Rohan Rao | Numbers, Data Science & Kaggle | ASHRAE - Great Energy Predictor 2nd Pos Sol

Chai Time Data Science Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLvvXm0q8zUbiNdoIazGzlENMXvZ9bd3x Audio (Podcast Version) available here: https://anchor.fm/chaitimedatascience Subscribe here to the newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/sanyambhutani In this episode, Sanyam Bhutani interviews Kaggle Grand Master and Data Scientist at H2O.ai: Rohan Rao. Rohan is a Kaggle Grand Master in the competition tier, and a data scientist, He has represented India not just in data science, but also in Sudoku and puzzles. He's a seven time and current national Sudoku champion, and the first Indian to be ranked in top 10 at the World Championship in 2012, where he secured the eighth position. Currently, his world rank is 17 and he's secured two podium finishes at Asian Sudoku championship. And he's a five time national puzzle champion with his current rank being 44th. Four time and current times natural Sudoku champion. In this interview they talk all about his journey into data science, into data and numbers-his journey into the world of competitive sports, both on and off Kaggle. In the off Kaggle journey we discuss his data science journey and on Kaggle will discuss how his approach to Kaggle has changed over the years, how it's evolved, and his current thoughts on the platform and tips and advice. They also discuss his recent Eighth gold medal on Kaggle and his team's second position finish on the ASHRAE great energy prediction. Links:  Interview with CPMP:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqHlAOFSFuQ  2nd Pos Solution: https://www.kaggle.com/c/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/123481  KaggleDaysMeetup: https://sanyambhutani.com/kaggledaysmeetup-bangalore--recap-by-dsnet-team/ Follow: Rohan Rao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohan_Rao https://twitter.com/vopani?lang=en https://www.kaggle.com/rohanrao https://www.linkedin.com/in/vopani/?originalSubdomain=in Sanyam Bhutani: https://twitter.com/bhutanisanyam1 Blog: sanyambhutani.com About: http://chaitimedatascience.com/ A show for Interviews with Practitioners, Kagglers & Researchers and all things Data Science hosted by Sanyam Bhutani. You can expect weekly episodes every available as Video, Podcast, and blogposts. Flow by LiQWYD https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd