The first step of any data science project is data collection. While it can be the most tedious and time-consuming step during your workflow, there will be no project without that data. If you are scraping information from the web, then several great tools exist that can save you a lot of time, money, and effort.
The Difficulty of Graph Anonymisation
Lessons from network science and the difficulty of graph anonymization. A data scientist's take on the difficultly of striking a balance between privacy and utility in anonymizing connected data.
Reflecting on a decade of data science and the future of visualization tools
Data science has exploded over the past decade, changing the way that we conduct business and prepare the next generation of young people for the jobs of the future. But this rapid growth was coupled with a still evolving understanding of data science work, which has led to a lot of ambiguity toward how we can use data science to derive actionable insights from our piles of data.
How Machine Learning and Data Science Can Advance Nutrition Research
In this special guest feature, Kyle Dardashti, CEO & Founder of Heali, discusses how machine learning and data science bring exciting potential to the world of personalized nutrition. Combining these two technologies together on a cohesive platform that supports continuous tracking would allow for real-time validated nutrition recommendations tailored to an individual’s lifestyle.
Australia passes world-first new law forcing Facebook and Google to pay for news
Australian senators voted to pass the world-first law on Thursday but only after caving to pressure from Facebook to make changes which critics say pull the teeth out of the legislation.
Prophecy.io raises $6.75 million to expand its data engineering platform
Phrophecy.io, a startup developing a data engineering platform, has raised $6.75 million as it launches a SaaS version of its product.
⊱ The 11 Best Marketo Integrations for Marketers
Marketo, also known as Marketo Engage, automates marketing processes like lead generation, A/B testing, and analytics. It also has more than 550 integration partners to …
Sensitivity Analysis of Dataset Size vs. Model Performance
Machine learning model performance often improves with dataset size for predictive modeling. This depends on the specific datasets and on the choice of model, although it often means that using more data can result in better performance and that discoveries made using smaller datasets to estimate model performance often scale to using larger datasets.
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing The Sports Industry
Data science is a principle of machine learning that uses several tools and algorithms to find patterns from raw data. This has become quite a buzz in the tech world
10 Statistical Concepts You Should Know For Data Science Interviews
Data Science is founded on time-honored concepts from statistics and probability theory. Having a strong understanding of the ten ideas and techniques highlighted here is key to your career in the field, and also a favorite topic for concept checks during interviews.
Contra wants to be the community that independent workers are missing
Whether you’re working on something new according to your Twitter bio, or self-employed, according to your LinkedIn bio, founder Ben Huffman thinks his platform, Contra, will be the best way for independent workers to explain and monetize what they are working on. Contra is a platform that wants professionals to create profiles that show project-based […]
IT Salary Survey 2021: Hiring rate expected to increase but priorities will shift
Our survey of 1,172 IT professionals finds that demand for some IT skills is strong but the pandemic has influenced the rate of hiring and roles that are being prioritized.
The Strategic Value of Structured Data Implementation on SME Websites
Structured data is one of the most effective ways to increase the visibility of your website content and increase the sustainability of your SEO as Google implements regular updates to the SERP environment. Over the last five years, many of Google’s most game-changing SERP features have been driven by the use of structured data from across the web. Google for Jobs, Google Shopping, featured snippets, how-to instructions, recipe cards, knowledge panels, and other rich snippets all serve content from sites with structured data..
Marketing data lakes 101: everything you need to know
If you’ve ever dealt with marketing data, you’d probably agree that siloed data is the number one enemy of effective reporting and analytics. And while cloud-based data warehouses like BigQuery and Snowflake are great solutions for integrating, storing, and analyzing...
Watchdog questions legality of using cellphone data without warrants
Law enforcement agencies may be on shaky legal ground when purchasing cell phone location data without a warrant, according to a new Treasury Department watchdog report.
Time Series Data Visualization using Heatmaps in Python
This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction Time series is a series of data that are ...
The Complete Guide to Client Onboarding and Retention
You’ve signed a new client—congratulations. Now it’s time to start the client onboarding process and welcome the new client into the fold. This is the point where many companies drop the ball. After all, you already made the sale. Now you can relax and get to work. Right? Not so fast. Client onboarding is the ..