[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog.] One of the most popular offerings at Strata Santa Clara was Hardcore Data Science day. Over the next few weeks we hope to profile some of the speakers who presented, and make the video of the talks available as a bundle. In the meantimeContinue reading “Bridging the gap between research and implementation”
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Time-turner: Strata Santa Clara 2014, day 2
There are so many good talks happening at the same time that it’s impossible to not miss out on good sessions. But imagine I had a time-turner necklace and could actually “attend” 2 (maybe 3) sessions happening at the same time. Taking into account my current personal interests and tastes, here’s how my day wouldContinue reading “Time-turner: Strata Santa Clara 2014, day 2”
Time-turner: Strata Santa Clara 2014, day 1
There are so many good talks happening at the same time that it’s impossible to not miss out on good sessions. But imagine I had a time-turner necklace and could actually “attend” 2 (maybe 3) sessions happening at the same time. Taking into account my current personal interests and tastes, here’s how my day wouldContinue reading “Time-turner: Strata Santa Clara 2014, day 1”
Graphs, Time-series, Dataviz, and Crowdsourcing at Strata Santa Clara 2014
There are many fantastic talks at Strata and it can be overwhelming to navigate the schedule. I plan to list talks I’m hoping to catch in a series of “time-turner” posts (check this blog on Wed/Thu at 10 a.m.). But for now let me highlight talks from a few categories: Graphs and Network Analysis: Large-scaleContinue reading “Graphs, Time-series, Dataviz, and Crowdsourcing at Strata Santa Clara 2014”
Business analysts want access to advanced analytics
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog and Forbes.] I talk with many new companies who build tools for business analysts and other non-technical users. These new tools streamline and simplify important data tasks including interactive analysis (e.g., pivot tables and cohort analysis), interactive visual analysis (as popularized by Tableau andContinue reading “Business analysts want access to advanced analytics”
What I use for data visualization
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog.] Depending on the nature of the problem, data size, and deliverable, I still draw upon an array of tools for data visualization. As I survey the Design track at next month’s Strata conference, I see creators and power users of visualization tools that manyContinue reading “What I use for data visualization”
IPython: A unified environment for interactive data analysis
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly data blog and Forbes.] As I noted in a recent post on reproducing data projects, notebooks have become popular tools for maintaining, sharing, and replicating long data science workflows. Much of that is due to the popularity of IPython1. In development since 2001, IPython grew outContinue reading “IPython: A unified environment for interactive data analysis”
Six reasons why I recommend scikit-learn
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog.] I use a variety of tools for advanced analytics, most recently I’ve been using Spark (and MLlib), R, scikit-learn, and GraphLab. When I need to get something done quickly, I’ve been turning to scikit-learn for my first pass analysis. For access to high-quality, easy-to-use,Continue reading “Six reasons why I recommend scikit-learn”