Rodrigo Rivera is a machine learning researcher at the Advanced Data Analytics in Science and Engineering Group at Skoltech and technical director of Samsung Next. He's previously been in data science and research leadership roles at companies all around the world including Rocket Internet and Philip-Morris.Learn more about Rodrigo:https://rodrigo-rivera.com/https://twitter.com/rodrigorivrEvery Thursday I send out the most useful things I’ve learned, curated specifically for the busy machine learning engineer. Sign up here: https://www.cyou.ai/newsletterFollow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieYouAISubscribe to ML Engineered: https://mlengineered.com/listenComments? Questions? Submit them here: http://bit.ly/mle-surveyTake the Giving What We Can Pledge: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/Timestamps:03:00 How Rodrigo got started in computer science and started his first company10:40 Rodrigo's experiences leading data science teams at Rocket Internet and PMI26:15 Leaving industry to get a PhD in machine learning28:55 Data science collaboration between business and academia32:45 Rodrigo's research interest in time series data39:25 Topological data analysis45:35 Framing effective research as a startup48:15 Neural Prophet01:04:10 The potential future of Julia for numerical computing01:08:20 Most exciting opportunities for ML in industry01:15:05 Rodrigo's advice for listeners01:17:00 Rapid fire questionsLinks:Rodrigo's Google ScholarAdvanced Data Analytics in Science and Engineering GroupNeural ProphetM-CompetitionsMachine Learning RefinedFoundations of Machine LearningA First Course in Machine Learning