Schedule:

6:00 - Doors & Food
6:30 - Talk 1
7:15 - Talk 2
8:00 - Wrap & Chat

Talk 1:
Speaker: Adam Kelleher, Principal Data Scientist @ BuzzFeed

Talk 2: Building the Next New York Times Recommendation Algorithm
Speaker: Alex Spangher, Data Engineer @ New York Times Digital
Abstract:
In this talk, I'll talk about several approaches taken during our work on the next New York Times Recommendation Engine, specifically focusing on spatial reasoning, dimensionality reduction, & testing strategies. Topics covered will include implicit regression, Bayesian modeling & neural networks. If there is additional time, I will talk about our crowdsourcing pipeline for emotion-tagging.