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SUMMARY:From Metrics to Models - Data Science at a Fashion Tech Startup - 
 Erika Nitsch and Jim Downing - Metail
DTSTART:20180125T130000Z
DTEND:20180125T143000Z
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CONTACT:James Fergusson
DESCRIPTION:Erika Nitsch is the Data Science Lead at Metail\, the revoluti
 onary body shape and garment digitisation company. Her team’s mission is
  to use retailers’ and Metail’s rich data asset to help retailers deli
 ver the best possible online shopping experience and uncover new efficienc
 ies. She believes data science is the future of shopping: through Artifici
 al Intelligence-led personalisation\, deep learning-based computer vision\
 , and rigorous experimental validation of game-changing ideas. Erika and J
 im Downing\, Metail CTO \, will talk about the evolution of Data Science a
 t Metail from measuring performance of new product features to creating mo
 dels that are data products in their own right\, including style-based pro
 duct recommendation and computer vision-based garment attribute prediction
  . We will also talk about some of the applications of computer vision to 
 our toolchain and product\, and how we go about building training sets to 
 enable their development.
LOCATION:Kavli Large Meeting Room\, Kavli Building
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