Every graph, data set, and chart has a story behind it. Knowing how to make sense of that narrative across an organization requires data literacy. Increasing the data literacy of smaller teams can be complicated, but equiping an entire organization is an even bigger task. So many teams bring in so many different skill sets […]
Alegion Launches Alegion Flex for Data Science Teams
According to a recent press release, “Alegion, a leading machine learning data labeling company, announces the release of Alegion Flex, the first ML data solution designed specifically for machine learning experimentation. Alegion Flex brings the necessary adaptability and predictability to data science teams focused on rapid iteration, not just production initiatives. Alegion Flex allows for […]
Data Versioning Matters to Data Science
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently published a case study about how the Allen Institute for Cell Science — which was founded by Microsoft’s Paul Allen to research how the human brain works in health and disease — is taking new steps to make its data and metadata easy to access, search, and redistribute for internal […]
Data Architecture and Data Science: What is the Intersection?
Data Science, in practice, should ultimately combine the best practices of information technology, analytics, and business. On the other hand, Data Architecture enables data scientists to analyze and share data throughout the enterprise for strategic decision-making. Thus, without a sound Data Architecture in place, data scientists will remain severely handicapped in their abilities to develop […]
Data Strategy Trends in 2020
When it comes to having a Data Strategy, are you there yet? Remember, a real Data Strategy isn’t a road stop. It’s the destination. There’s optimism that Data Strategy in 2020 will be on the highway somewhere between those two points. Much of the good vibe is created by the fact that business stakeholders are […]
StreamSets Expands Databricks Partnership With New Connector for Delta Lake
A new press release reports, “StreamSets®, provider of the industry’s first DataOps platform, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Databricks by participating in Databricks’ newly launched Data Ingestion Network. As part of the expanded partnership, StreamSets is offering additional functionality with a new connector for Delta Lake, an open source project that provides […]
Four Artificial Intelligence Use Cases in 2020
Click to learn more about author Anis Uzzaman. As the new year and decade have dawned, the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence and its impact in 2020 and beyond shows no signs of slowing down. AI has now been incorporated into the everyday life of consumers in the developed world, largely driven by the emergence of […]
Regularization for Logistic Regression: L1, L2, Gauss or Laplace?
Click to learn more about author Kathrin Melcher. Regularization can be used to avoid overfitting. But what actually is regularization, what are the common techniques, and how do they differ? Well, according to Ian Goodfellow [1]: “Regularization is any modification we make to a learning algorithm that is intended to reduce its generalization error but […]
Oracle Announces Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform
According to a recent press release, “Oracle today announced the availability of the Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform. At the core is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science, helping enterprises to collaboratively build, train, manage and deploy machine learning models to increase the success of data science projects. Unlike other data science products that focus on […]
Need a Push? Agile Thinking Gets You Over the Hump
Click here to learn more about author Jim Sawyer. Sometimes, we just need to start. We need to ignore our internal excuses and just do something. But it can be tough to do that when the business issues we are trying to inform are nebulous and ill-defined. Regardless of our personalities, inertia often confronts us […]