KDnuggets™ News 15:n34, Oct 21: How to Learn Machine Learning; Data Science Ethics? MetaMind MasterMind
New Poll: Should Data Science Include Ethics Training?; The Best Advice From Quora on "How to Learn Machine Learning; Big Data + Wrong Method = Big Fail; MetaMind Mastermind Richard Socher: Uncut Interview;
Features | Software | Tutorials | Opinions | Reports | News | Webcasts | Courses | Meetings | Jobs | Publications | Tweets | Quote
Features
- New Poll: Should Data Science Include Ethics Training?
The Best Advice From Quora on "How to Learn Machine Learning"
- Big Data + Wrong Method = Big Fail
- MetaMind Mastermind Richard Socher: Uncut Interview
- How Big Data Helps Build Smart Cities
- Analytics Vidhya Interview with Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, President KDnuggets
- PAW: Impressive Line-up at Predictive Analytics World London, Oct 28-29
Software
Tutorials, Overviews, How-Tos
- The Beginners Guide to Predictive Workforce Analytics
- Do more with Python: Creating a graph application with Python, Neo4j, Gephi, and Linkurious
Opinions
- Lets talk about Ethics in Analytics / Data Science
- Trick-or-Treat a Data Scientist
- Which Movie Sequels Are Really Better? A Data Science Answer
Reports
News
- Top stories for Oct 11-17: R vs Python: head2head data analysis; Quora best advice: How to Learn Machine Learning
- Big Data for Social Good: UC Berkeley and Geisinger Health Collider Project
Webcasts and Webinars
Courses
- TMA Predictive Analytics Data Mining Training [San Jose, Dec 7-11]
- Harness Big Data with NTU part-time MSc
- DistrictDataLabs Courses on Data Mining, Machine Learning, R, NLP, Social Media, and more
- SFBayACM Silicon Valley Data Science Camp, Oct 24 2015
Meetings
- RE.WORK Connect: Shaping a Hyper-connected World, Nov 12-13
- Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit, Chicago, Nov 11-12
- Global Big Data Conference, Dallas, Nov 6-8
- PAW: Impressive Line-up at Predictive Analytics World London, Oct 28-29
Jobs
- American Airlines: Operations Research Analyst
- Operator: Machine Learning Engineer
- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: Economist/Statistician
- RelayRides: Data Scientist
- RelayRides: Data Engineer
- InvenSense: Data Scientist - Principal
Publications
- Infographic - Data Scientist or Business Analyst? Knowing the Difference is Key
- Dell: The Great Analytics Migration - free e-book
Top Tweets
- Top KDnuggets tweets, Oct 13-19: R vs Python: head to head; Machine Learning for Developers tutorial
Quote
Advice for learning Machine Learning from Xavier Amatriain, @xamat: Get a good ML book (my list below), read the first intro chapters, and then jump to whatever chapter includes an algorithm you are interested. Once you have found that algo, dive into it, understand all the details, and, especially, implement it.
