TestFlix 2022 - Carlos Kidman

'TestFlix 2022' - Esteemed Speaker

Carlos Kidman

Director of Engineering at Stealth Startup

Atomic Talk Title: Generating Synthetic Data with AI.

Whether data is required to train ML Models, to set up environments, or to use in testing, Synthetic Data is becoming more necessary because you cannot simply copy your production data. This talk goes over how to use AI, specifically gretel.ai, to easily generate thousands of records of Synthetic Data in minutes!

Talk Takeaways

Synthetic Data is the future for test data
Synthetic Data can be used for many applications including training models, demos, testing, and more!
AI can learn from your existing data and generate gigabytes of data from it!
With AI, the Synthetic Data you create can be shared, re-used, or discarded since it’s easy to re-create and also safe

Speaker Bio

Carlos Kidman is Head of Engineering at an AI company, but was formerly an Engineering Manager at Adobe. He is an instructor at Test Automation University with courses around architecture, design, containerization, and Machine Learning. He is the founder of QA at the Point, which is the Testing and Quality Community in Utah, and does consulting, workshops, and speaking events all over the world.

He streams programming and other tech topics on Twitch, has a YouTube channel, builds open-source software like Pylenium and PyClinic, and is an ML/AI practitioner. He loves football, anime, and gaming.