Ryan Swanstrom

Tag: analytics

  • Where Should I focus my learning? – Data Science Question

    I have been getting this question a lot lately, so I recorded my current answer. If you are interested in more videos like this, please subscribe to the Youtube Channel, Learn Data Science. Got a question you would like answered? Let me know in the comments.

  • NBA Basketball Analytics Hackathon

    The National Basketball Association is hosting an Analytics Hackathon. Application are accepted until August 6, 2017 and the actual competition occurs on September 23-24, 2017. The competition has 2 focus areas: Basketball Analytics Business Analytics The prizes for winning consist of: Lunch with NBA Commissioner A trip to the All-Star Game Tickets to a game…

  • Georgia Tech Masters in Analytics for Less than $10k

    Georgia Tech University just announced a new online master’s degree in Analytics. Georgia Tech Creates First Online Master of Science in Analytics Degree for Less Than $10,000 The degree will begin in August 2017 and will be fully online. It will offer 3 tracks: Big Data Analytical Tools Business Analytics (coming at a later date)

  • Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition

    The 2016 Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition (MUDAC) will be held at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota on April 2 and 3. What is MUDAC? MUDAC is an intense 2-day analytics competition aimed at undergraduate students. Teams compete to solve a problem posed by an external organization. Who can compete? Teams of 3 to…

  • Introduction to Microsoft R Open (Webinar)

    Tomorrow, January 28, 2016, David Smith will present a webinar titled Introduction to Microsoft R Open. David is the R Community Lead at Microsoft. The webinar will discuss: Introduction to R History of R Enhancements of Microsoft R Open (Microsoft’s enhanced distribution of open-source R) CRAN Time Machine Reproducible Data Analysis If you are looking…

  • Analytics vs Data Science

    Analytics vs Data Science

    The lines between analytics and data science can definitely be very blurry. Different companies might call the same position by two different names, but at their core, they do have some differences. Below is an infographic from the faculty of the Online MS in Analytics at American University. I think the infographic is accurate. In…

  • Free Data Science Book for Ordinary People

    A great read for people without an extensive math, statistics or computer science background. And still an interesting read for those people. The book includes tons of non-technical descriptions for data science terms. You can download a copy of the book on SlideShare, or you can purchase a paperback copy via Lulu.

  • Building an Analytics Team at 500px – Helpful Advice

    Organizations everywhere are racing to build analytics/data science teams. Big Data is everywhere and companies don’t want to fall behind. Unfortunately, many organizations are struggling to get started because of questions similar to the following: How will Analytics help us? What does an analytics team look like in our organization? How do we start? Luckily,…

  • List of Over 200 Data Science College Programs

    My previous list of Colleges with Data Science Degrees has grown very large, and numerous people have requested the ability to sort and/or filter. Thus, I built a new list. It is available at: Data Science Colleges. As far as I know, this is the most comprehensive list of data science programs available. Here are…

  • A Big Data Infographic

    This infographic explains the Three V’s of big data, contains a nice list of analytical techniques, related trends and some other information. Big Data Snapshot infographic

  • Best Free Data Mining Tools

    I recently saw the article, The Best Data Mining Tools You Can Use for Free in Your Company. It contains a very brief description of each of the following tools. RapidMiner RapidAnalytics Weka PSPP KNIME Orange Apache Mahout jHepWork Rattle See The Best Data Mining Tools You Can Use for Free in Your Company for…

  • Buffalo Bills to start advanced analytics department

    Even the NFL is getting into data analysis these days. Buffalo Bills to start advanced analytics department Personal note: Like many American children, I grew up dreaming of playing professional football in the NFL. Also, like many American children, that dream did not come true. Maybe now I could try to make the NFL as…