & Whys of a Distributed SQL Database(~30-40 mins)

Vivek Menezes from Cockroach Labs


Vivek has worked as a developer & engineering manager since the dotcom boom. He joined Google in the early 2000s, where he had the good fortune to work on cloud infrastructure projects including frontend load-balancing, web crawl/indexing infrastructure, Borg, & the search engine. In 2015, he left Google to join Cockroach Labs because he felt there was a need for a new database platform. Since joining the CockroachDB team, he has become the acting Guru for online schema changes. Yes, CockroachDB supports schema changes without downtime. When he's not at work, he's got his nose in a book or has his hands full chasing his sons around Prospect Park.





Talk Abstract: The Hows & Whys of a Distributed SQL Database

Developers have had to deal with some serious tradeoffs when picking a database technology. Legacy databases cant simultaneously meet both the scale & data integrity requirements of distributed applications, leaving developers to build transaction workarounds, complicated sharding schemes, & any number of development hacks to keep their applications functioning for a global user base. CockroachDB was built to solve exactly these problems. The SQL database for building global cloud services, CockroachDB guarantees correctness at scale by using self-organizing nodes to form a high-availability data layer that can span private & public clouds.

 
 
 
 
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