The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

If $Y$ at that point is (statistically and practically) significantly better than our current operating point, and that point is deemed acceptable, we update the system parameters to this better value. And we can keep repeating this approach, relying on intuition and luck. Why experiment with several parameters concurrently?

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

Domino Data Lab

JANUARY 24, 2019

In 2018 we saw the “data science platform” market rapidly crystallize into three distinct product segments. This group of solutions targets code-first data scientists who use statistical programming languages and spend their days in computational notebooks (e.g., Reflections. Code-first data science platforms. Jupyter) or IDEs (e.g.,

Data Science 65

Data Science Marketing Data-driven Statistics 65

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 19, 2021

We’ll look at this later, but being able to reproduce experimental results is critical to any science, and it’s a well-known problem in AI. In contrast, in our 2018 report, Asia was behind in mature practices, though it had a markedly higher number of respondents in the “early adopter” or “exploring” stages. Bottlenecks to AI adoption.

Enterprise 356

Enterprise Modeling Risk Manufacturing 356

Business Over Broadway

MAY 22, 2019

For those of you who are interested, here is Gartner’s latest (2018) hype cycle on emerging technologies. According to Gartner, companies need to adopt these practices: build culture of collaboration and experimentation; start with a 3-way partnership among executives leading digital initiative, line of business and IT.

Machine Learning 40

Machine Learning Technology Digital Transformation Data Science 40

Data Science and Beyond

JULY 22, 2018

Two years later, I published a post on my then-favourite definition of data science , as the intersection between software engineering and statistics. This article is a short summary of my understanding of the definition of data science in 2018. Even better – I still get paid for being a data scientist. But what does it mean?

Data Science 79

Data Science Machine Learning Statistics Predictive Modeling 79

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

It is 2018—why are there still light gray below-the-fold add to cart buttons? I mean developing and inserting a subtle collection of gentle nudges that can help increase the conversion rate by a statistically significant amount. Still, I’m heartbroken that some the simplest elements of ecommerce stink so much. youarekillingme.

Strategy 124

Strategy Cost-Benefit Testing Sales 124

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

At the top-right, you’ll discover my obsession with Profit and Incrementality, which form the basis of competitive advantage in 2018 (and beyond). Ignore the metrics produced as an experimental exercise nine months ago. Ignore the metrics whose only purpose is to float along the river of data pukes.

Analytics 93

Analytics Metrics Strategy Measurement 93