Martin Goodson
Chief Scientist and CEO, Evolution AI

Martin Goodson is the chief scientist and CEO of Evolution AI, where he specializes in large-scale natural language processing. Martin has designed data science products that are in use at companies like Dun & Bradstreet, Time Inc., John Lewis, and Condé Nast. Previously, Martin was a statistician at the University of Oxford, where he conducted research on statistical matching problems for DNA sequences. He runs the largest community of machine learning practitioners in Europe, Machine Learning London, and convenes the CBI/Royal Statistical Society roundtable, AI in Financial Services. Martin’s work has been covered by publications such as the Economist, Quartz, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and others.

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13:45–14:25 Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Location: Westminster Suite

The dangers of data leakage in production machine learning systems

AI Business Summit, Implementing AI

Secondary topics: Ethics, Security, and Privacy, Machine Learning

Martin Goodson (Evolution AI)

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Data leakage occurs when the model gains access to data that it shouldn't have. AI systems can fail catastrophically in production if leakage is not dealt with properly. Martin Goodson details the four main manifestations of data leakage and explains how to recognize the warning signs. By mastering several key scientific principles, you can mitigate the risk of failure. Read more.