Category Archives: Data Science

A New Data Science Journal from Harvard and MIT

Posted on July 3, 2019 by GilPress

The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) and the MIT Press just launched Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR), a “premier research journal, a leading educational publication, and a popular magazine.” The inaugural issue of HDSR includes contributions from internationally renowned scholars and … Continue reading →

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Machine Learning Beats Data Science for Top Tech Job By Salary

Posted on March 23, 2017 by GilPress

Rank Job Title Number of Postings per Million Average Base Salary Average Growth in Postings 2013-2016 1 Machine Learning Engineer 58 $134,306 36% 2 Data Scientist 360 $129,938 108% 3 Computer Vision Engineer 20 $127,849 34% 4 Development Operations Engineer … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Presidential Election: What Went Wrong? (Part 2)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by GilPress

Wall Street Journal: When asked about what qualities matter most, about four in 10 people picked the ability to bring about change, and Mr. Trump won more than 80% of their votes. Mrs. Clinton was heavily favored by voters who … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Presidential Election: What Went Wrong?

Posted on November 10, 2016 by GilPress

KDnuggets: …a good lesson for Data Scientists is to question their assumptions and to be especially skeptical when predicting a rare event with limited history using human behavior.

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Visually Linking AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data and Data Science

Posted on October 17, 2016 by GilPress

Source: Battle of the Data Science Venn Diagrams HT: KDnuggets What’s the Difference Between Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning? Over the past few years AI has exploded, and especially since 2015. Much of that has to do with the … Continue reading →

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Data Science and Measuring Happiness

Posted on September 27, 2015 by GilPress

Is it possible to measure happiness? Can we compare countries on the basis of a universal yardstick for collective happiness similar to Gross National Product (GNP), the accepted measure for a country’s material well-being? How could data science contribute to … Continue reading →

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Data Science on Cloud Foundry (Video)

Posted on May 16, 2015 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n95hCVvuPKQ?rel=0] Data Scientists frequently need to create applications that enable interactive data exploration, deliver predictive analytics APIs or simply publish results. Cloud Foundry provides an ideal platform for data scientists by making it easy to quickly deploy data driven … Continue reading →

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