Machine Learning (1967)

• My machine learning model does not learn. What should I do? - Feb 10, 2021.
  
  This article presents 7 hints on how to get out of the quicksand.

  Algorithms, Business Context, Data Quality, Hyperparameter, Machine Learning, Modeling, Tips

• Microsoft Explores Three Key Mysteries of Ensemble Learning - Feb 8, 2021.
  
  A new paper studies three key puzzling characteristics of deep learning ensembles and some potential explanations.

  Ensemble Methods, Machine Learning, Microsoft

• Saving and loading models in TensorFlow — why it is important and how to do it - Feb 3, 2021.
  
  So much time and effort can go into training your machine learning models. But, shut down the notebook or system, and all those trained weights and more vanish with the memory flush. Saving your models to maximize reusability is key for efficient productivity.

  Deep Learning, Machine Learning, TensorFlow

• Machine learning adversarial attacks are a ticking time bomb - Jan 29, 2021.
  
  Software developers and cyber security experts have long fought the good fight against vulnerabilities in code to defend against hackers. A new, subtle approach to maliciously targeting machine learning models has been a recent hot topic in research, but its statistical nature makes it difficult to find and patch these so-called adversarial attacks. Such threats in the real-world are becoming imminent as the adoption of machine learning spreads, and a systematic defense must be implemented.

  Adversarial, Generative Adversarial Network, Machine Learning

• Top 5 Reasons Why Machine Learning Projects Fail - Jan 28, 2021.
  
  The rise in machine learning project implementation is coming, as is the the number of failures, due to several implementation and maintenance challenges. The first step of closing this gap lies in understanding the reasons for the failure.

  Data Preparation, Data Science, Failure, Implementation, Machine Learning

• Machine learning is going real-time - Jan 28, 2021.
  
  Extracting immediate predictions from machine learning algorithms on the spot based on brand-new data can offer a next level of interaction and potential value to its consumers. The infrastructure and tech stack required to implement such real-time systems is also next level, and many organizations -- especially in the US -- seem to be resisting. But, what even is real-time ML, and how can it deliver a better experience?

  China, Machine Learning, MLOps, Real-time, Stream Processing

• Popular Machine Learning Interview Questions, part 2 - Jan 27, 2021.
  
  Get ready for your next job interview requiring domain knowledge in machine learning with answers to these thirteen common questions.

  Convolutional Neural Networks, Interview Questions, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Machine Learning, Regularization, Transfer Learning, Unbalanced

• Support Vector Machine for Hand Written Alphabet Recognition in R - Jan 27, 2021.
  
  We attempt to break down a problem of hand written alphabet image recognition into a simple process rather than using heavy packages. This is an attempt to create the data and then build a model using Support Vector Machines for Classification.

  Classification, Image Recognition, Machine Learning, R, Support Vector Machines

• KDnuggets™ News 21:n04, Jan 27: The Ultimate Scikit-Learn Machine Learning Cheatsheet; Building a Deep Learning Based Reverse Image Search - Jan 27, 2021.
  
  The Ultimate Scikit-Learn Machine Learning Cheatsheet; Building a Deep Learning Based Reverse Image Search; Data Engineering — the Cousin of Data Science, is Troublesome; Going Beyond the Repo: GitHub for Career Growth in AI & Machine Learning; Popular Machine Learning Interview Questions

  Cheat Sheet, Data Engineering, Data Science, Deep Learning, GitHub, Image Recognition, Machine Learning, scikit-learn, Search

• Want to Be a Data Scientist? Don’t Start With Machine Learning - Jan 26, 2021.
  
  Machine learning may appear like the go-to topic to start learning for the aspiring data scientist. But. thinking these techniques are the key aspects of the role is the biggest misconception. So much more goes into becoming a successful data scientist, and machine learning is only one component of broader skills around processing, managing, and understanding the science behind the data.

  Career Advice, Data Scientist, Machine Learning, Statistics

• The Ultimate Scikit-Learn Machine Learning Cheatsheet - Jan 25, 2021.
  
  With the power and popularity of the scikit-learn for machine learning in Python, this library is a foundation to any practitioner's toolset. Preview its core methods with this review of predictive modelling, clustering, dimensionality reduction, feature importance, and data transformation.

  Cheat Sheet, Machine Learning, scikit-learn

• Cloud Computing, Data Science and ML Trends in 2020–2022: The battle of giants - Jan 22, 2021.
  
  Kaggle’s survey of ‘State of Data Science and Machine Learning 2020’ covers a lot of diverse topics. In this post, we are going to look at the popularity of cloud computing platforms and products among the data science and ML professionals participated in the survey.

  AWS, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Google Cloud, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Microsoft Azure, Trends

• How to Use MLOps for an Effective AI Strategy - Jan 21, 2021.
  
  The need to deal with the challenges and other smaller nuances of deploying machine learning models has given rise to the relatively new concept of MLOps. – a set of best practices aimed at automating the ML lifecycle, bringing together the ML system development and ML system operations.

  AI, DevOps, Machine Learning, MLOps, Strategy

• Going Beyond the Repo: GitHub for Career Growth in AI & Machine Learning - Jan 21, 2021.
  
  Many online tools and platforms exist to help you establish a clear and persuasive online profile for potential employers to review. Have you considered how your go-to online code repository could also help you land your next job?

  AI, Career Advice, GitHub, Machine Learning

• Popular Machine Learning Interview Questions - Jan 20, 2021.
  
  Get ready for your next job interview requiring domain knowledge in machine learning with answers to these eleven common questions.

  Bias, Confusion Matrix, Interview Questions, Machine Learning, Overfitting, Variance

• K-Means 8x faster, 27x lower error than Scikit-learn in 25 lines - Jan 15, 2021.
  
  K-means clustering is a powerful algorithm for similarity searches, and Facebook AI Research's faiss library is turning out to be a speed champion. With only a handful of lines of code shared in this demonstration, faiss outperforms the implementation in scikit-learn in speed and accuracy.

  Algorithms, K-means, Machine Learning, scikit-learn

• KDnuggets™ News 21:n02, Jan 13: Best Python IDEs and Code Editors; 10 Underappreciated Python Packages for Machine Learning Practitioners - Jan 13, 2021.
  
  Best Python IDEs and Code Editors You Should Know; 10 Underappreciated Python Packages for Machine Learning Practitioners; Top 10 Computer Vision Papers 2020; CatalyzeX: A must-have browser extension for machine learning engineers and researchers

  Computer Vision, Data Science, DevOps, IDE, Machine Learning, MLOps, Python, Research

• 5 Tools for Effortless Data Science - Jan 11, 2021.
  
  The sixth tool is coffee.

  Data Science, Data Science Tools, Keras, Machine Learning, MLflow, PyCaret, Python

• CatalyzeX: A must-have browser extension for machine learning engineers and researchers - Jan 6, 2021.
  
  CatalyzeX is a free browser extension that finds code implementations for ML/AI papers anywhere on the internet (Google, Arxiv, Twitter, Scholar, and other sites).

  Implementation, Machine Learning, Programming, Research

• MLOps: Model Monitoring 101 - Jan 6, 2021.
  
  Model monitoring using a model metric stack is essential to put a feedback loop from a deployed ML model back to the model building stage so that ML models can constantly improve themselves under different scenarios.

  AI, Data Science, DevOps, Machine Learning, MLOps, Modeling

• All Machine Learning Algorithms You Should Know in 2021 - Jan 4, 2021.
  
  Many machine learning algorithms exits that range from simple to complex in their approach, and together provide a powerful library of tools for analyzing and predicting patterns from data. If you are learning for the first time or reviewing techniques, then these intuitive explanations of the most popular machine learning models will help you kick off the new year with confidence.

  Algorithms, Decision Trees, Explained, Gradient Boosting, K-nearest neighbors, Machine Learning, Naive Bayes, Regression, SVM

• 15 Free Data Science, Machine Learning & Statistics eBooks for 2021 - Dec 31, 2020.
  
  We present a curated list of 15 free eBooks compiled in a single location to close out the year.

  Automated Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning, Free ebook, Machine Learning, NLP, Python, R, Statistics

• How to easily check if your Machine Learning model is fair? - Dec 24, 2020.
  
  Machine learning models deployed today -- as will many more in the future -- impact people and society directly. With that power and influence resting in the hands of Data Scientists and machine learning engineers, taking the time to evaluate and understand if model results are fair will become the linchpin for the future success of AI/ML solutions. These are critical considerations, and using a recently developed fairness module in the dalex Python package is a unified and accessible way to ensure your models remain fair.

  Bias, Dalex, Ethics, Machine Learning

• Can you trust AutoML? - Dec 23, 2020.
  
  Automated Machine Learning, or AutoML, tries hundreds or even thousands of different ML pipelines to deliver models that often beat the experts and win competitions. But, is this the ultimate goal? Can a model developed with this approach be trusted without guarantees of predictive performance? The issue of overfitting must be closely considered because these methods can lead to overestimation -- and the Winner's Curse.

  Accuracy, AutoML, Cross-validation, Machine Learning, Model Performance, Overfitting

• 5 strategies for enterprise machine learning for 2021 - Dec 22, 2020.
  
  While it is important for enterprises to continue solving the past challenges in a machine learning pipeline (manage, monitor, track experiments and models) in 2021 enterprises should focus on strategies to achieve scalability, elasticity and operationalization of machine learning.

  Enterprise, Machine Learning, Strategy

• Production Machine Learning Monitoring: Outliers, Drift, Explainers & Statistical Performance - Dec 21, 2020.
  
  A practical deep dive on production monitoring architectures for machine learning at scale using real-time metrics, outlier detectors, drift detectors, metrics servers and explainers.

  AI, Deployment, Explainable AI, Machine Learning, Modeling, Outliers, Production, Python

• MLOps Is Changing How Machine Learning Models Are Developed - Dec 21, 2020.
  
  Delivering machine learning solutions is so much more than the model. Three key concepts covering version control, testing, and pipelines are the foundation for machine learning operations (MLOps) that help data science teams ship models quicker and with more confidence.

  Deployment, Machine Learning, MLOps

• ebook: Fundamentals for Efficient ML Monitoring - Dec 17, 2020.
  
  We've gathered best practices for data science and engineering teams to create an efficient framework to monitor ML models. This ebook provides a framework for anyone who has an interest in building, testing, and implementing a robust monitoring strategy in their organization or elsewhere.

  ebook, Machine Learning, Monitoring

• How to use Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection and Conditional Monitoring - Dec 16, 2020.
  
  This article explains the goals of anomaly detection and outlines the approaches used to solve specific use cases for anomaly detection and condition monitoring.

  Anomaly Detection, Machine Learning, Python, scikit-learn, Unsupervised Learning

• KDnuggets™ News 20:n47, Dec 16: A Rising Library Beating Pandas in Performance; R or Python? Why Not Both? - Dec 16, 2020.
  
  Also: 10 Python Skills They Don't Teach in Bootcamp; Data Science Volunteering: Ways to Help; A Journey from Software to Machine Learning Engineer; Data Science and Machine Learning: The Free eBook

  Data Science, Free ebook, IDE, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Engineer, Pandas, Python, R

• Data Science and Machine Learning: The Free eBook - Dec 15, 2020.
  
  Check out the newest addition to our free eBook collection, Data Science and Machine Learning: Mathematical and Statistical Methods, and start building your statistical learning foundation today.

  Data Science, Free ebook, Machine Learning, Python

• State of Data Science and Machine Learning 2020: 3 Key Findings - Dec 15, 2020.
  
  Kaggle recently released its State of Data Science and Machine Learning report for 2020, based on compiled results of its annual survey. Read about 3 key findings in the report here.

  Data Science, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Survey

• Implementing the AdaBoost Algorithm From Scratch - Dec 10, 2020.
  
  AdaBoost technique follows a decision tree model with a depth equal to one. AdaBoost is nothing but the forest of stumps rather than trees. AdaBoost works by putting more weight on difficult to classify instances and less on those already handled well. AdaBoost algorithm is developed to solve both classification and regression problem. Learn to build the algorithm from scratch here.

