Guilherme Pombo

This presentation provides an overview of how NVIDIA RAPIDS accelerates data science and data engineering workflows end-to-end. Key topics include leveraging RAPIDS for machine learning, large-scale graph analytics, real-time inference, hyperparameter optimization, and ETL processes. Case studies demonstrate significant performance improvements and cost savings across various industries using RAPIDS for Apache Spark, XGBoost, cuML, and other GPU-accelerated tools. The talk emphasizes the impact of accelerated computing on modern enterprise applications, including LLMs, recommenders, and complex data processing pipelines.