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Online Manifesto Data Practices
A group of data-minded people have put together a manifesto for data practices. It is available on the Data Practices website. It lists ethics, values, and principles for effective data teamwork. You are invited to read and sign if you agree. Read more
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Microsoft Weekly Data Science News for March 09, 2018
Here is the weekly news around the Microsoft cloud data science products. AI Platform for Windows Developers – With the update, developers can use the AI platform across the Windows device family, including IoT edge devices, HoloLens, 2-in-1s and desktop PCs, workstations, servers and in data centers. “We’re excited to work with Microsoft on Windows… Read more
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Kaggle Career Conference 2018
Kaggle, the online data science competition platform, will be hosting a free online conference for people interested in landing their first data science job. Kaggle CareerCon 2018 on March 20, 2018. There are a bunch of great speakers lined up, and all the talks are focused on preparing someone to get a data science job… Read more
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How to stand out as a fresh graduate looking for a data science job?
As a college or university student, it can be difficult to stand out when looking for your first data science job. Here is a suggestion. Build a project you can share with prospective employers. If you like this video, subscribe to the YouTube channel, Ryan Swanstrom, for more videos like this. Read more
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Reinforcement Learning
Simply stated: Reinforcement Learning deals with actions and rewards (positive or negative). The rewards help to dictate the future actions. Many children learn via reinforcement learning. Here is a simple example from my childhood. As a child, I was told not to touch the hot stove. My action: I touched the door of the hot… Read more
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Coursera’s New Online Masters of Applied Data Science Degree
Coursera has partnered with the University of Michigan to launch a new master’s degree entirely online through the Coursera platform. The new Master of Applied Data Science degree will launch in Fall of 2019. Also of interest, Arizona State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign both announced masters degrees in computer science (both… Read more
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DJ Patil – Tips to Build a Career in Data
DJ Patil, former US Chief Data Scientist and data science legend, has a nice video with helpful tips for people looking to get into data science. Strive for Curiosity Follow Ethics and Security Be part of a Team Solve a Local Problem Read more
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SQL Tutorial from Chartio
Chartio put together a nice online interactive tutorial for learning SQL. SQL is almost an essential tool for data science. Rarely is there a project where knowing SQL is not necessary. Read more
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Microsoft Weekly Data Science News for March 02, 2018
Here are the latest articles from Microsoft regarding cloud data science products and updates. Announcing new milestones for Microsoft Cognitive Services vision and search services in Azure – Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most disruptive forces behind the digital transformation of business. At Microsoft, we believe everyone—developers, data scientists and enterprises—should… Read more
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Conversations with future data scientists (YouTube Playlist)
Last week I spent some time chatting with future data scientists. I set up a camera to record some of the answers. Below are a few of the questions addressed. How did I transition to data science? Why start a data science project? Should a new person focus on machine learning or deep learning? What… Read more
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Data Science Live Book
Pablo Casas has published a book freely available online, Data Science Live Book. To quote from the book, It is a book about data preparation, data analysis and machine learning. The book is open source, and the code examples are written in R. Read more
Data Science 101
One of the oldest blogs on data science, started in 2012.
Threads Dev Interviews
Interviews with Developers on Threads