The Vision
Rebecca Bilbro, Ph.D
Founder/CTO
Bio
A pioneer of the data science revolution in the early 2010’s, Dr. Rebecca Bilbro is an applied AI/ML engineer, teacher, and author who has worked across academia, industry, and the public sector.
Rebecca (aka @Elder_Data_Scientist) is co-creator of Yellowbrick, a Python library that integrates the scikit-learn and matplotlib APIs to support more convenient model diagnostics and steering.
As co-founder and CTO of Rotational Labs, Rebecca is motivated by a desire to unite the data science and engineering communities. She and her team help other companies leverage in-house domain expertise and data to build and deploy LLMs, data products, and services.
Rebecca earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where her research centered on domain-specific languages within engineering.
Blog Posts Written by Rebecca
Could Disposable UI Solve Data Science's Low ROI Problem?
Data scientists often struggle to deliver impact in production because they work in notebooks, outside the application stack. Could GenAI tools for UI creation help solve the low ROI problem in data science?
Jan 8, 2025
Is Shame Sabotaging Your AI Journey?
Workplace AI adoption can be hindered by unexpected human factors, including employee shame. In this post, an AI expert recounts real-world examples of overcoming these barriers to unlock a virtuous cycle of human-centered innovation.
Jan 1, 2025
Recapping PyTorch: Key Takeaways from the 2024 Conference
I spent last week in San Francisco meeting up with the Rotational team to attend PyTorch Conference. If you’re an LLM developer and didn’t make it this year, here are some of my key highlights and takeaways.
Sep 24, 2024
AI isn't Chatbots, it's an Interface
Why is everyone so excited by AI? Chatting with a bot isn’t the game changer. Instead, AI represents a new method of interacting with complex computing resources and data – one that is far more accessible than previous methods.
Jul 17, 2024
Welcome to the Age of PostSQL
Calling all programmers! It’s time to get a bit more curious about data storage, because we’re about to enter the age of PostSQL…
May 9, 2023
3 Trends that Will Disrupt Managed Services in 2023
If nothing else, the last year has brought the winds of change to the tech sector. From high-visibility layoff cycles at FAANGs and crypto companies, to turbulence in our social media infrastructure, to pop culture’s discovery of deep …
Dec 23, 2022
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