Thu.Aug 08, 2019

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Knowing Your Neighbours: Machine Learning on Graphs

KDnuggets

Graph Machine Learning uses the network structure of the underlying data to improve predictive outcomes. Learn how to use this modern machine learning method to solve challenges with connected data.

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Why Python is getting more popular.and how to use it with SQL databases

IBM Big Data Hub

For the past nine years, Stack Overflow , a question-and-answer website for programmers, has polled developers to understand what technologies they are using and to find out what technologies they want to work with next. This year, the nearly 90,000 survey participants revealed that, once again, Python has risen in the ranks of language popularity.

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Data Science: Scientific Discipline or Business Process?

KDnuggets

Simply put, data science is an attempt to understand given data using the scientific method. That's why data science is a scientific discipline. You are free (and encouraged!) to apply data science to business use cases, just as you are encouraged to apply it to many other domains.

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Big Data Makes Black Hat Hackers More Terrifying Than Ever

Smart Data Collective

Big data is the lynchpin of new advances in cybersecurity. Unfortunately, predictive analytics and machine learning technology is a double-edged sword for cybersecurity. Hackers are also exploiting this technology, which means that there is a virtual arms race between cybersecurity companies and black hat cybercriminals. Datanami has talked about the ways that hackers use big data to coordinate attacks.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Inside Pluribus: Facebook’s New AI That Just Mastered the World’s Most Difficult Poker Game

KDnuggets

The reasons why Pluribus represents a major breakthrough in AI systems might result confusing to many readers. After all, in recent years AI researchers have made tremendous progress across different complex games. However, six-player, no-limit Texas Hold’em still remains one of the most elusive challenges for AI systems.

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5 things to know about Insight (spoiler: it’s not a bootcamp!)

Insight

5 things to know about Insight (Spoiler: it’s not a bootcamp!) Setting the record straight about the best program for transitioning to careers in data and tech New York Insight Fellows in June 2019 Over the past seven years, Insight has helped more than 2,000 Fellows transition into new careers in data and tech. For these Fellows, the experience is transformative; many of our alumni cite Insight as the best career move they’ve ever made.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 12

Domino Data Lab

Paco Nathan ‘s latest monthly article covers Sci Foo as well as why data science leaders should rethink hiring and training priorities for their data science teams. Introduction. Welcome back to our monthly burst of themespotting and conference summaries. In mid-July I got to attend Sci Foo , held at Google X. In this episode I’ll cover themes from Sci Foo and important takeaways that data science teams should be tracking.

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DataRobot in the Classroom: INSEAD Business School + Queen's University

DataRobot

You can’t appreciate the good without first going through the difficult.

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Nutanix Targets EPYC™ Single-Socket Appliances with AMD and HPE

Nutanix

Nutanix proudly participated at the general availability launch of the AMD EPYC™ family of processors.

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