Episode 5: The Legend of Plas Vander

Adversarial Learning

Our guest is Jake VanderPlas, who is a real Data Science Fellow at the UW eScience Institute, and is the author of the recently published Python Data Science Handbook.

Topics discussed include

• BiCapitalization
• bridging the astronomy-astrology divide
• whether the e in eScience is the same as the e in eBay
• Myers-Briggs
• why Jake keeps saying “transcriptable” like it's a real word
• whether newsletters have replaced blogs
• how to talk to people at parties
• what it’s like being a data scientist in academia
• whether students still hook up in the library
• why your zodiac sign isn’t what you think it is
• whether Pluto is a planet and why people care
• teaching statistics using simulation
• how to pronounce "numpy"
• using deep learning to identify new constellations
• building an AI that chooses the right data visualization

This week's theme music has a cool Vegas swanky lounge vibe.

Please listen to it.