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Open Data 500
Are you involved with a business that uses open government data? If so, please register to become a part of Open Data 500 to make the list of 500 companies benefiting from open government data. The Open Data 500 list is being compiled by The Governance Lab at New York University. The goal of the… Read more
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More Deep Learning Resources
Recently, MIT Technology Review ran an article about the new uses of deep learning at Facebook. Facebook would like to use deep learning to understand more about its users. They have assembled quite a team. If you are looking to learn more about deep learning, Andrew Ng, cofounder of Coursera, has some course materials on… Read more
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Upcoming Data Science Webinar
On October 16, 2013, Kalido will be hosting another data science webinar, Data Science: Not Just For Big Data. David Smith of Revolution Analytics and Gregory Piatetsky of KDNuggets will be presenting in an open-panel discussion on data science. The emphasis will be placed on extracting insights from data sets that are not big. If… Read more
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A Course in Machine Learning (free book)
Hal Daumé III, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, has placed the contents of his book online. The book is titled A Course in Machine Learning. Here is a small sampling of the chapters from A Course in Machine Learning: Decision Trees Linear Models Neural Networks Ensemble Methods Bayesian Learning Read more
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Data Mining and Analysis Textbook (Free Download)
Mohammed J. Zaki, Computer Science Professor at RPI, and Wagner Meira Jr., Computer Science Professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, have written the textbook Data Mining and Analysis: Fundamental Concepts and Algorithms. The book is currently available as a PDF download. Based upon the chapters, the book looks very good. It contains large sections… Read more
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SciPy 2013 Videos
The videos from the SciPy 2013 conference are all available online. See all the videos at the Lanyard SciPy 2013 Conference Directory. Here are a few of my other favorite videos: SciPy 2013 Keynote: IPython: the method behind the madness SciPy 2013 Keynote: The New Scientific Publishers Reproducible Documents with PythonTeX; SciPy 2013 Presentation Julia… Read more
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Beyond Alphabet Soup: 5 Guidelines For Data Sharing
Beyond Alphabet Soup: 5 Guidelines For Data Sharing is an excellent post by Markets for Good and Palantir Technologies. Below are the 5 Guidelines. Release structured raw data others can use Make your data machine-readable Make your data human-readable Use an open-data format Release responsibly and plan ahead See the full blog post with detailed… Read more
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Big Data, Fantasy Football, and the NFL
I sometimes tell people I grew up dreaming of being the next Jerry Rice. My football career did not turn out as successful as his, but I was thrilled to find him in the middle of a new trend between big data and football. As the new NFL and college football seasons begin, there is… Read more
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Data Mining MOOC
The University of Waikato in New Zealand will be offering a free online course titled, Data Mining with Weka. Weka is a widely-used toolkit for data mining and machine learning. The University of Waikato developed the toolkit. Don’t wait too long to sign up, the course starts September 9, 2013. Here is a video of… Read more
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7 Important Data Science Papers
It is back-to-school time, and here are some papers to keep you busy this school year. All the papers are free. This list is far from exhaustive, but these are some important papers in data science and big data. Google Search PageRank – This is the paper that explains the algorithm behind Google search. Hadoop… Read more
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Wireless Communication Without a Battery
The University of Washington is developing wireless devices that can operate without a battery. The devices operate by reflecting radio waves in the air. Although I can think of many uses for these devices, the article points out one in particular. For example, sensors placed in a bridge could monitor the health of the concrete… Read more
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Free Big Data Analytics For Dummies eBook
Alteryx is offering the book, Big Data Analytics For Dummies, for free. If you are new to the term big data, this book provides a brief (about 40 pages) overview of the topic and what big data should be able to do for your company. You have to register, but it is worth it for… Read more
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