DataAspirant July2015 newsletter

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This July newsletter our team rounded up the best blogs for anyone interested in learning more about data science. Whatever your experience level in data science or someone who’s just heard of the field  these blogs provide enough detail and context for you to understand what you’re reading. We hope you will enjoy July dataaspirant newsletter.

Blog Posts:

1. Can deep learning help find perfect girl:

When a Machine Learning PhD student at University of Montreal starts using Tinder, he soon realizes that something is missing in the dating app – the ability to predict to which girls he is attracted. Harm de Vries applies Deep Learning to assist in the pursuit of the perfect match.

Read Complete Post On : kdnuggets Blog… 

2. Data Scientist to follow on Github:

The lives of people on GitHub doesn’t appear to as tempting as you would observe on other platforms, but if you love coding, programming and data science, you’ll surely enjoy the company of 9 million users on this platform!

Following influencers is usually a good practice. It has helped me in multiple ways.

Read Complete Post On :  analyticsvidhya.com

3. What is data science? Why study data science?

“Data Science is extraction of knowledge from data”.

“By combining aspects of statistics, computer science, applied mathematics, and visualization, data science can turn the vast amounts of data the digital age generates into new insights and new knowledge”.

Read Complete Post On :  welcomedata

4. What is deep learning?

Imagine a baby coming into the world. From the moment she opens her eyes, there is a world of learning to absorb. Every action will create an imprint on her brain, and she will not stop learning until the moment she leaves the world. She develops because of her environment, because of the things she studied, the books she read, the work she carried out, the people she talked with, etc.

Now, imagine an artificial neural network – that learns and draws its own conclusions. Similar in some ways to a human brain, but far easier to program, and with a limitless potential for growth. It analyses arrays of data – looking at inputs and outputs. If a cat is thrown into some water, it won’t be too happy. A deep learning array could work that one out without breaking a sweat.

Read Complete Post On : bigdata-madesimple.com

5. Introduction to big data with apache spark:

With the advent of new technologies, there has been an increase in the number of data sources. Web server logs, machine log files, user activity on social media, recording a user’s clicks on the website and many other data sources have caused an exponential growth of data. Individually this content may not be very large, but when taken across billions of users, it produces terabytes or petabytes of data. For example, Facebook is collecting 500 terabytes(TB) of data everyday with more than 950 million users. Such a massive amount of data which is not only structured but also unstructured and semi-structured  is considered under the roof known as Big Data.

Read Complete Post On : rideondata blog

6. Data manipulation primitives in R and Python:

Both R and Python are incredibly good tools to manipulate your data and their integration is becoming increasingly important1. The latest tool for data manipulation in R is Dplyr2 whilst Python relies onPandas3.

This blog post  show you the fundamental primitives to manipulate your dataframes using both libraries highlighting their major advantages and disadvantages.

Read Complete Post On : alfredo.motta.name blog

7. Brain vs deep learning singularity:

This blog post is complex as it arcs over multiple topics in order to unify them into a coherent framework of thought. I have tried to make this article as readable as possible, but I might have not succeeded in all places. Thus, if you find yourself in an unclear passage it might become clearer a few paragraphs down the road where I pick up the thought again and integrate it with another discipline.

Read Complete Post On : timdettmers blog

8. Classification trees using R:

The goal of classification trees is to predict or explain responses on a categorical dependent variable, such as species of trees or customer segmentation classes. As such, the available techniques have much in common with the techniques used in the more traditional methods of Discriminant Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics, and Nonlinear Estimation. The flexibility of classification trees make them a very attractive analysis option. However, like all methods, I do not recommend their use to the exclusion of more traditional methods. Indeed, when the typically more stringent theoretical and distributional assumptions of more traditional methods are met, the traditional methods may be preferable. But as an exploratory technique, or as a technique of last resort when traditional methods fail, classification trees are, in the opinion of many researchers, unsurpassed.

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Slides:

1. Sparkling pandas

2. Data mining technique clustering for bank data set

3. How to Become a Data Scientist

4. How to Interview a Data Scientist

5. Scalable, Distributed, Machine Learning for Big Data

 

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