Click to learn more about author Alex Paretski. Statistics as a branch of applied mathematics plays an important role in identifying hidden patterns in data. That’s why it is frequently used interchangeably with broader terms such as Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, and Machine Learning. Not only is this comparison technically incorrect, but it […]
Data Science in 90 Seconds: Decision Trees
Click to learn more about video blogger Laura Kahn. This is Lesson 9 in the Data Science in 90 Seconds video blog series from host Laura Kahn. The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Science such as Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, K-Means Clustering, Naive Bayes, Decision Trees and Random Forests, Ridge Regression, […]
SnapLogic Introduces Self-Service Solution for End-to-End Machine Learning
Recently, SnapLogic, the #1 intelligent integration platform provider, announced SnapLogic Data Science. This a new self-service solution, designed to accelerate the development/deployment of Machine Learning with minimal coding. Data engineers, IT/DevOps teams, and Data Scientists can use SnapLogic Data Science to control and manage the entire Machine Learning lifecycle – including data exploration and preparation, data […]
Monetizing Information? Show Me Your Data Model
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. I recently (finally) had the opportunity to read Doug Laney’s fine book about Infonomics. I have followed his work on this for years, because we share the ambition that data and information should be recognized as assets, just like factory equipment and trucks. Because data keep the […]
Datawatch Angoss Simplifies Data Science and Analytic Tasks on the Apache Spark Platform
A recent press release reports, “Datawatch Corporation today announced the general availability of Datawatch Angoss KnowledgeSTUDIO for Apache Spark, enabling organizations to act more confidently with their data and rely on consistent, trustful results in making better business decisions. In combination with its market-leading data visualization approach for building, exploring and segmenting data using patented […]
Contemporary Data Scientists: Working Machine Learning at Scale
In a recent Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms report, it was expressed that the Data Science and Machine Learning platform market will be in a state of flux over the next few years. Among the drivers of change will be providing Data Scientists with the ability to manage models and collaborate […]
Practicing Data Science
Click to learn more about author Rosaria Silipo. There are many declinations of Data Science projects: with or without labeled data; stopping at data wrangling or involving Machine Learning algorithms; predicting classes or predicting numbers; with unevenly distributed classes, with binary classes, or even with no examples at all of one of the classes; with […]
M.S. in Data Science Curriculum
Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. I’ve been blogging on Business Intelligence/Analytics/Data Science for 12 years. And I’ve been recruiting analytics candidates from top colleges for my consulting firms for even longer. Those who read my blogs know I’m pretty opinionated about what I look for in new grads, preferring students committed to […]
Scoop Up AI’s Benefits, Skip its Risks and Pitfalls
Click to learn more about author Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. It seems everyone is awash in enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL). Indeed, there’s a lot of business advantage, both tactical and strategic, to be had from the technology. But there’s potential business risk as well, and a […]
Five Tips to Completing Analytics’ Infamous “Last Mile” in 2019
Click to learn more about author Mike Lamble. In 2017, the term “Data Scientist” was LinkedIn’s fastest growing job title; yet, in the same year, McKinsey reported that less than 10 percent of Analytic Models that are developed actually make it to production where they can deliver ROI. The bottleneck lies in what industry insiders call […]