Personalization at Netflix: Making Stories Travel (1)
Fri, Jul 12
|Mountain View
At Netflix, we believe that great stories can come from anywhere in the world. We leverage deep human expertise together with machine learning techniques to enable a highly personalized experience for our members, that also encourages discovery and helps them connect with stories from the edges of t
Time & Location
Jul 12, 2019, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Mountain View
About the event
Note:
We have very limited space on-site. For people want to join online, the meeting details and call-in information will be sent with ticket confirmation email.
Agenda:
6:30-7:00pm Networking & Dinner (optional)
7:00-8:00pm Keynote Speech from Sudeep Das
8:00-8:30pm Q & A
Speaker:Sudeep Das
Sudeep Das is a Senior Researcher in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at Netflix, with expertise in natural language processing, recommender systems, and information retrieval. His main work lies at the heart of applied machine learning algorithms that power highly personalized experiences within consumer facing products. He is specially passionate about applications of deep neural networks in the space of recommendations and search. Beyond algorithmic work, he is also keen on data visualization and interpretation. He has about a decade of experience in applied research in personalization, from building music recommendation systems at Beats Music (later Apple Music), to leading the restaurant recommendation efforts at OpenTable Inc. (Priceline). Currently, at Netflix, he leads several projects in the algorithmic innovation space that constantly aim to improve the personalized experience of hundreds of millions of Netflix members across the globe. Sudeep holds a PhD in Astrophysics from Princeton University, where he lead a research project that made possible the first detection of an elusive Astrophysical effect. He holds a strong publication record with about 60 papers with more than 2500 citations. Sudeep is extremely passionate about education and outreach, and has acted as a mentor and lecturer at machine learning workshops for the young students in the US (UC Berkeley) and in Mauritius, Rwanda and South Africa. He is also a visual artist, and dabbles in post impressionism and expressionism.
Tickets
Online Participate
This is the ticket for online audience. Online link will be share via email before the session starts at 7:00 PM PST on June 28th. Warning: As the request of the speaker, this talk won't be record. Please do not record this session by yourself either!
$10.00Sale endedOnsite Seat Ticket
The event will start from 7:00 PM PST. Please bring your ticket to join the session. Thank you!
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