2. Dinesh Vadhia
Founder/engineer at autonomous discovery startup
www.xyggy.com. Previously, senior product management roles
at Oracle and Sun in Silicon Valley and UK, with many years of
software engineering first.
Closely work with Professor Zoubin Ghahramani at Cambridge
University. One of the founding fathers of Bayesian machine
learning methods.
dinesh@xyggy.com, @DineshVadhia
6. New Bayesian ML Algorithm
Deals with things only
Data finds data
Item(s) per query
7. Feature Engineering
Things defined by features
Can mix multiple feature classes,
including high- & low-level, unstructured
& structured text, ratings, relevance,
context and so on
11. I Am the Query
Given data about me, find new things I will
like.
If I like a thing, find more like it, or remove
this thing and others like it.
Hit me with some serendipity.
12. Quick Look
technology showcase.
autonomously discovers games and apps.
android only. free. ad free.
~300,000 apps, ~500,000 element feature vector.
Xyggy
13. Xyggy App Usage
Autonomously discovers new Discover by Games or Apps
games and apps. categories, and Paid or Free.
Learns what you like. Touch dice to take a chance
with serendipity
No search box. No keyword
search. To install an app you like,
touch its icon to go to the App
If you like a game or app, find Store.
more (+) like it.
Start-over with restart (o) at
If you don't like an app, anytime.
remove (-) it and others like it
go away too.
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18. Last But One
Data privacy
Digital doppelganger
Cold-Start Data: Help us spread the word to get more
Xyggy app installs so that collective intelligence kicks-in for even
better results. The app is free and ad-free. Directions to install
the app are at Xyggy. Thank-you!
19. A Must for ML Practitioners
"A few useful things to know
about machine learning"
Pedro Domingos
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington