About Matthew Mayo

Matthew Mayo (@mattmayo13) is a Data Scientist and the Editor-in-Chief of KDnuggets, the seminal online Data Science and Machine Learning resource. His interests lie in natural language processing, algorithm design and optimization, unsupervised learning, neural networks, and automated approaches to machine learning. Matthew holds a Master's degree in computer science and a graduate diploma in data mining. He can be reached at editor1 at kdnuggets[dot]com.

Matthew Mayo Posts (436)

• Natural Language Processing Key Terms, Explained - 16 May 2022
  
  This post provides a concise overview of 18 natural language processing terms, intended as an entry point for the beginner looking for some orientation on the topic.
• Centroid Initialization Methods for k-means Clustering - 13 May 2022
  
  This article is the first in a series of articles looking at the different aspects of k-means clustering, beginning with a discussion on centroid initialization.
• Machine Learning Key Terms, Explained - 09 May 2022
  
  Read this overview of 12 important machine learning concepts, presented in a no frills, straightforward definition style.
• Data Scientist, Data Engineer & Other Data Careers, Explained - 27 Apr 2022
  
  In this article, we will have a look at five distinct data careers, and hopefully provide some advice on how to get one's feet wet in this convoluted field.
• How to Determine the Best Fitting Data Distribution Using Python - 19 Apr 2022
  
  Approaches to data sampling, modeling, and analysis can vary based on the distribution of your data, and so determining the best fit theoretical distribution can be an essential step in your data exploration process.
• Answering Questions with HuggingFace Pipelines and Streamlit - 14 Apr 2022
  
  See how easy it can be to build a simple web app for question answering from text using Streamlit and HuggingFace pipelines.
• 5 Things That Set a Data Scientist Apart From Other Professions - 13 Apr 2022
  
  Here are five things that help set the data scientist apart from other professions.
• Machine Learning Pipeline Optimization with TPOT - 31 Mar 2022
  
  Let's revisit the automated machine learning project TPOT, and get back up to speed on using open source AutoML tools on our way to building a fully-automated prediction pipeline.
• GitHub Copilot Open Source Alternatives - 25 Mar 2022
  
  GitHub's Copilot code generation tool is currently only available via approved request. Here are 4 Copilot alternatives that you can use in your programming today.
• WTF is a Tensor?!? - 24 Mar 2022
  
  A tensor is a container which can house data in N dimensions, along with its linear operations, though there is nuance in what tensors technically are and what we refer to as tensors in practice.