Introducing CatBoost for Apache Spark

Andrei Khropov, the lead developer of CatBoost for Apache Spark implementation, walks us through the key features of CatBoost, talks about the advantages of CatBoost on Spark and compares it with the main competitors. This video is the first part of an introduction to the current CatBoost implementation for Spark. Join our online event on March 23, 10am PST (9pm GMT 3 for Moscow) that will include both video presentations (of about 25 minutes) followed by live discussion Registration page: Timeline: 0:06 - Intro 0:41 - What is CatBoost? 3:10 - Why CatBoost? 8:05 - Why CatBoost for Apache Spark? 10:58 - CatBoost for Apache Spark and Competitors 14:05 - Conclusion Slides from the presentation are available at CatBoost website: CatBoost documentation: CatBoost on GitHub: CatBoost fo