Here are few sets of interesting articles, videos, and our top jobs in Data Science & Analytics that stood out this week. Read More
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Hakka Labs| Computational Biology and Data Science at the New York Times
Hakka Labs has a very compelling video of Dr Chris Wiggin’s, Chief Data Scientist at the NYTimes and Columbia University Academic. He will talk about using machine learning and large data in both academia and in business.
He shares some ways re-framing domain questions as machine learning tasks has opened up new avenues for understanding both in academic research and in real-world applications. Read More
Edu-Video | Introduction to HBase and When To Use It!
So what is HBase? Yes, it’s the Bigtable-like structured storage for Hadoop HDFS, but how exactly does it work? What is the architecture? When is a good time to use it and when is not? This post will help inform those questions. More…
Edu-Video |Data Visualization Best Practices (20 Mins)
Watch Webcast (on-demand) | In an increasingly data-oriented business world, the correct use of data visualization techniques is becoming essential to business success, according to consultant William McKnight.
“Your data has a story to tell,” McKnight stated in which he provided tips on creating effective data visualizations that inform business users without confusing them. Watch Video
Edu-Video | Google Recruiters Share Technical Interview Tips (140,000+ Views)
Watch 2 very popular videos from Google recruiters and engineers who advise on how to prepare for a technical interview. The tips apply to tech interviews at most competent firms. Watch Videos
Edu-Videos | Apache Cassandra – The Popular NoSQL Database
If you want to learn all about why Apache Cassandra is such a popular NoSQL database, here are several videos and an article to review. Read More
Edu-Video | “Real-time personalization and recommendation with stream mining”
In this 20 minute Video, Mikio Braun, Data Scientist at Streamdrill, discusses novel systems based on stream mining algorithms which accumulate statistics on user behavior in real-time in a streaming fashion, this way always reflecting the most recent user behavior. Watch Video
Video: Machine Learning Loves Hadoop
Watch this pre-recorded webinar to learn what Machine Learning is, why you should use machine learning algorithms, what the common challenges of machine learning are, and how Cloudera’s enterprise data hub supports machine learning. More…
Edu-Video | Machine Learning Meets Economics: Using Theory, Data, and Experiments to Design Markets
Stanford University’s Susa Athey will describe the application of these techniques to advertiser behavior in sponsored search advertising auctions, focusing on how the models can be used for marketplace design and management Watch Video
Edu-Video| Big Data VC Veteran Walks US Through the BIG DATA MARKET
In this 10 minute Video, Jake Flomenberg, a big data industry veteran turned Venture Capitalist, talks to Stefan Groschupf, the chief executive of well-funded big data startup Datameer and walks us through the larger big data market we view today. Read More