Podcast: Open Table Formats Reshaping the Data Industry — A Deep Dive with Ryan Blue

Learn about cutting-edge developments in AI and Data Science from the experts who know them best on ODSC’s Ai X Podcast. Each week we release an interview with a leading expert, core contributor, experienced practitioner, or acclaimed instructor who is helping to shape the future of the AI industry through their work or research.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Ryan Blue, co-creator of Apache Iceberg, and a pivotal figure in the world of data engineering. His remarkable journey has seen him make substantial contributions to data infrastructure at companies like Netflix and Cloudera, and now at Tabular, a company he co-founded.

Ryan is also an active member of the Apache Software Foundation and a committer in the Apache Parquet, Spark, Avro, and Iceberg communities. His leadership in developing Apache Iceberg has helped transform data lakes into more structured and reliable data environments, influencing how companies scale their data operations in the cloud.

Join him for a deep dive into the unprecedented change presented by enabling data warehouses to share storage and an exploration of how open table formats are in the process of transforming the data industry.

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Originally posted on OpenDataScience.com

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