The Vision
Rebecca Bilbro, Ph.D
Founder/CTO
Dr. Rebecca Bilbro, co-founder and CTO of Rotational Labs, is a trailblazer in applied AI and machine learning engineering. She co-created Yellowbrick, a Python library that enhances model diagnostics by integrating scikit-learn and matplotlib APIs, facilitating more intuitive model steering.
At Rotational Labs, Dr. Bilbro leads initiatives that empower companies to harness their domain expertise and data, resulting in the successful deployment of large language models and data-driven products. Her efforts bridge the gap between data science and engineering, driving AI solutions that are grounded in real-world business needs, informed by research, rigorously prototyped, and built with deployment and data governance in mind.
She is the co-author of Applied Text Analysis with Python (2018, O’Reilly) and Apache Hudi: The Definitive Guide (2025, O’Reilly). Dr. Bilbro earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, focusing her research 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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