Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
UPDATE: After talking to Mr. Hammond, I realized the main use case I was envisioning isn’t what he’s focusing on. He is focusing on a final product that is a complete news article, like about a baseball game or an earnings announcement. ORIGINAL POST: I […]
I just heard DJ Patel, the guy who created LinkedIn’s data team talk about creating data science teams. Besides mentioning Python in passing, he didn’t talk about software skills or statistics competency. Instead, he said being a creative problem solver was the most important prerequisite. Here […]
One of the benefits of Big Data analytics is that it incorporates previously unmanageable data with existing customer information located in data warehouses. James Kobielus of Forrester didn’t spend time going into the intricacies of the data management, but did talk about how it is […]
I’m going to ignore my problems with the term “data scientists” and focus on the actual topic. This is going to be the first of several posts on the subject. Cathy O’Neil of Intent Media talked about hiring data scientists at today’s Strata Summit. To […]