Waters Wavelength

On the podcast, Viral Shah, co-founder and CEO of Julia Computing and a co-creator of the Julia programming language, talks with Anthony about the launch of Julia 0.6, what’s expected of Julia 1.0, and how finance and insurance firms are using the language for research and risk modeling. Then, Anthony and James take a look at how machine learning and alternative data are starting to be paired, creating both interesting use cases and, perhaps, overblown hype. Next, they turn their attention to digital currencies and how they’re filtering into the buy side. Finally, they discuss the recently released trailer for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones. Julia Language (1:25) A quick update on this year’s JuliaCon conference. (2:10) Then a look at Julia 1.0, which could be released later this year. (2:40) This week, Version 0.6 was released. Viral talks about enhancements made with this rollout. (3:30) With Julia Computing receiving $4.6 million in seed funding from General Catalyst and Founder Collective, Viral