Sat.Nov 09, 2019 - Fri.Nov 15, 2019

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Designing For Data Protection

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary The practice of data management is one that requires technical acumen, but there are also many policy and regulatory issues that inform and influence the design of our systems. With the introduction of legal frameworks such as the EU GDPR and California’s CCPA it is necessary to consider how to implement data protectino and data privacy principles in the technical and policy controls that govern our data platforms.

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How to Speed up Pandas by 4x with one line of code

KDnuggets

While Pandas is the library for data processing in Python, it isn't really built for speed. Learn more about the new library, Modin, developed to distribute Pandas' computation to speedup your data prep.

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Rich Model, Poor Model

Teradata

An integrated data foundation allows data science models to be more accurate, actionable and engage more customers. Find out how your model can positively impact your bottom line.

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Workforce Analytics is Reinventing HR

U-Next

Introduction to Workforce Analytics Today, the need to understand what attracts skillful individuals to join an organization, stay motivated, and deliver outstanding results has become more important than ever. However, this is not a task which can be shouldered by the HR team alone; they need the right tools to deliver optimal results. Over the years, organizations around the globe have spent billions of dollars on employee performance analysis, talent recruitment, leadership training, and deve

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Page Simulator

Netflix Tech

Page Simulation for Better Offline Metrics at Netflix by David Gevorkyan , Mehmet Yilmaz , Ajinkya More , Gaurav Agrawal , Richard Wellington , Vivek Kaushal , Prasanna Padmanabhan , Justin Basilico At Netflix, we spend a lot of effort to make it easy for our members to find content they will love. To make this happen, we personalize many aspects of our service, including which movies and TV shows we present on each member’s homepage.

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How Data Analytics Can Assist in Fraud Detection

KDnuggets

A primary advantage of data analytics tools is that they can handle massive quantities of information at once. These solutions typically learn what's normal within a collection of information and how to spot anomalies.

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The Complete Data Science LinkedIn Profile Guide

KDnuggets

With so many Data Scientists showing up on LinkedIn, it's time to make sure your profile is top-notch because your talent is still highly sought after. Recruitment specialists want to find you fast, and this guide will help you create the best profile to feature your expertise.

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Transfer Learning Made Easy: Coding a Powerful Technique

KDnuggets

While the revolution of deep learning now impacts our daily lives, these networks are expensive. Approaches in transfer learning promise to ease this burden by enabling the re-use of trained models -- and this hands-on tutorial will walk you through a transfer learning technique you can run on your laptop.

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Topics Extraction and Classification of Online Chats

KDnuggets

This article provides covers how to automatically identify the topics within a corpus of textual data by using unsupervised topic modelling, and then apply a supervised classification algorithm to assign topic labels to each textual document by using the result of the previous step as target labels.

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Beginners Guide to the Three Types of Machine Learning

KDnuggets

The following article is an introduction to classification and regression — which are known as supervised learning — and unsupervised learning — which in the context of machine learning applications often refers to clustering — and will include a walkthrough in the popular python library scikit-learn.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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On the sensationalism of artificial intelligence news

KDnuggets

With artificial intelligence and machine learning now a mainstay of our daily awareness, news organizations have been seen to overstate the reality behind progress in the field. Learn more about recent examples of media hyperbole and explore why this may be happening.

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How to Visualize Data in Python (and R)

KDnuggets

Producing accessible data visualizations is a key data science skill. The following guidelines will help you create the best representations of your data using R and Python's Pandas library.

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Python Lists and List Manipulation

KDnuggets

In Python, lists store an ordered collection of items which can be of different types. This post is an overview of lists and their manipulation.

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Research Guide for Depth Estimation with Deep Learning

KDnuggets

In this guide, we’ll look at papers aimed at solving the problems of depth estimation using deep learning.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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How I Got Better at Machine Learning

KDnuggets

Check out this author's collection of tips and tricks that I learned over the years to get better at Machine Learning.

