An Update on Scikit-learn | Data Science Institute

Get the slides: https://www.datacouncil.ai/talks/an-update-on-scikit-learn ABOUT THE TALK: This talk will provide a brief introduction into scikit-learn and it's part in the machine learning ecosystem. It will also discuss recent additions to scikit-learn, such as better integration with pandas and better support for missing values and categorical data. We'll end some future directions, including better control over parallelization and better use of multi-core systems, as well as better tools for model inspection and model debugging. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Andreas Mueller is a lecturer at the Data Science Institute at Columbia University and author of the O'Reilly book "Introduction to machine learning with Python", describing a practical approach to machine learning with python and scikit-learn. He is one of the core developers of the scikit-learn machine learning library, and has been co-maintaining it for several years. He is also a Software Carpentry instructor. In the past, he worked at the NYU Center for Data Science on open source and open science, and as Machine Learning Scientist at Amazon. ABOUT DATA COUNCIL: Data Council (https://www.datacouncil.ai/) is a community and conference series that provides data professionals with the learning and networking opportunities they need to grow their careers. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more videos, including DC_THURS, our series of live online interviews with leading data professionals from top open source projects and startups. FOLLOW DATA COUNCIL: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DataCouncilAI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacouncil-ai Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacouncilai Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/data-council-30357384520 - 🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET TO AI COUNCIL 2026 🎟️ Meet the world's top AI infrastructure minds where architects of AI share what works. Three days of high-quality technical talks and meaningful interactions. → https://aicouncil.com/sf-2026 ⚡ FIND US: X: https://x.com/AICouncilConf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aicouncilconf/ Website: https://aicouncil.com/