Tutorial Day at Strata Data San Jose, 2018
Tuesday of Strata Data Conference is my favorite of the four days. The calm before the storm of the keynotes and short presentations of Wednesday-Thursday, Tuesday revolv...
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Data Scientists need designer labels too
Labels are how humans define and categorise different concepts. There’s lots of evolutionary psychology, neuroscience and linguistics behind this, but without going int...
MIT IQ Initiative Is Taking A Different Approach To AI Research
“By tapping the united strength of these and other interlocking fields and capitalizing on what they can teach each other, we seek to answer the deepest questions about...
How can actuarial science skills be applied in investment banking?
To understand how skills in actuarial science can be applied to investment banking we need to understand what actuarial science deals with. So what is actuarial science? ...
The Concept of Datafication; Definition & Examples
This article was written by Margarita Shilova. Datafication is a buzzword of the last several years, that is used actively along Big Data industry. Honestly, if you wou...
Curve Fitting using Linear and Nonlinear Regression
This article was written by Jim Frost. In regression analysis, curve fitting is the process of specifying the model that provides the best fit to the specific curves in y...
Why is it so hard to train data scientists?
Some time ago I met a colleague who expressed her disappointment from two data scientists that she hired. These were the first employees with a data science degree hired ...
Most Data Science Job Ads are Targeted to Young People – And How to Get a Job at Facebook
If you are on Facebook, you’ve probably seen their ads to attract candidates to data science positions. You’ve probably seen ads featuring many young women wo...
Cliff Notes for Managing the Data Science Function
Summary: There are an increasing number of larger companies that have truly embraced advanced analytics and deploy fairly large numbers of data scientists. Many of th...
Big Data to Pave the Way for Smart Cities
There have been a lot of discussions regarding the concept of a ‘Smart City’ for quite some time now. ‘Cities’ are now being considered ‘Future Smart Cities’....