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Make Data Work
March 5–6, 2018: Training
March 6–8, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
San Jose, CA
Lenny Evans

Lenny Evans
Data Scientist, Uber

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Lenny Evans is a data scientist at Uber focused on the applications of unsupervised methods and deep learning to fraud prevention, specifically developing anomaly detection models to prevent account takeovers and computer vision models for verifying possession of credit cards.

Sessions

11:00am–11:40am Thursday, March 8, 2018
Using computer vision to combat stolen credit card fraud
Data science and machine learning
 Location: LL21 B
Karthik Ramasamy (Google), Lenny Evans (Uber)
Average rating: *****
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Stolen credit cards are a major problem faced by many companies, including Uber. Karthik Ramasamy and Lenny Evans detail a new weapon against stolen credit cards that uses computer vision to scan credit cards, verifying possession of the physical card with basic fake card detection capabilities. Read more.