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Strata + Hadoop 2015 NYC Videos Are Available
Many of the keynotes are available. Read more
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Why Data Science? – Presentation
Recently, I was invited to speak about data science to the research department of a regional hospital system. I thought I would share my slides. A clarification note on one of my quotes from the presentation, “Data Science doesn’t need big data” I am not trying to say big data is not important. I am… Read more
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One Algorithm To Learn Anything [An Interview with Pedro Domingos, Author of The Master Algorithm]
Releasing today (Sept. 22, 2015) is the fantastic new book, The Master Algorithm, by machine learning expert and University of Washington Computer Science Professor, Pedro Domingos. Recently, I got the opportunity to visit with Dr. Domingos about his new book and machine learning in general. See below for his fears of machine learning, thoughts on… Read more
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Silk.co’s 123 Most Influential Twitter Accounts for Data Science
Unfortunately, as of 2020, Silk.co has been discontinued. Silk.co teamed up with LittleBird to create a list of the most influential “data science” accounts on Twitter. LittleBird uses an algorithm to rate an account’s influence based upon retweets from other influencers and network activity. //most-influential-data-science-accounts-on.silk.co/s/embed/mosaic/collection/twitter-handle/image/profile-image-url/order/desc/insider-score/suggestion/filter/equals/location-region/suggestion/filter/equals/location-continent/suggestion/filter/equals/location-sub_region/suggestion/filter/equals/location-country/slice/0/22 Data from most-influential-data-science-accounts-on.silk.co I was humbled to be included on… Read more
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Data Science, Robots, and Disaster Recovery
Robin Murphy has one of the coolest job titles I have ever read, Disaster Roboticist. At Texas A&M, she works on developing advanced robots for disaster recovery. In this Ted talk, she outlines some of the capabilities of the robots and how the robots work. One quote at the end really caught my attention. So… Read more
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The NFL Should Share this Data
The National Football League begins its regular season tonight. One feature you might not hear about is the addition of 2 RFID sensors on every player. Each stadium is equipped with receivers (not wide receivers) to capture the data emitted from the RFID tags. When the data is collected, it will be able to track… Read more
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Historic Data Visualizations [Infographic]
Data Visualization is not new. Check out this historical collection of 11 visualizations. Read more
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Mapping youth well-being worldwide with open data – From DataKind
Mapping youth well-being worldwide with open data – From DataKind Once again, I was honored to write a guest post for DataKind. This time is was on the spread of open source software by data-do-gooders. A couple years ago, DataKind hosted a DataDive in Washington D.C. and some of the participants created a mapping software… Read more
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DrivenData – Data Science Competitions for Social Good
DrivenData.org is a relatively new site focused on running data science competitions for social good. Current and Previous competitions deal with: Finding Clean Water Donating Blood Spending for Education Modeling Healthcare Give it a try and Good Luck! Read more
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Data Science College Programs Across the Globe [Interactive Map]
Continuing this weeks theme on data science colleges, the nice folks at Silk.co created an interactive map of the Data Science University Programs across the globe. Click the map to view the interactive visualization. Where are the Programs? Based upon the visualization, it is easy to see most of the programs are in the United… Read more
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