In August we have prepared something very special for you.
Firstly, all our live broadcasts are moving to all platforms: now you can watch the stream on YouTube, VK, Facebook and Instagram. Just choose a platform that is convenient for you.
Second, in August, John Romero, the legendary programmer who created Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D, will perform.
So, meet the speakers of August!
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Sergey Shirkin is one of the founders of the faculties of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and Data Engineering of the Geek University online university, where he works as a dean and teacher.
Studied biostatistics at Moscow State University. MV Lomonosov, in the same place he first began to apply machine learning methods, when it was not yet in trend.
He was engaged in automation of financial technologies and databases at Sberbank and Rosbank, building financial models based on machine learning and analytical activities at Equifax. Predicts TV viewing using artificial intelligence methods at Dentsu Aegis Network Russia. Visiting Lecturer at the Higher School of Economics (Master's program in Data-Driven Communication).
He also explores quantum computing in applications to AI and machine learning.
Research in this area started in the middle of the last century, but the most impressive achievements - both in research and in practical application - have been seen since the beginning of 2010. Those who have just started studying the subject have a good chance to become an irreplaceable professional in the near future ...
To become a specialist in the field of artificial intelligence, you need to gradually advance in several directions at once: programming, mathematics, various subject areas.
Particular attention should be paid to theoretical knowledge: in the future, they will help to more meaningfully relate to the profession. There is a huge bonus here - the theory, unlike technology, is almost never outdated.
During the stream, Sergey will talk about everything about a career related to artificial intelligence: what professions are there, which one to choose, how to study and prepare for an interview for jobs related to AI. He is ready to answer the questions of beginners who have not yet started their journey and the questions of experienced guys.
Here are a few points that he will cover among others:
- The history of artificial intelligence from the 2010s to 2020 - the main events and moments of development
- Professions related to artificial intelligence: data scientist (NLP engineer, computer vision engineer), artificial intelligence specialist (AI specialist), big data analyst, data engineer
- How to know which of these professions is best for you
- General approach to training in this area: courses, books, tasks, how to prepare
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Doom:
John Romero is a programmer and creator of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D.
He and his friend John Carmack took part in the creation of the most popular games of our generation when he was barely 20 years old, they were called Lennon and McCartney of the world of the gaming industry.
During the creation of the game, the guys had fun with might and main: Adrian and Kevin inserted their own scanned images into the game. Inspired, Adrian scanned his snakeskin boots and used the image to get a special texture in one of the levels of the game. One day, Kevin came to work with a broken knee, and the guys scanned the wound in order to later use the picture. In the bizarre world of DOOM, anything could come in handy.
During the broadcast, John will tell about the stories that happened to the guys during the creation of the game and how they coped with the fame and recognition that fell on them. Wait for an evening of warm tube stories behind the scenes of one of the most legendary games of our time.
Why programmers need psychotherapy and how is the algorithm for selecting the ideal therapist
Considering the great response we received from Habr during the conversation about mental health, we decided to reveal the topic from the practical side and invite the chief evangelist of mental health in our IT community - the creator of the Kotlin language and the founder of the Alter startup Andrey Breslav.
Several years ago, Andrey created a service for the selection of psychologists Alter - and he will talk about why programmers need psychotherapy, how to find their therapist and how the service was created.
How a computer linguist teaches Google Assistant to speak Russian
For the past four years, Tatiana Lando has been working as a computer linguist at Google in London. All this time she has been working on various projects in Google Assistant - a virtual assistant like Siri or Yandex Alice. In addition to her main work, Tanya conducts the AINL - Artificial Intelligence & Natural Language conference and in 2016 she became a co-author of the book of the first textbook in Russian "Applied and Computational Linguistics".
Her first big project was the launch of the Assistant in Russian - she and her team were responsible for understanding user requests and generating adequate responses in Russian. Due to the fact that the Assistant works in many languages at once, and the infrastructure was made based on English, the task turned out to be very nontrivial. For example, in Russian there is a complex morphology, but in English it is almost nonexistent. She has now moved on to another more research project. They study how communication between people works, so that they can use this knowledge in the development of the Assistant so that it can better understand and respond to users more naturally.
What Tanya will talk about on the air:
- Who am I and what am I doing now
- How I came to linguistics and how I ended up in Google
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