DataViZ, Data Science and Machine Learning White Papers - Part 1

We start this four-part whitepaper series with Tableau. Tableau is business intelligence software that helps people see and understand their data. You can add scientific articles relevant to data science, IoT, machine learning, deep learning, big data, dataviz, stats, operations research, AI, machine-to-machine communications, scientific programming and related topics in the comment section below.

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Tableau Whitepapers

Building Dashboards That Flow - Tableau - How to Build Dashboards That Persuade, Inform and Engage
Do your dashboards tell the story you want to get across or does your data get lost in a sea of pixels? Tableau strives to keep our users in the flow with software centered on principles of design, cognition, and perception. The same principles apply to great dashboards.
The Top 10 Business Intelligence Trends for 2016 - Business intelligence initiatives continue to top the priorities list for leaders in every industry. Executives and employees alike both expect and demand simplified, faster, and mobile tools to see and understand their data.
Simple data strategy boosts key LinkedIn metric by 85% - The Simple Data Strategy that Helped LinkedIn Boost Revenue by 85%. Using Data and Interactive Reporting to Drive Sales. LinkedIn has become the world’s largest professional networking platform. As one of the Web’s modern-day giants, LinkedIn has access to extensive data on its users and prospects—but wanted to up the ante for business-to-business (B2B) sales by using data even more.
Which chart or graph is right for you? - Which chart or graph is right for you? Learn how to tell impactful stories with data. You've got data and you've got questions. But which graph helps your audience make better decisions faster?
Whitepaper: The Power of R and Visual Analytics - The Power of R and Visual Analytics. How to make sense of large, complex datasets quickly. By combining the statistical horsepower of R with user-friendly visual analytics, organizations can further leverage the work of data scientists by empowering any business user to explore and understand the results.
The Internet of Things Opportunity - The Internet of Things Opportunity. With the rise of low-cost sensors, connectivity everywhere, and our fast-growing volume of data, the Internet of Things is likely to reshape the world as we know it. The possibilities are immense, but so are the challenges.
5 Things Your Spreadsheets Can't Do - 5 Things Your Spreadsheets Can't Do. For many, Excel is the go-to analysis tool of choice. However, trying to use spreadsheets for advanced, responsive analytics, or analysing large volumes of data, is using the wrong tool for the job.
10 Cloud Trends for 2016 - Whitepaper - Once a year Tableau steps back to take stock of big changes in the cloud. This paper details the trends that stand out for us in 2016.
Whitepaper: Best Practices for Google BigQuery & Tableau - Learn how to analyze big data in the cloud and quickly get answers with Google BigQuery and Tableau. By optimizing the two technologies together you can yield significant performance gains from your data, speeding up your queries from minutes to literally seconds.
Using visualization to share the human impact of numbers - Tableau ... - Using visualization to share the human impact of numbers. What every data scientist should know Storytelling is a cornerstone of the human experience. Throughout human history, we have developed new mediums for telling stories—from oral histories to printed books to movies and even comic books.
How measurement drives behavior - Tableau whitepaper - Measurement Drives Behaviour. What every data scientist should know. In a series of papers, Frank Buytendijk examines the people side of business performance and business intelligence. How does measurement affect human behavior and what does a rational decision making process look like?
7 Trends in Big Data - White Paper - Big Data Trends in 2015. Learn how the wave of data innovation is far from over. Once a year we step back to take stock of the big changes in the world of data. This whitepaper details the trends that stand out to us for 2015.
Advanced Analytics with Tableau - Whitepaper - Advanced Analytics with Tableau. Deep statistical analysis meets an intuitive, drag-and-drop visual analytics environment. Advanced analytics is an integral part of Tableau’s mission to help people see and understand their data. Read this whitepaper to learn how Tableau can help with all stages of an analytics project by using advanced capabilities.
Big Data Trends for 2016 - Learn how the wave of data innovation is far from over. Once a year we step back to take stock of the big changes in the world of data. This whitepaper details the trends that stand out to us for 2016.
5 Lessons from History's Early Data Rockstars - 5 Lessons from Early Data Rockstars.See how history has told impactful stories with data. Data visualization has a rich and exciting history. The pioneers, data rockstars in their day, developed new ways of looking at and showing data. What are the most important lessons we can learn from and apply to what we do today?