A poll released recently showed Python increasing its lead over R as the language of choice for analytics professionals. Setting aside questions of the representativeness to the… Read More »R, Python, Julia — and Polyglot
Proper delivery of healthcare requires clear, accurate and timely communication between medical professionals, caregivers and patients. The challenge for many organizations is protecting the data… Read More »The Importance of Data Security in Healthcare Communications
This post came out of the inspiration I got after I read Rafael Knuth’s Learning Sabbatical. I read part 1 of his sabbatical too and… Read More »My Learning Sabbatical
Previously, we saw how unsupervised learning actually has built-in supervision, albeit hidden from the user. In this post we will see how supervised and unsupervised… Read More »Who cares if unsupervised machine learning is supervised learning in disguise?
A data-driven culture does not happen overnight. Very deliberate & tangible steps need to be taken to foster a data-oriented culture in the following order:… Read More »7 Steps to Build a Data-Driven Culture in your Organization
Greek Philosophers Busts, College of Arts & Sciences, Miami University Big data analytics raises a number of ethical issues, especially as companies begin monetizing their… Read More »5 Principles for Big Data Ethics
Scene from the TV series Pablo Escobar Promising data-minded individuals are easy to spot from the distance: curious detailed-oriented thinkers, energized by uncertainty, open to… Read More »How to pay your data scientists to increase retention
Steve Urkel and Urkelbot, whose intelligence doubled every 2 minutes. Image Credit: ABC’s Family Matters Steve Urkel from the world-famous ABC’s sitcom Family Matters was… Read More »Can Artificial Intelligence replace Data Scientists?
Agile vriksasana pose in front of a Waterfall Goodfon.com You are standing on a moss covered rock a short distance from a high waterfall that… Read More »Agile Framework for Analytics: a Decalogue
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