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.
The second part - CatBoost for Apache Spark Architecture: https://youtu.be/nrGt5VKZpzc

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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
https://github.com/catboost/catboost/tree/master/slides/2021.03_CatBoost_for_Spark

CatBoost website: https://catboost.ai/
CatBoost documentation: https://catboost.ai/docs
CatBoost on GitHub: https://github.com/catboost
CatBoost for Apache Spark home: https://github.com/catboost/catboost/tree/master/catboost/spark/catboost4j-spark

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