Machine learning, security and Call of Duty collide this week as Jon Krohn sits down with Carly Taylor, Lead Machine Learning Engineer for Activision's COD franchise to discuss the importance of low-latency, the future of gaming and her favorite software packages.

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In this episode you will learn:

• The relationship between data science and cyber security [4:49]

• The importance of low-latency for an optimal gaming experience [9:15]

• The future of gaming [18:13]

• Carly's thoughts on the Metaverse [25:43]

• Carly’s favorite operating systems, software packages, and keyboards [30:27]

• How to transition from a quantitative academic background into data science [45:28]

• Why Carly is called the “Rebel Data Scientist” [53:27]

• How to file a patent [57:21]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/645

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645: Machine Learning for Video Games