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With high profile security breaches like Equifax, the publicity over data security, as well as the cost, has only continued to grow. According to The… Read More »Resolving the Cyber Skills Gap & Talent Shortage

My new book may be of interest to some members.   Kindle edition: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics-ebook/…; Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/197… Companion site: https://analytics-book.com/     Preface Often termed as the ‘new gold,’… Read More »New Book: Creating Value with Social Media Analytics

Reinforcement Learning (RL) –  3rd / last post in this sub series “Machine Learning Type” under master series “Machine Learning Explained“. Next sub series “Machine… Read More »Reinforcement Learning – Reward for Learning

Data Dictionary to Meta Data III is the third and final blog devoted to demonstrating the automation of meta data creation for the American Community… Read More »Reticulating Python and R — the American Community Survey Data Dictionary to Meta Data III.

The European General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force on May 25, 2018. These regulations will have a significant impact on existing data… Read More »What Does GDPR Mean For Your Business?

In my previous tutorial we created heatmaps of Seattle 911 call volume by various time periods and groupings.   The analysis was based on a dataset which provides Seattle 911… Read More »Map plots created with R and ggmap

Developed at MIT’s Sloan School of Management in 1950s system dynamics is a methodological approach to model the behavior of complex systems, where change in… Read More »Data Science meets System Dynamics

Summary: Not everyone wants to invest the time and money to become a data scientist, and if you’re mid-career the barriers are even higher.  If… Read More »Data Engineer and Business Analyst Might be the Best Data Science Opportunities