This meetup is supported by Giphy.

Schedule:
6:00pm - 6:30pm - ODSC Intro, Pizzas & Refreshments.
7:30pm - 7:10pm - Speaker One & Q&A
7:10 - 7:50 - Speaker Two & Q&A
7:50 - 8:10 - Networking

Speaker#1: Gabriel Bianconi, Founder of Scalar Research
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielbianconi

Topic:
Introduction to Face Processing with Computer Vision

Bio:
Gabriel is the founder of Scalar Research, artificial intelligence & data science consulting firm. Scalar helps companies tackle complex business challenges with data-driven solutions leveraging cutting-edge machine learning & advanced analytics.
Previously, Gabriel was a B.S. & M.S. student in computer science at Stanford, where he conducted research on computer vision, deep learning, & quantum computing. He's also spent time at Google, Facebook, startups, & investment firms.

Abstract:
Ever wonder how Facebooks facial recognition or Snapchats filters work?
Faces are a fundamental piece of photography, & building applications around them has never been easier with open-source libraries & pre-trained models.

In this talk, well help you understand some of the computer vision & machine learning techniques behind these applications. Then, well use this knowledge to develop our own prototypes to tackle tasks such as face detection (e.g. digital cameras), recognition (e.g. Facebook Photos), classification (e.g. identifying emotions), manipulation (e.g. Snapchat filters), & more.

Speaker#2: Walter Menendez, Senior Data Engineer at GIPHY

Topic:
Luigi the 10x Plumber: Containerizing & Scaling Luigi in Kubernetes

Bio:
Walter Menendez is a Senior Data Engineer at GIPHY, based in New York. At GIPHY, he is responsible for the development & maintenance of all of GIPHY's data pipelines, including on-site impression collection, data warehousing, & search indexing. Formerly at BuzzFeed, Walter spent three years there optimizing the internal data warehousing ecosystem, empowering the analytical approach that BuzzFeed uses for the content creation cycle. Walter studied at MIT where he earned a BS in Computer Science & Engineering.

Abstract:
We love data because it lets us make data-driven decisions that improve the quality of results our users get from our search engine. Recently, Giphy moved their Luigi pipelines from legacy infrastructure on managed AWS EC2 instances to a new containerized ecosystem inside of Kubernetes to increase the overall latency of our most critical ETLs.

In this talk, Walter will share the exact limitations of Giphy's old infrastructure, how they identified these bottlenecks, & how decided to overhaul their system as they containerized it. Additionally, the speaker will cover how they redesigned Luigi pipelines to work around its core limitations while maximizing its strengths.

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