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2026

Is Your AI Feature Actually Helping?

AI Council · 2026

A framework for measuring the impact of AI products — covering attribution, experimentation, product analytics, and the gap between "usage" and "value."

2024

Handling Large Data with Python

PyCon Italia · May 2024

Practical patterns for working with large analytical datasets using Pandas v2, Polars, and DuckDB.

2020

Recommender System Workshop

Toronto Machine Learning Summit · November 2020

Building a MovieLens recommender system from scratch.

A Brief Introduction to Hyperparameter Tuning

Toronto Womxn in Data Science Conference · March 2020

An overview of hyperparameter tuning methods including grid search, random search, and Bayesian optimization.

2019

Algorithmic Bias in Machine Learning

PyCon Canada · November 2019

How bias creeps into ML systems through data and design choices, and what practitioners can do about it.

How to Build a Clinical Diagnostic Model in Python

PyCon US · May 2019

A walkthrough of building a diagnostic classification model using clinical data, from feature engineering to evaluation.

2018

A Brief Overview of Hyperparameter Optimization

PyData DC · November 2018

Hyperparameter optimization techniques applied to medical datasets, covering search strategies and practical trade-offs.

Building a Recommender System from Scratch

PyData DC · November 2018

A step-by-step tutorial on building collaborative filtering and content-based recommender systems in Python.

How to Design and Build a Recommendation Pipeline in Python

PyCon Canada · November 2018

End-to-end design of a recommendation pipeline, from data ingestion to model serving.

An Introduction to Recommendation Systems

PyLadies Vancouver · August 2018

A beginner-friendly overview of how recommendation systems work, covering collaborative filtering and content-based approaches.