Tag: NYC
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Open Data is Important For Cities
Ben Wellington gives an excellent Ted Talk on open data. He argues that cities need to make more of an effort to release data in a standardized and machine-readable format. This could help cities be safer and fiscally responsible. He is hoping New York City sets the standards for open data for cities. As a…
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3 Questions with Metis: A Data Science Bootcamp
Do you need to build your skills to land that dream job as a data scientist? Well, Metis Data Science Bootcamp in New York City offers a 12 week program to do just that. The program sounds fantastic with a few of the highlights being: help landing a job, great guest speakers, no PhD required,…
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Got a PhD? Want to spend 6 weeks in NYC to become a Data Scientist?
The Data Incubator in New York City is a new data science bootcamp. The program is run by Michael Li, a Princeton PhD and former Foursquare data scientist Located in New York City Tuition is Free Help with job placement Session runs from January 5, 2015 to February 13, 2015 Don’t delay! It is highly…
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Data Science Productivity Platform
Tristan Zajonc, cofounder of Sense Platform, gave a recent thought-provoking talk at Data Driven NYC. He spoke about the future of data science productivity. According to Tristan: In the next 2 or 3 years, everybody doing data science should be using a data science productivity platform…a cloud-based data science platform. In addition to the productivity…
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Strata + Hadoop World 2013 Live Stream
The 2013 Strata + Hadoop World Conference is currently going on in New York City. Many of the keynotes will have video streaming live on Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct 29 and 30). Watch and enjoy. If for some reason you cannot watch via the livestream, most of the keynotes are usually placed on Youtube shortly…
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Data Gotham 2013 Videos
In case you do not live in New York City or you did not attend Data Gotham, do not worry because nearly all the videos and talks are posted on the Data Gotham 2013 Youtube page. Below is a panel discussion on data and privacy.
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Another Data Science Program in NYC (also online)
Recently, both NYU and Columbia launched academic programs in data science. Well, another school in New York City is entering the mix. The City University of New York (CUNY) is now offering an online masters degree in data analytics. If you would like more information, there will be an online information session on May 22.