Mike Woodward
Mike Woodward is a VP Data Science with a long history in data science and software engineering. He's worked in cybersecurity, business intelligence, technical software, radio communications, and even fashion. He has degrees from British and American universities and has spoken at numerous international conferences.
Session
Cursor and AI code gen promise productivity gains for data scientists, but what's the reality? In this talk using examples, I'll show how AI code gen can work very well for data scientists, but also where it doesn't work.
I'll cover code gen for: statistics and advanced work, data manipulation (e.g. Pandas), data visualization (e.g. Bokeh, Streamlit), code quality (e.g. PEP8, Git) and documentation and testing. I'll show the biggest barriers to implementation and suggest some coping mechanisms.
At the end of the talk, I'll provide a guide for how to successfully implement AI code gen for data science teams. I'll also touch on implications for hiring.
All content will be provided via GitHub.