In this episode, we talk to Anant Bhardwaj, who founded and leads Instabase, an AI application platform for unstructured data. Instabase has been helping Enterprise customers worldwide streamline their operational processes, by using AI and workflow automation to intelligently process documents. 

Anant talks about the evolution of the underlying language/ document processing techniques underpinning Instabase - from Program Synthesis to Deep Learning, and, more recently, Large Language Models (LLMs). He shares his nuanced view on LLMs: bullish on its broader promise, but cautious about its near term usability in Enterprise use cases due to issues around lack of predictability and security/ privacy concerns.

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In episode #10, we are joined by two guests, Andy McMahon and Greig Cowan from the NatWest Group, to learn about the group’s Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) journey.

Andy and Greig talk about the four pillars of that journey - People, Process, Data and Technology - and about the efforts to embed ML model quality by design into those pillars. They explain how the group’s standardised data lab methodology, supported by a modern toolset, has enabled the group to scale its data science capability rapidly.

About the speakers

Andy McMahon heads MLOps at NatWest Group, while Greig Cowan heads Data Science and Engineering for Data Innovation at the Group. Both have extensive experience of taking analytics solutions from ideation to production. 

Andy’s experience spans model building, software development and technical management. His particular area of interest is the challenge of deploying machine learning based software products at scale. He is also the author of a book on ML engineering.

Greig has over 15 years of experience at the leading edge of scientific research, including with the Large Hadron Collider, where he developed physical models to statistically extract fundamental parameters from large datasets. He now focuses on data science innovation within the financial services industry.

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In episode #9, TruEra co-founder Anupam Datta is joined by his guest, Agus Sudjianto, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Model Risk at Wells Fargo. Agus talks about the importance of ensuring model robustness, going beyond explainability and fairness, as a prerequisite for greater adoption of AI. We also learn a little bit of the history of Model Risk Management in the context of the U.S. banking industry and the important role it plays to increase trust in AI. Finally, Agus shares his thoughts on the AI opportunities that excite him the most and advice for young data scientists who are thinking of joining the banking industry. 

About the speaker

Agus Sudjianto is Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Model Risk at Wells Fargo. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, he led analytics modeling teams at Lloyd’s Bank in the UK and at Bank of America. 

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Trustworthy AI Podcast 

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Anupam Datta LinkedIn

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