English session - Intermediate
Python
Facebook figures out people that you might already know, LinkedIn tells you how many degrees of separation there are between you and the CEO of Nokia, and LastFM suggests music based on your current listening habits. We’ll take a look at the basic theory behind how some of these features work (no comp. sci. degree required!), and show how you can implement some of these features in your application.
Joël Perras (Unata) View speaker page
I'm an ex-physicist turned big data geek. Life is weird like that. In my day-to-day life, I'm the senior architect for a company called Unata, where we try to build predictive models of consumer behaviour using machine learning to better help retailers understand the needs and desires of their customers. 
