We’re entering an era where the most important feature is not the size of your data, but how you use it. Modern data analytics tools often presumes that they’re dealing with giant amounts of data. But most people don’t have huge data sets; and even those who do, tend to only use a small subset of their data at once. If you’re only working with medium data, how does that change how you design your ...
In the last year, generative AI has captured the world's attention—and made it very clear that we need to define guardrails for these incredibly powerful and flexible AI systems. This talk will skip the buzzword bingo to define the key features of a responsible AI system and how to measure and manage these features during development, from design to development to production. Responsible AI practi...
Data exchange is integral to every business relationship. However, data exchange pipelines are time consuming to build, prone to leaks, difficult to monitor, and costly to audit. In this talk, we present an overview of the methods enterprises use to exchange data. We then discuss a number of ways in which we can rearchitect solutions to better match the efficiency and security standards of today. ...
Joe Reis and I published Fundamentals of Data Engineering in the middle of 2022, but a great deal has happened in the subsequent year. In this talk, I'll share my thoughts on things that might go into a second addition of the book based on what we know now. I'll touch on generative AI, the modern data stack, streaming, a rapidly changing regulatory environment, and several other topics....
A great chance to get the experience of DevSecOps and Data stories directly from producers of well-known and trusted DevSecOps platform with more than 30 million users. Firmly believe that story can aid and inspire an audience to try to do amazing things in their data world.You are in the right place if you want to find out how the GitLab Data team embraces DevOps and Open Source culture to move f...
Flyte is an open-source workflow orchestration platform for building data, ML and analytics workflows with ease. In Flyte’s own words: "Build production-grade data and ML workflows, hassle-free. The infinitely scalable and flexible workflow orchestration platform that seamlessly unifies data, ML and analytics stacks." Sonja and her team has worked on introducing Flyte at Spotify after extensive an...
In this talk I will go through 10 problems airbnb faced that led us to building a metrics platform.I will also go through the design/ capabilities of Minerva, airbnb's metrics platform, and discuss how they solve these problems.The goal is for you to recognize these problems within your own organization, and use our solutions as inspirations for your own....
Data initiatives are too focused on democratizing access to information and not focused enough on driving business impact. No amount of information will alone drive change in an org. For meaningful change, companies need their information tied to the tooling that allows them to drive change. In this talk, Turbine CEO Emilie Schario will talk through her experience in data organizations at Netlify,...
What’s scarier than creepy, drooling zombies in a horror movie? Creepy, drooling zombies in your data presentation audience! For analytics and marketing practitioners everywhere, the struggle with presenting insights to bored, confused, and zombified stakeholders and clients is anything but fiction. At the heart of this struggle is a simple yet dastardly villain: not knowing the mechanics for tell...
Self-serve analytics is the dream of any data & analytics team: reaching that point where everyone in your company is leveraging data to answer day-to-day questions and make decisions without requiring your team’s help. How to get and stay close to this ideal state as your company keeps growing with an expanding variety of data expertise and data needs?Discover how the data & analytics team at Dat...
A Data Warehouse (DWH) is generally a substantial investment. Its whole point is to host and provide access to huge swaths of data, which needs to be loaded from external sources first, and if it is to be of any use, needs to be transformed into datasets that make sense and provide value to end users. Though it might not seem like a big deal at the beginning, it might end up being a quite costly i...
Your data team has to produce reliable data. The pipelines must run, the logic in your transformations must be sound, and the report must show accurate revenue. But if that’s all you’re doing, your team is probably bored and your organization definitely isn’t getting as much value as it could out of its data.Open-ended creative work is a huge part of the appeal of working in this field. Your teamm...
With the rise of the modern data stack, traditional data roles have shifted and the analytics engineer has become the new "sexiest job of the 21st century". In this talk, I'll discuss how some of the hype around analytics engineering is real, but it isn't as simple as just giving your technical data analyst a new title. Analytics engineering can be a game changer for an organization, but it is imp...
Should your line manager be an expert in your field?Join us for a live recording of AVK podcast aka Leadership anonymous! - a podcast dedicated to spreading modern leadership knowledge and best practices amongst Hungarians! All three of the show hosts are experienced leaders from the tech industry, having worked for startups, medium to large organizations and multinational enterprises as well. At ...
During the presentation you will learn more on how exactly accumulation of metrics from different streams in one place has helped to leverage productivity, enhance stable delivery and engineering excellence....
2023 welcomed our group with multiple planned project deliveries, the hype and demand of hybrid working mode, while half of the team had less than a year experience in their current field.This talk is about what we have done to attack this situation, to build up motivation and competency to achieve project targets and how we’re getting our function development team up to speed while increasing eng...
From the first production ready automotive radar in the end of the 90's to today, RADAR sensors have been playing a major role in the development of Assisted & Autonomous Driving. In this talk the followings will be discussed: the important aspects of RADARs, why they are essential and what the future could look like for this technology....
TEAM ZEISS Employee Portal is a vital tool for improving enterprise search capabilities, knowledge sharing, and employee productivity. In this presentation we elaborate on the vision of employee portal as central entry point into the daily work that increases productivity of all employees worldwide and connects as well as enables them. Our comprehensive search experience supports the portal vision...
Prepare for an exciting journey into the future of banking with Kate, the first AI-based digital financial assistant in Hungary. In this presentation, we unravel Kate’s moments from her birth through kindergarten to becoming a real Bank executive reshaping the financial landscape of AI assistants....
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on the topic of "The Power of Allyship", featuring prominent tech leaders in the industry:Benaz IraniHajnalka PatakiLeah TharinTheresa JohnsonExplore the current state of diversity, understand the vital role of allyship, and gain actionable insights into breaking down barriers. Discover how the tech industry can evolve into a more inclusive and equitable fut...