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Alfredo Deza

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Overview


Alfredo Deza is a course author, software engineer, speaker, and former Olympic athlete working at Microsoft in Developer Relations. He has almost two decades of DevOps and software engineering experience, and has taught several Machine Learning Engineering and DevOps courses.

He has written several books about DevOps and Python including Python For DevOps and Practical MLOps for O'Reilly. Some of the areas of expertise where he can help out with content and guidance are Azure and cloud computing, DevOps, MLOps, Python, Databricks, and automation with CI/CD.

Alfredo is currently leading engagements with Georgia Tech, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, and Duke University, where he often gives guest lectures about Azure, Python, Rust, and technology in general.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs · 2022 - Present Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent Publications


Practical MLOps Operationalizing Machine Learning Models

Book · December 21, 2021 The faster you deliver a machine learning system that works, the faster you can focus on the business problems you're trying to crack. This book gives you a head start. ... Cite

Testing in Python Robust Testing for Professionals

Book · February 27, 2020 Getting started with testing can be hard, and this book aims make it all very easy by using examples and explaining the process in a straightforward way. ... Cite

Minimal Python

Book · 2020 By eliminating a large part of Python that you don't need, this book teaches you a subset of the Python language and will help you master this essential skill much more quickly. -- ... Cite
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