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Data Science Links from Recent Days
Computer scientists discover statistics and find it useful – Ever wonder why computer scientists are getting all the attention for data science? Well, computer scientists stole ideas from statistics. Read the article and it will make more sense. Top 3 Myths About Data Science – Here is a highlight of the myths: Data science is… Read more
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Data and Innovation Video
Jeff Hammerbacher, founder and Chief Scientist of Cloudera, gives a nice talk about data science. He explains what he has done in the past, and what he plans to do in the future. It is the second video, I have posted recently, emphasizing the importance of data science for more than just advertising. Jeff is… Read more
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Learn R for Free at Code School
Code School is offering a course title Try R. The course is completely free and can be completed online with the interactive tutorial. You will learn by doing. If you have been looking to learn R or need a quick refresher, this is probably a very good option. Read more
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Big Data Education
I recently read, Big Data Education: 3 Steps Universities must take Here are the 3 steps listed: Data Science cannot be an undergraduate degree A graduate degree should contain math, stats and computer science Research Step 2 seems obvious. Math, stats, and computer science are some of the key areas for data science. I would… Read more
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Data Scientist Google Trends
Google Trends for Data Scientist The search tern “data scientist” has exploded in popularity in the last 18 months. Most of the interest appears to be coming from the U.S., India, and the U.K. Anyhow, I just thought the page was fun to look at. Read more
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About the Human Face of Big Data
To start, here is a nice quote from the video. The quote is from Eric Schmidt of Google. From the dawn of civilization until 2003, humankind generated 5 exabytes of data. Now we produce 5 exabytes of data every two days. …and the pace is accelerating Rick Smolan provides a good talk. He is behind… Read more
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Interactive Data Visualization for the Web – Free Online Textbook
Interactive Data Visualization for the Web – OFPS – O'Reilly Media is an open textbook for using D3, a javascript library, to merge the following practices. Data Visualization Interactive Design Web Development The book is in early release and all the sections are available. You are also welcome to comment on any part of the… Read more
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Cleaning out an old project
While working on Data Science 201, I was cleaning out some old projects. I found this one interesting, especially since the Christmas shopping season has started. I named it 34 and More and put it up on Heroku. All it does is query the Google Shopping API and return the results. It works best on… Read more
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3 Key Missions For Data Science
Tim Estes, CEO of Digital Reasoning, provides a challenging talk at Hadoop World Strata 2012. Tim challenges Data Scientists to quit focusing on displaying advertisements and start focusing on the following 3 missions. Security And Freedom of the World Financial Risk Health Take 15 minutes and watch the video. Then be inspired to go change… Read more
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Hadoop World/Strata NYC 2012 Videos
The videos for the Hadoop World/Strata 2012 Conference in New York City are posted on Youtube. Enjoy some video viewing experience. I may be posting some of my favorites in the coming days. Read more
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Data Science: It’s Not All About Business
Recently, a great comment was posted on the list of Colleges With Data Science Degrees. Currently, many of the data science related college programs are being built in the Business Department. While it is great that colleges are starting to build data science programs, data science is so much bigger than just business. This was… Read more
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Four data themes to watch from Strata + Hadoop World 2012 – Strata
via Four data themes to watch from Strata + Hadoop World 2012 – Strata. In-memory data storage SQL and SQL-like tools matter The 80% rule for data preparation Asking the right question Read more
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