617: Causal Modeling and Sequence Data

Dr. Sean Taylor, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Motif Analytics, joins Jon Krohn this week for yet another perspective on causal modeling. Tune in for a great conversation that covers large-scale causal experimentation, Information Systems, Bayesian parameter searches, and more. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (https://datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform, and by Zencastr (zen.ai/sds), the easiest way to make high-quality podcasts. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • Sean on his new venture, Motif Analytics [4:23] • The relationship between causality and sequence analytics [15:26] • Sean's data science work at Lyft [22:21] • The key investments for large-scale causal experimentation [27:25] • Why and when is causal modeling helpful [32:34] • Causal modeling tools and recommendations [36:52] • Facebook's Prophet automation tool for forecasting [40:02] • What Sean looks for in data science hires [50:57] • Sean on his PhD in Information Systems [53:34] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/617