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Talkat OSCON 2008 · 2008-07-21..07-25· [machine-learning]
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Describes building Freebase as a massive semantic open database that extracts and links data from Wikipedia, SEC, FDA, FCC so users can run sophisticated cross-source queries; explains using Python implementations of decision trees, k‑means, SVMs and genetic programming for rapid experimentation and why hand-rolling simple versions helps; cites NASA using genetic programming to evolve an antenna that outperforms the human design; demos a JavaScript triple store in the browser that mashes up RDF triples on the fly.

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  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 0:40What sort of biotech firm did you start
  3. 1:30Where are you working now
  4. 2:15Collective Intelligence
  5. 3:38Python
  6. 3:58Why Python
  7. 4:45Machine Learning
  8. 5:30Statistical Concepts
  9. 6:36Genetic Programming
  10. 7:30Real World Problems
  11. 10:15Chicago Crime Maps
  12. 10:56The intersection of data
  13. 14:01What is the Semantic Web
  14. 15:19Semantic Web Technologies
  15. 17:26What is an ontology
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