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Topic

Notes from the Field: The Platform, People and Processes of Agile Data Science

Abstract

As data scientists, our business users ask us to produce the perfect model to supercharge their products. While platforms and processes evolved to address challenges in software development, for data science this is still very nascent. In this talk, I will share how Salesforce tackles the challenge of making data science an agile partner to over 100,000 customers without compromising on high-quality AI solutions. I will cover both the process and the platform that enables experimentation and deployment to enable each of our customers to build custom models with a few simple clicks.

Profile

Sarah Aerni is a Director of Data Science at Salesforce Einstein, where she leads teams building AI-powered applications across the Salesforce platform. Prior to Salesforce she led the healthcare & life science and federal teams at Pivotal. Sarah obtained her PhD from Stanford University in Biomedical Informatics, performing research at the interface of biomedicine and machine learning. She also co-founded a company offering expert services in informatics to both academia and industry.