#286 Python and ML at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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English - October 16, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network.
On this episode, you'll meet Chris Mattman. He's the Division Manager for the Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Innovation at NASA JPL and he's JPL's first Principal Scientist in the area of Data Science. We cover a wide range of topics, and dive into how Python and open-source are growing in the space exploration field. And he answers the question of whether he thinks we'll have Python running on robots and rovers in space.
Links from the show
Chris on Twitter: @chrismattmann
Chris at JPL: jpl.nasa.gov
Nature: A vision for data science: nature.com
Open source at JPL: github.com
Apache Nutch: nutch.apache.org
7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars: youtube.com
tqdm package: pypi.org
Panama Papers: wikipedia.org
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