MLOps Community / Chicago ML joint meetup

​Talks

​Title: Evolution of MLOps at Grainger
Speaker: Nathan Frank (Director, ML Ops & Platform @ Grainger)

Description: In this talk Nathan will walk through the evolution of the MLOps Platform at Grainger, which has grown organically over the past 4 years. He will discuss their strategy for mixing open source and SaaS solutions, the business drivers behind their platform focus areas, and their coaching model for user support. Data, machine learning, and IT leaders will come away with a playbook to navigate the complicated MLOps tooling landscape and MLOps and platform engineers will get advice on navigating build vs buy decisions, platform maturity, and user support.

​Title: Faster MLops With r2u
Speaker: Dirk Eddelbuettel (adjunct professor of statistics @ University of Illinois, R Foundation board member)

Description: We describe a repository for data science and machine learning that provides all CRAN packages as Ubuntu binaries suitable for fully automated processing
and training. We highlight key advantages for both robustness, as well as speed and ease of use, with examples.

​Schedule

​[6:00p] doors open

​[6:15p] first talk

​[8:00p] the end

​Other Details

​Q: Will there be food & drink?

​A: Yes, light snacks will be available.

​Q: Can I attend virtually?

​A: No, sorry, there won't be a live streaming option for virtual attendees.

​Q: Will the event be recorded?

​A: As of now... no. This may change, check back in a few days.