Circles and Droplets: How to Go from Theory to Product

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Gilles Vieira describes how Item Response Theory (IRT) was turned from a statistical concept into an MVP deployed in certification centers at Pix. The talk covers a communication pattern using concentric “circles” of messaging to train data, engineering, product and business teams, the 18-month path from idea to operational pilot, and how to combine machine learning and human expertise while avoiding resistance and explaining Bayesian-statistics concepts at the right levels.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:45Research to industry gap
3. 7:20Circles and droplets method
4. 11:23Transmission and communication
5. 16:41Results and industrialization
6. 20:04Q&A

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