  Adaboost, Algorithms, Ensemble Methods, Machine Learning, Python

• A Journey from Software to Machine Learning Engineer - Dec 10, 2020.
  
  In this blog post, the author explains his journey from Software Engineer to Machine Learning Engineer. The focus of the blog post is on the areas that the author wished he'd have focused on during his learning journey, and what should you look for outside of books and courses when pursuing your Machine Learning career.

  Career Advice, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Engineer, Software Engineer

• Main 2020 Developments and Key 2021 Trends in AI, Data Science, Machine Learning Technology - Dec 9, 2020.
  
  Our panel of leading experts reviews 2020 main developments and examines the key trends in AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning Technology.

  2021 Predictions, AI, AutoML, Bill Schmarzo, Carla Gentry, COVID-19, Doug Laney, GPT-3, Kirk D. Borne, Machine Learning, MLOps, Predictions, Ronald van Loon, Tom Davenport, Trends

• AI registers: finally, a tool to increase transparency in AI/ML - Dec 9, 2020.
  
  Transparency, explainability, and trust are pressing topics in AI/ML today. While much has been written about why they are important and what you need to do, no tools have existed until now.

  AI, Bias, Ethics, Explainability, Helsinki, Machine Learning, Trust

• Machine Learning: Cutting Edge Tech with Deep Roots in Other Fields - Dec 8, 2020.
  
  Join INFORMS community of data, analytics, operations research, and statistics professionals and tackle the future together. With nearly 13,000 members around the world, INFORMS is the largest international association for data science professionals.

  INFORMS, Machine Learning, Operations Research

• Change the Background of Any Video with 5 Lines of Code - Dec 7, 2020.
  
  Learn to blur, color, grayscale and create a virtual background for a video with PixelLib.

  Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Python, Segmentation, Video

• Pruning Machine Learning Models in TensorFlow - Dec 4, 2020.
  
  Read this overview to learn how to make your models smaller via pruning.

  Machine Learning, Modeling, Python, TensorFlow

• AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning Research Main Developments in 2020 and Key Trends for 2021 - Dec 3, 2020.
  
  2020 is finally coming to a close. While likely not to register as anyone's favorite year, 2020 did have some noteworthy advancements in our field, and 2021 promises some important key trends to look forward to. As has become a year-end tradition, our collection of experts have once again contributed their thoughts. Read on to find out more.

  2021 Predictions, AI, Ajit Jaokar, Analytics, Brandon Rohrer, Daniel Tunkelang, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Pedro Domingos, Predictions, Research, Rosaria Silipo

• Is Your Machine Learning Model Likely to Fail? - Nov 27, 2020.
  
  Read about these 5 missteps to avoid in your planning process.

  Agile, Diversity, Machine Learning, Production

• How to Know if a Neural Network is Right for Your Machine Learning Initiative - Nov 26, 2020.
  
  It is important to remember that there must be a business reason for even considering neural nets and it should not be because the C-Suite is feeling a bad case of FOMO.

  Algorithms, Machine Learning, Neural Networks

• Better data apps with Streamlit’s new layout options - Nov 26, 2020.
  
  Introducing new layout primitives - including columns, containers and expanders!

  App, Data Science, Machine Learning, Streamlit

• Essential Math for Data Science: Integrals And Area Under The Curve - Nov 25, 2020.
  
  In this article, you’ll learn about integrals and the area under the curve using the practical data science example of the area under the ROC curve used to compare the performances of two machine learning models.

  Machine Learning, Mathematics, Metrics, numpy, Python, Unbalanced

• How to Incorporate Tabular Data with HuggingFace Transformers - Nov 25, 2020.
  
  In real-world scenarios, we often encounter data that includes text and tabular features. Leveraging the latest advances for transformers, effectively handling situations with both data structures can increase performance in your models.

  Data Preparation, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, NLP, Python, Transformer

• Fraud through the eyes of a machine - Nov 24, 2020.
  
  Data structured as a network of relationships can be modeled as a graph, which can then help extract insights into the data through machine learning and rule-based approaches. While these graph representations provide a natural interface to transactional data for humans to appreciate, caution and context must be applied when leveraging machine-based interpretations of these connections.

