BIOS | · 9 min read By: Alix Ventures — Supporting Early Stage Life Science Startups Driving Patient Impact Intro It’s no secret that the traditional drug discovery model is expensive, time-consuming, and has recently produced compounds with marginal efficacy in clinical trials and high failure rates. Large biopharma companies are increasingly outsourcing R&D to academic labs and small/mid-size startups via licensing partnerships […]
Video Interview: Advice for “Aspiring” Data Scientists – Landing That First Job
In this interview with Data Scientist Mark Meloon, we turn the tables and I provide advice to “aspiring” Data Scientists on how to land that first job. It’s broker down into 10 Parts (by question.). Enjoy!
Common Machine Learning Algorithms for Beginners
26 Mar 2021 | Source According to a recent study, machine learning algorithms are expected to replace 25% of the jobs across the world, in the next 10 years. With the rapid growth of big data and availability of programming tools like Python and R –machine learning is gaining mainstream presence for data scientists. Machine learning applications […]
How Machine Learning is Transforming Drug Discovery
STANFORD ENGINEERING STAFF November 10, 2020 Daphne Koller, a veteran of AI, explains why she left academia for a chance to change the pharmaceutical industry. STOCKSY/SERGIO MARCOS How can AI influence medicine and biology? In a world where a drug takes years and billions of dollars to develop, just one in 20 candidates makes it to […]
The Future of Natural Language Processing
By Guest Blogger: Edward Huskin | Within the past 3 or 4 years, natural language processing has made the kind of indelible mark on life that cannot be ignored. Thanks to its processes, we can now order stuff online without getting up from the bed. We can understand a Chinese speech as it is being […]
“The Quantum Computing Era Is Here. Why It Matters—And How It May Change Our World.”
Source:(AI & Data Science in Trading) 2020 Hyper-accurate long-term weather forecasting. Life-saving drugs discovered through deep study of the behavior of complex molecules. New synthetic carbon-capturing materials to help reverse climate change caused by fossil fuels. Stable, long-lasting batteries to power electric vehicles and store green energy for the utility grid. It may read like […]
Which Is the Best Framework for Machine Learning?
Author: Edward Huskin Implementing a neural network from scratch is a deeply valuable exercise, especially for someone just picking up on the fundamentals of machine learning. Once all the concepts have sunk in, writing a library that does something as common as image classification, and OCR is basically attempting to reinvent the wheel. Rather than […]
Guide: Data Science Degree Fundamentals and Affordable Online Colleges List
The students studying computer science and data understand that they have a lot of options to consider when it comes to choosing a career. While they may have plenty of resources to refer to when studying in their courses, quality materials that stay current with degree developments and costs are typically in less supply, though […]
Insurance Disruption: How Blockchain is Transforming the Industry
NOVEMBER 2019 | INSURANCE | By JENNA TROPEA
For years, the traditional insurance business model has proven to be a surprisingly resilient one. However, traditional insurance is beginning to feel the digital effect as emerging technologies change the way consumers interact with businesses and how products and services are delivered. There’s a general perception that the global insurance industry lags behind other financial service sectors, leaving much to be desired in terms of cost-savings and efficiency. There are also major issues concerning fraud, human error, and cyber-attacks. Read more…
Data Analytics: The Present Trend
What is Data Analytics? In the simplest of terms, Data Analytics generally deals with a sequence of algorithms that gets insights/connections within a given data set. Wait! That wasn’t simple. Let me give you an example. Well, for instance, have you ever marked the connection between the weather outside and the mode of transport that […]