Exploratory Data Analysis
LLMs for Data Science
[2025 - Day 1 - Data Science & Algos] Hadley Wickham shares insights from practical applications of LLMs in data science, exploring three key areas where these tools prove genuinely useful beyond the hype: writing code, writing prose, and rectangling non-rectangular data. For data scientists working with text, images, videos, or audio data, this talk offers valuable perspectives on leveraging LLMs effectively for real workflows and transforming fundamentally unstructured information.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist, Posit
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Positron: An IDE Specialized For Data Science
Dr. Julia Silge, Engineering Manager at Posit, joins @JonKrohnLearns to introduce Positron, a fresh open-source IDE that’s perfect for exploratory data analysis and visualization. She also lays out her top picks for LLMs that boost coding efficiency and discusses when traditional NLP methods might be the smarter choice over LLMs. Plus, Julia highlights some must-know open-source libraries that make managing MLOps easier than ever. Tune in for insights that every data scientist, ML engineer, and developer will find useful.
Watch the full interview “817: The Positron IDE, Tidy NLP and MLOps — with Dr. Julia Silge” here: https://www.superdatascience.com/817
817: The Positron IDE, Tidy NLP and MLOps — with Dr. @JuliaSilge
#PositronIDE #Tidyverse #MLOps
Dr. Julia Silge, Engineering Manager at Posit, joins @JonKrohnLearns to introduce the brand-new Positron IDE, perfect for exploratory data analysis and visualization. She also lays out her top picks for LLMs that boost coding efficiency and discusses when traditional NLP methods might be the smarter choice over LLMs. Plus, Julia highlights some must-know open-source libraries that make managing MLOps easier than ever. Tune in for insights that every data scientist, ML engineer, and developer will find useful.
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In this episode you will learn: • [00:00:00] Introduction • [00:03:23] Overview of Posit and Positron IDE • [00:08:33] How the needs of a data scientist differ from those of a software developer • [00:17:56] How to contribute to the open-source Positron • [00:34:52] MLOps and Vetiver: Tools for deploying and maintaining ML models • [00:48:34] Natural Language Processing (NLP) and the Tidyverse approach • [01:22:18] The role of AI and LLMs in data science education
Additional materials: https://www.superdatascience.com/817