  Fraud, Fraud Detection, Graph Analytics, Machine Learning

• Know-How to Learn Machine Learning Algorithms Effectively - Nov 23, 2020.
  
  The takeaway from the story is that machine learning is way beyond a simple fit and predict methods. The author shares their approach to actually learning these algorithms beyond the surface.

  Algorithms, Complexity, Interpretability, Machine Learning

• How Machine Learning Works for Social Good - Nov 21, 2020.
  
  We often discuss applying data science and machine learning techniques in term so of how they help your organization or business goals. But, these algorithms aren't limited to only increasing the bottom line. Developing new applications that leverage the predictive power of AI to benefit society and those communities in need is an equally valuable endeavor for Data Scientists that will further expand the positive impact of machine learning to the world.

  Advice, Chicago, Machine Learning, Social Good

• Cellular Automata in Stream Learning - Nov 20, 2020.
  
  In this post, we will start presenting CA as pattern recognition methods for stream learning. Finally, we will briefly mention two recent CA-based solutions for stream learning. Both are highly interpretable as their cellular structure represents directly the mapping between the feature space and the labels to be predicted.

  Algorithms, Machine Learning, Streaming Analytics, Tom Fawcett

• Compute Goes Brrr: Revisiting Sutton’s Bitter Lesson for AI - Nov 19, 2020.
  
  "It's just about having more compute." Wait, is that really all there is to AI? As Richard Sutton's 'bitter lesson' sinks in for more AI researchers, a debate has stirred that considers a potentially more subtle relationship between advancements in AI based on ever-more-clever algorithms and massively scaled computational power.

  AI, AlphaGo, Machine Learning, OpenAI, Richard Sutton, Scalability, Trends

• Primer on TensorFlow and how PerceptiLabs Makes it Easier - Nov 18, 2020.
  
  With PerceptiLabs, beginners can get started building a model more quickly, and those with more experience can still dive into the code. Given that PerceptiLabs runs TensorFlow behind the scenes, we thought we'd walk through the framework so you can understand its basics, and how it is utilized by PerceptiLabs.

  AutoML, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, MLOps, PerceptiLabs, TensorFlow

• 5 Most Useful Machine Learning Tools every lazy full-stack data scientist should use - Nov 18, 2020.
  
  If you consider yourself a Data Scientist who can take any project from data curation to solution deployment, then you know there are many tools available today to help you get the job done. The trouble is that there are too many choices. Here is a review of five sets of tools that should turn you into the most efficient full-stack data scientist possible.

  Data Science Tools, Data Scientist, GitHub, Heroku, Machine Learning, Postgres, PyCharm, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Streamlit

• How to Future-Proof Your Data Science Project - Nov 18, 2020.
  
  This article outlines 5 critical elements of ML model selection & deployment.

  Data Science, Interpretability, Machine Learning, Model Drift, Modeling, Production

• 5 Things You Are Doing Wrong in PyCaret - Nov 16, 2020.
  
  PyCaret is an alternate low-code library that can be used to replace hundreds of lines of code with few words only. This makes experiments exponentially fast and efficient. Find out 5 ways to improve your usage of the library.

  Machine Learning, PyCaret, Python, Tips

• Top Python Libraries for Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing & Computer Vision - Nov 16, 2020.
  
  This article compiles the 30 top Python libraries for deep learning, natural language processing & computer vision, as best determined by KDnuggets staff.

  Computer Vision, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, NLP, Python

• When Machine Learning Knows Too Much About You - Nov 14, 2020.
  
  If machine learning models predict personal information about you, even if it is unintentional, then what sort of ethical dilemma exists in that model? Where does the line need to be drawn? There have already been many such cases, some of which have become overblown folk lore while others are potentially serious overreaches of governments.

  Ethics, Machine Learning, Privacy, Sensitive Data

• tensorflow + dalex = :) , or how to explain a TensorFlow model - Nov 13, 2020.
  
  Having a machine learning model that generates interesting predictions is one thing. Understanding why it makes these predictions is another. For a tensorflow predictive model, it can be straightforward and convenient develop an explainable AI by leveraging the dalex Python package.