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Testing Your Machine Learning Pipelines

KDnuggets

Let’s take a look at traditional testing methodologies and how we can apply these to our data/ML pipelines.

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AI ROI: The Questions You Need To Be Asking

KDnuggets

During this free Metis Corporate Training webinar, Dec 5 @ 12pm ET, Kerstin Frailey, Senior Data Scientist and Head of Executive Corporate Training at Metis, will walk through what you need to ask before, during, and after the lifetime of a data science project to accurately assess its impact on the business.

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Tips for a cost-effective machine learning project

KDnuggets

Spoiler: you don’t need a VM running 24/7 to handle 16 requests a day.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Python Workout / Practices of a Python Pro / Classic Computer Science Problems in Python

KDnuggets

Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, there’s always new ways you can improve your Python coding. Save 40% off this trio of Manning Python books today! Just enter the code nlpropython40 at checkout when you buy from manning.com.

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KDnuggets™ News 19:n43, Nov 13: Dynamic Reports in Python and R; Creating NLP Vocabularies; What is Data Science?

KDnuggets

On KDnuggets this week: Orchestrating Dynamic Reports in Python and R with Rmd Files; How to Create a Vocabulary for NLP Tasks in Python; What is Data Science?; The Complete Data Science LinkedIn Profile Guide; Set Operations Applied to Pandas DataFrames; and much, much more.

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Understanding NLP and Topic Modeling Part 1

KDnuggets

In this post, we seek to understand why topic modeling is important and how it helps us as data scientists.

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Top Stories, Nov 4-10: 10 Free Must-read Books on AI

KDnuggets

Also: Understanding Boxplots; Probability Learning: Maximum Likelihood; Designing Your Neural Networks; Facebook Has Been Quietly Open Sourcing Some Amazing Deep Learning Capabilities for PyTorch; 5 Statistical Traps Data Scientists Should Avoid.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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Top KDnuggets tweets, Nov 06-12: 10 FREE must-read ebooks on AI. Things just keep getting more interesting in the field, so use these resources to stay up to speed.

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Also: It's time to make your Data Science LinkedIn profile ready for recruiters.; Python Libraries for Interpretable Machine Learning - KDnuggets; Process your data with Pandas up to 4x faster with this new Python library.; How to Extract Google Maps Coordinates.

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MLOps for production-level machine learning [Nov 14 Webinar]

KDnuggets

This live webinar, Nov 14 @ 12pm EST, on MLOps for production-level machine learning, will detail MLOps, a compound of “machine learning” and “operations”, a practice for collaboration and communication between data scientists and operations professionals to help manage the production machine learning lifecycle. Register now.

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How to Extract Google Maps Coordinates

KDnuggets

In this article, I will show you how to quickly extract Google Maps coordinates with a simple and easy method.

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Page Simulator

Netflix Tech

Page Simulation for Better Offline Metrics at Netflix by David Gevorkyan , Mehmet Yilmaz , Ajinkya More , Gaurav Agrawal , Richard Wellington , Vivek Kaushal , Prasanna Padmanabhan , Justin Basilico At Netflix, we spend a lot of effort to make it easy for our members to find content they will love. To make this happen, we personalize many aspects of our service, including which movies and TV shows we present on each member’s homepage.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Page Simulator

Netflix Tech

Page Simulation for Better Offline Metrics at Netflix by David Gevorkyan , Mehmet Yilmaz , Ajinkya More , Gaurav Agrawal , Richard Wellington , Vivek Kaushal , Prasanna Padmanabhan , Justin Basilico At Netflix, we spend a lot of effort to make it easy for our members to find content they will love. To make this happen, we personalize many aspects of our service, including which movies and TV shows we present on each member’s homepage.

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Facebook Adds This New Framework to It’s Reinforcement Learning Arsenal

KDnuggets

ReAgent is a new framework that streamlines the implementation of reasoning systems.

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