KDnuggets 16:n34: The Great Algorithm Tutorial Roundup; 7 Steps to Mastering Apache Spark 2.0
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro
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Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro
Part-time philosopher, Retired, Data Scientist, KDD and KDnuggets Founder, was LinkedIn Top Voice on Data Science & Analytics. Currently helping Ukrainian refugees in MA.
Features
- The Great Algorithm Tutorial Roundup
- 7 Steps to Mastering Apache Spark 2.0
- Machine Learning in a Year: From Total Noob to Effective Practitioner
- Learning From Data (Introductory Machine Learning) Caltech course starts on edX Sep 18
- Decision Trees: A Disastrous Tutorial
- Data Scientist Pay and Location: Indeed's Tech Salary Report Overview
- Why people love PAW
Software
- New sequence learning data set
- 2 must-have tools for blazing fast Python performance
- SlangSD: A Sentiment Dictionary for Slang Words
Tutorials, Overviews, How-Tos
- 9 Key Deep Learning Papers, Explained
- Random Forest: A Criminal Tutorial
- Deep Learning Reading Group: Deep Compression
Opinions
News
- KDnuggets Top Bloggers in August - Gold and Silver badges
- NYC Taxi Hackathon - find privacy risks in public taxi datasets
- Microsoft Machine Learning Competition - Improve Women Health
- How top companies use data to make wise decisions
- Top Stories, Sep 12-18: Top Algorithms Used by Data Scientists; 7 Steps to Mastering Apache Spark 2.0
Courses
Meetings
- Why people love PAW
- Chief Data Scientist Forum, San Francisco, Nov 16-17
- Meet Data Science graduates - Metis Career Day Sep 22, San Francisco
- Advancing Analytics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6 October - New Speakers
- Driving Data Science Productivity Without Compromising Quality - NYC, Sep 27
Jobs
- Mid-Atlantic PERMANENTE Medical Group: Research Data Analyst
- CSC Venture Capital: Quantitative Analyst
- Change Dynamix: Lead Data Scientist
- Fusion Media Group - Univision Communications: Data Scientist
- Capital Match (Singapore): Head of Data Science
Academic
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