KDnuggets™ News 20:n02, Jan 15: Top 5 Must-have Data Science Skills; Learn Machine Learning with THIS Book

This week: learn the 5 must-have data science skills for the new year; find out which book is THE book to get started learning machine learning; pick up some Python tips and tricks; learn SQL, but learn it the hard way; and find an introductory guide to learning common NLP techniques.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/n02.html

Geovisualization with Open Data

In this post I want to show how to use public available (open) data to create geo visualizations in python. Maps are a great way to communicate and compare information when working with geolocation data. There are many frameworks to plot maps, here I focus on matplotlib and geopandas (and give a glimpse of mplleaflet).

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/open-data-germany-maps-viz.html

Classify A Rare Event Using 5 Machine Learning Algorithms

Which algorithm works best for unbalanced data? Are there any tradeoffs?

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/classify-rare-event-machine-learning-algorithms.html

Disentangling disentanglement: Ideas from NeurIPS 2019

This year’s NEURIPS-2019 Vancouver conference recently concluded and featured a dozen papers on disentanglement in deep learning. What is this idea and why is it so interesting in machine learning? This summary of these papers will give you initial insight in disentanglement as well as ideas on what you can explore next.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/disentangling-disentanglement-neurips-2019.html

Math for Programmers!

Math for Programmers teaches you the math you need to know for a career in programming, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/manning-math-programmers.html

Top KDnuggets tweets, Jan 08-14: A Beginners Guide to Data Engineering — Part I

Also: The Book to Start You on Machine Learning - KDnuggets; Top KDnuggets tweets, Jan 1-7: Introduction to #DataVisualization and Storytelling: A Guide For The #DataScientist #eBook; 7 Steps to a Job-winning Data Science Resume - KDnuggets; Tips for open-sourcing research code

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/top-tweets-jan08-14.html

A Guide to Link Prediction – How to Predict your Future Connections on Facebook

Overview An introduction to link prediction, how it works, and where you can use it in the real-world Learn about the importance of Link ...
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Handling Trees in Data Science Algorithmic Interview

This post is about fast-tracking the study and explanation of tree concepts for the data scientists so that you breeze through the next time you get asked these in an interview.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/handling-trees-data-science-algorithmic-interview.html

Schema Evolution in Data Lakes

Whereas a data warehouse will need rigid data modeling and definitions, a data lake can store different types and shapes of data. In a data lake, the schema of the data can be inferred when it’s read, providing the aforementioned flexibility. However, this flexibility is a double-edged sword.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/schema-evolution-data-lakes.html

Top 10 Technology Trends for 2020

With integrations of multiple emerging technologies just in the past year, AI development continues at a fast pace. Following the blueprint of science and technology advancements in 2019, we predict 10 trends we expect to see in 2020 and beyond.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/top-10-technology-trends-2020.html

Methods, challenges & applications of Deep Learning | Munich 11-12 May

Visit Deep Learning World, 11-12 May in Munich, to broaden your knowledge, deepen your understanding and discuss your questions with other Deep Learning experts!

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/paw-methods-challenges-applications-deep-learning-munich.html

Top 9 Mobile Apps for Learning and Practicing Data Science

This article will tell you about the top 9 mobile apps that help the user in learning and practicing data science and hence is improving their productivity.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/top-9-mobile-apps-learning-practicing-data-science.html

The Future of Machine Learning

This summary overviews the keynote at TensorFlow World by Jeff Dean, Head of AI at Google, that considered the advancements of computer vision and language models and predicted the direction machine learning model building should follow for the future.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/future-machine-learning.html

Pandas Version 1.0 is Out! Top 4 Features Every Data Scientist Should Know

Overview Singleton scalar for missing values Dedicated datatype for strings Improved output formats and data summaries   Introduction There are only a handful of ...
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Python String Processing Primer

Pursuing a text analytics path but don't know where to start? Try this string processing primer to first gain an understanding of using Python to manipulate and process strings at a basic level.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/python-string-processing-primer.html

Microsoft Introduces Project Petridish to Find the Best Neural Network for Your Problem

The new algorithm takes a novel approach to neural architecture search.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/microsoft-introduces-project-petridish-best-neural-network.html

We Created a Lazy AI

This article is an overview of how to design and implement reinforcement learning for the real world.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/created-lazy-ai.html

Top Stories, Jan 13-19: Math for Programmers!; Decision Tree Algorithm, Explained

Also: Top 9 Mobile Apps for Learning and Practicing Data Science; Classify A Rare Event Using 5 Machine Learning Algorithms; The Future of Machine Learning; The Book to Start You on Machine Learning

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/top-news-week-0113-0119.html

I wanna be a data scientist, but… how?

It’s easy to say "I wanna be a data scientist," but... where do you start? How much time is needed to be desired by companies? Do you need a Master’s degree? Do you need to know every mathematical concept ever derived? The journey might be long, but follow this plan to help you keep moving forward toward your career goal.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/wanna-be-data-scientist.html

Learn from Industry Leaders Facebook, Walmart, Lyft, eBay & More

The agenda for Deep Learning World 2020 in Las Vegas, May 31-Jun 4, has been released. Use code KDNUGGETS for a 15% discount on your ticket.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/01/paw-learn-industry-leaders-facebook-walmart-lyft-ebay.html

Want to Generate your own Music using Deep Learning? Here’s a Guide to do just that!

Overview Learn how to develop an end-to-end model for Automatic Music Generation Understand the WaveNet architecture and implement it from scratch using Keras Compare ...
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