Tag: computer science
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How to Become a Tech Lead: TDI 39
“How to become a tech lead – look for leadership opportunities every day when working with the team.” – via Panda (@hithisispanda) on Threads Welcome @hithisispanda, how did you discover software engineering as a career? Hi there @ryan.swanstrom , thanks for having me! My first experience with programming was actually a summer camp as a…
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Disinformation Research with @lucas_a_meyer: TDI 21
“In general, the most common use of the work I do is to remove bad stuff from the Internet or tag it as suspicious.” — Lucas A. Meyer (@lucas_a_meyer) on Threads Today we have @lucas_a_meyer. How did your career lead you to become a researcher in the AI and LLM space? Although I always wanted…
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Dot Com Boom Stories with @chris.mrbananas.greening: TDI 6
A fantastic Conversation about programming with Chris Greening. There is some history, stories, and wisdom in this interview.
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It’s Computer Science Education Week
Every year in Decemember, Code.org organizes a week to celebrate and teach computer science.
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Scratch Challenge 5 – Dance Off Solution
Here are videos with tips and hints to complete the Scratch Challenge 5 – Dance Off. Adding Sounds Adding Music Notes Adding Custom Sound Here is a complete solution to try, Dance Off.
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A Computer Science Ted Talk for Everyone (even homeschoolers)
Computer Science is for Everyone (from 2014) Hadi Partovi begins with a story of his childhood in Iran. Then he goes on to discuss the importance of teaching computer science. Finally, he finishes with the surprising and rapid spread of computer science courses in public schools. Because public schools do it, is not a reason…
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Building Data Science Skills as an Undergraduate
While there are a growing number of universities that offer undergraduate data science degrees, for one reason or another those programs may not be perfect for everyone interested in data science. So, what do you do if you attend a school that does not offer a data science degree? This is a question frequently asked…
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Free Stats book for Computer Scientists
Professor Norm Matloff from the University of California, Davis has published From Algorithms to Z-Scores: Probabilistic and Statistical Modeling in Computer Science which is an open textbook. It approaches statistics from a computer science perspective. Dr. Matloff has been both a professor of statistics and computer science so he is well suited to write such…
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Tips for Future Data Scientists
While preparing a for a recent talk I gave to an undergraduate audience, I started compiling some tips for future data scientists. The tips are intended for students (undergraduate and graduate) or anyone else planning to enter the field of data science. I asked a few of my data science friends and posted a question…
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Real-Time Machine Learning for Industry
Michael Cutler, cofounder of TUMRA, gave a nice talk to the University of Oxford Computer Science Department. The following quote from his talk sums up his idea. Given a choice between a “best guess” now, and a “marginally better” answer later, I’d take the best guess every time. Many times, academic people focus a lot…
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Coursera Adds 17 New Universities
Just Announced, Coursera adds 17 new universities. Those universities include Columbia and Brown, as well as a few international universities. A few notable courses for data science are: a new machine learning course from the University of Washington, Linear Algebra from Brown, and Natural Language Processing by Michael Collins from Columbia. See the following pages…
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Learn Computer Science For Data Science
Many aspects of computer science are fundamental to data science. A good data scientist has to be able to transform/extract/manipulate lots of data. Computer programming is the main technique for such operations. Here are numerous resources to help you learn the fundamentals of computer science. Online Computer Science Courses: Introductory Level If you are not…