KotlinConf 2017 - Kotlin for Data Science by Thomas Nield

"Data Science" is a broad buzzword encompassing the study and analysis of data, often using programming tools like R, Python, and Scala. But can a pragmatic language like Kotlin address many challenges currently faced in the data science domain?

Kotlin offers pragmatic, concise syntax and features that can quickly express business logic. It not only handles business complexity with grace and speed, but also introduces type safety and resiliency. Kotlin might be able to close the gap between data science and software engineering, allowing data scientists to model towards production and not just prototypes.

This session will help you discover how Kotlin can take data science to new heights, and how you (the community!) can be the catalyst to drive it.

Thomas Nield is a Business Consultant for Southwest Airlines in Schedule Initiatives, often balancing business analytics with tactical technology development. He is a maintainer/contributor for a number of OSS projects including RxKotlin, RxJavaFX, Kotlin-Statistics, TornadoFX, and RxPy. Thomas is an author/speaker at O'Reilly Media with a book, videos, and webcasts covering topics like SQL, reactive programming, and data science. He has authored the books Getting Started with SQL (O'Reilly) and Learning RxJava (Packt).

[oceanograf]

Thanks for a great talk! I've recently been interested in Kotlin for ML. Seems like an obvious choice which can bridge the flexibility of Python and JVM "production readiness". Hope we will soon see more of Kotlin in data science domain.

[magicmurderbag]

Great talk! No need to be so nervous, Thomas. :D

[TalvanDijk]

Good talk, Thomas! I think I definitely will start learning Kotlin.

[vladimirkraus]

Very very good and interesting talk. Thanks a lot.

[xitec]

The reality in data science looks a lot different from that what you are showing. K is nice, but I prefer Python

[kamalabuhenamostafa]

Thomas Nield, do you find our air traffic controL

[esehalic]

there are types of people which breathe irregularly when presenting and simply by just listening to them i too start having breathing difficulties - unfortunately, not all people are suited to be public speakers

[AhmedAli-jxie]

Dynamically typed languages are nightmare

[cbernier]

Editing fail! Your intro and video should be normalized to the same volume. Your intro shouldn't be 1998 local car dealership commercial volume levels.