Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the Medical Data Explosion
Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the Medical Data Explosion [see the SlideDeck] Imagine being a surgeon and exposing the dura of a brain, or slicing through a heart’s left ventricle to find the bullet hole...
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A Resurgence of Neural Networks in Machine Learning
Today, we have a guest post from Dan Gillick, a Research Scientist at Google. He works on developing tools for automated natural language understanding, leveraging data at web scale to train large...
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Exploring Open Data Sets
It’s always fascinating to take a look at the data visualizations and in-depth reports widely available on the web. As an aspiring (or active) data scientist, however, one of the best things you can do...
View ArticlePeter van Manen: How Can Formula 1 Racing Help… Babies?
Peter van Manen: How Can Formula 1 Racing Help…Babies? [see the SlideDeck] What does fuel efficiency have to do with a child’s heart function? According to data science guru Peter van Manen, more than...
View ArticleJohn Delaney: Wiring an Interactive Ocean
John Delaney: Wiring an Interactive Ocean [see the SlideDeck] The world’s future is at the bottom of the ocean. That’s why oceanographer John Delaney is using data science to lead a team to transform...
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VentureBeat’s Data Science Summit: Wednesday DataBeat Recap
This week, I’m in Redwood City, CA for a very special event: the Data Science Summit. While the Summit is in its third year, the event previously occurred as part of the EMC World conference that takes...
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DataBeat Recap: Data Science Today and Tomorrow
The following post explores just one of the many talks at VentureBeat’s DataBeat conference. To find out more about day one of DataBeat, check out our recap here. With a topic as broad as “data...
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DataBeat Recap: Data Science Tackles Fashion
The following post explores just one of the many talks at VentureBeat’s DataBeat conference. To find out more about day one of DataBeat, check out our recap here. An unexpectedly popular talk on day...
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DataBeat Recap: Integrating Data Science into Medical Research
The following post explores just one of the many talks at VentureBeat’s DataBeat conference. To find out more about day one of DataBeat, check out our recap here. By the time the DataBeat agenda moved...
View ArticleJoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Stunning Data Visualization in the AlloSphere
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Stunning Data Visualization in the AlloSphere [see the SlideDeck] The Allosphere is transforming data science. A three-story metal sphere that resides within an echo-free chamber,...
View ArticleGary Flake: Is Pivot a Turning Point for Web Exploration?
Gary Flake: Is Pivot a Turning Point for Web Exploration? [see the SlideDeck] The whole of data consumed is greater than the sum of its parts. In this TED Talk, it’s the equation that one of the great...
View ArticleData Digest: Week of 12/23
Recently in data: Ghost in the Cloud: Dealing with Data After Death How do you deal with your data after you die? Imagine a world where you’ve passed away and parents or guardians are given total...
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Data Science Year in Review
We’re coming to the end of a very eventful year in the field of data science, one in which the NSA collected telephone metadata, wearable tech became the next big thing, and academic collaboration took...
View ArticleHans Rosling: Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset
Hans Rosling: Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset [see the SlideDeck] A mindset that matches the current dataset—that’s what one of the world’s data science masters, Hans Rosling, says is needed when...
View ArticleData Digest: Week of 12/30
This week in data — Pokerbots Bet on Big Data Strategy Gambling, like speech recognition, has much to gain from advances in machine learning. By using neural networks, King Texas poker machines have...
View ArticleMichael Nielsen: Open Science Now!
Michael Nielsen: Open Science Now! [see the SlideDeck] Scientists need to share. That’s the premise presented in this 2011 TED Talk by Michael Nielson, a quantum physicist turned writer who sees the...
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A Bright Future for the Data Science Field
According to FlowingData, searches for “data scientist” overtook those for “statistician” in December 2013. In fact, Google Trends shows that this is the case for April and October 2013, as well, part...
View ArticleData Digest: Week of 1/6
Recently in data — Facebook Data Scientists Prove Memes Mutate and Adapt Like DNA A group of Facebook data scientists used anonymous data to track the spread of memes between users, showing that those...
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Top Trends: Wearable Technology
Nike Fuel Band, Peter Parkes – CC BY 2.0.Happy New Year! If you’re like millions of other Americans, you may have kicked off 2014 by dusting off your sneakers and heading to your local gym (only to...
View ArticleNathalie Miebach: Art Made of Storms
Nathalie Miebach: Art Made of Storms [see the SlideDeck] In this TED Talk, data science artist Nathalie Miebach brings Hurricane Noel back to life audibly through music, and visually and tactically...
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