The NLP Zone Jordan Luxford

First Podcast episode of the year and what an incredible guest to kick it off with!
Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to introduce you to Bob van Luijt. Bob is the CEO & Co-Founder of SeMI Technologies, they create AI-based search engine technology and they are known for the open-source vector search engine Weaviate.

If you're familiar with Bob, you may have also seen him do a talk on TEDx where he talks about Digital technology through the lens of language.

For Episode 6 of The NLP Zone Podcast, me and Bob got to sit down just before Christmas, I got to learn all about SeMI Technologies and their long-term ambitions. In this episode, you really get to understand how passionate Bob is about his company and its product.

We will be breaking down 3 topics:

- Unstructured data, why is it a problem, why is difficult?

- Vector search engines - Weaviate. What is it? what problem does it solve, what is the role of NLP there?

- Trends in vectorizing Data outside of NLP

I thoroughly enjoyed my sit down with Bob, he is a funny, intelligent, driven individual that we can all learn from. So sit back, relax and enjoy the episode.

(To listen, click the link in the comments & find episode 6)

Welcome to The NLP Zone Podcast - Episode 5, I’m your host Jordan Luxford and in this Episode we have a bit of a twist for you! I’m speaking with Emil Odzhakov, who is the Talent Manager for the Machine Learning NLP company Merantix Labs in Berlin.
I thought it would be a great idea for you to hear what It’s like from the other side of the fence, from a Talent Managers' perspective inside a Machine Learning NLP Company.

In this episode, we discuss 4 topics

- Current trends in AI
- New ways of Recruitment (WhatsApp, Telegram messages)
- What are today's workers looking for in a company 
- Where is the future of Recruitment going?

Emil is a wonderful guy, with an interesting journey that got him where he is today, he speaks 4 languages fluently and he is currently learning German too. You will see how passionate Emil is about his job and learn what it takes to be the best in your field.
 
I hope you enjoy learning about what it’s like from the other side of the fence and get some value. Enjoy the show

Welcome to episode 4, in this episode I will be speaking with Philip Vollet - NLP Influencer & Community Success Advocate at Explosion. Philip has built an incredible following as an NLP influencer, amassing 85,000 followers on LinkedIn through his passion for NLP where he provides consistent, engaging, and impactful content. Oh, and he's super intelligent too!
In this episode, we will be breaking down 4 main topics
- The secret to building a large following in your niche
- NLP and Open Source / Open Science
- Using NLP for Medical Research
- And the Future of NLP
It was an all-around pleasure speaking with Philip and an educational lesson at the same time. Sit back, relax and enjoy this episode, I promise you're going to love it!
Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 3, in this episode I will be speaking with the Co Founder of Pyoneer, Christopher Schultes. Christopher has an interesting journey, but it was his eye to spot a problem a provide a solution that lead to the birth of Pyoneer, tune in to hear all about it.
In this episode we talk about:
1. The importance of a good data set
2. The problem with Data Science
3. Difference between well know Algorithms and Implementing in a SaaS Product.
It was a pleasure speaking with Christopher and hearing about his journey, I hope you can get some value from this episode too.
I hope you enjoy!

Welcome to episode 2, in this episode I will be speaking with an absolute Guru of NLP, Ivan Bilan Head of NLP & Data Science Manager for TrustYou. Ivan is a fantastic networker and advocate for learning and helping others in the field of NLP and AI, he really knows his stuff and believes sharing his knowledge is the answer to inspire and grow the next generation.
In this episode we talk about:
1. How Ivan started out in NLP, what his work involves at TrustYou and what it's like managing an NLP team
2. Open source in NLP and what is popular right now.
3. Recent advancements in NLP such as cool startups and new ideas.
4. Chatbots and it's 5 different levels
It was a pleasure speaking with Ivan, I thoroughly enjoyed my time speaking with him, I learned a lot and I believe anyone listening can take some value from this episode too.
I hope you enjoy!

I am very excited to announce the 1st episode of The NLP Zone Podcast - where I speak to Iason Georgakopoulos - Co-founder and CPO of Deep Neuron Lab and Johannes Forster - Senior Manager & Lead Data Scientist at KPMG. 
In this episode, Iason breaks down the importance of Intelligent Document Processing and why it is crucial for enterprises. Iason also covers the dealings with the uncertainty of models in a certain domain.
Johannes talks about some of the fears of using AI, breaking down AI explainability and Governance. Johannes also goes into detail about the change in popularity of Text mining tools.
And finally, we cover the difficulties of hiring talented ML Engineers and Data Scientists, and what skills are important that employees should pay attention to.
I hope you enjoy the first episode of The NLP Zone!