  Dalex, Explainability, Explainable AI, Machine Learning, Python, TensorFlow

• Predicting Heart Disease Using Machine Learning? Don’t! - Nov 10, 2020.
  
  I believe the “Predicting Heart Disease using Machine Learning” is a classic example of how not to apply machine learning to a problem, especially where a lot of domain experience is required.

  Advice, Failure, Healthcare, Machine Learning, Medical, Prediction

• Moving from Data Science to Machine Learning Engineering - Nov 10, 2020.
  
  The world of machine learning — and software — is changing. Read this article to find out how, and what you can do to stay ahead of it.

  Career Advice, Data Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Engineer

• Doing the impossible? Machine learning with less than one example - Nov 9, 2020.
  
  Machine learning algorithms are notoriously known for needing data, a lot of data -- the more data the better. But, much research has gone into developing new methods that need fewer examples to train a model, such as "few-shot" or "one-shot" learning that require only a handful or a few as one example for effective learning. Now, this lower boundary on training examples is being taken to the next extreme.

  Algorithms, K-nearest neighbors, Machine Learning, Research

• Change the Background of Any Image with 5 Lines of Code - Nov 9, 2020.
  
  Blur, color, grayscale and change the background of any image with a picture using PixelLib.

  Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Python, Segmentation

• Top 5 Free Machine Learning and Deep Learning eBooks Everyone should read - Nov 5, 2020.
  
  There is always so much new to learn in machine learning, and keeping well grounded in the fundamentals will help you stay up-to-date with the latest advancements while acing your career in Data Science.

  Deep Learning, Free ebook, Machine Learning

• Interpretability, Explainability, and Machine Learning – What Data Scientists Need to Know - Nov 4, 2020.
  
  The terms “interpretability,” “explainability” and “black box” are tossed about a lot in the context of machine learning, but what do they really mean, and why do they matter?

  Explainability, Explainable AI, Interpretability, Machine Learning

• Dealing with Imbalanced Data in Machine Learning - Oct 29, 2020.
  
  This article presents tools & techniques for handling data when it's imbalanced.

  Balancing Classes, Machine Learning, Python

• Exploring the Significance of Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading with Stefan Jansen - Oct 28, 2020.
  
  The immense expansion of digital data has increased the demand for proficiency in trading strategies that use machine learning (ML). Learn more from author Stefan Jansen, and get his latest book on the subject from Packt Publishing.

  Algorithms, Finance, Machine Learning, Packt Publishing

• An Introduction to AI, updated - Oct 28, 2020.
  
  We provide an introduction to key concepts and methods in AI, covering Machine Learning and Deep Learning, with an updated extensive list that includes Narrow AI, Super Intelligence, and Classic Artificial Intelligence, as well as recent ideas of NeuroSymbolic AI, Neuroevolution, and Federated Learning.

  AGI, AI, Beginners, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

• DeepMind Relies on this Old Statistical Method to Build Fair Machine Learning Models - Oct 23, 2020.
  
  Causal Bayesian Networks are used to model the influence of fairness attributes in a dataset.

  Bayesian Networks, Bias, DeepMind, Machine Learning

• Behavior Analysis with Machine Learning and R: The free eBook - Oct 22, 2020.
  
  Check out this new free ebook to learn how to leverage the power of machine learning to analyze behavioral patterns from sensor data and electronic records using R.

  Behavioral Analytics, Free ebook, Machine Learning, R

• 5 Must-Read Data Science Papers (and How to Use Them) - Oct 20, 2020.
  
  Keeping ahead of the latest developments in a field is key to advancing your skills and your career. Five foundational ideas from recent data science papers are highlighted here with tips on how to leverage these advancements in your work, and keep you on top of the machine learning game.

  Data Science, Machine Learning, P-value, Research, Software, Technical Debt, Transformer

• Feature Ranking with Recursive Feature Elimination in Scikit-Learn - Oct 19, 2020.
  
  This article covers using scikit-learn to obtain the optimal number of features for your machine learning project.

  Feature Selection, Machine Learning, Python, scikit-learn

• How to Explain Key Machine Learning Algorithms at an Interview - Oct 19, 2020.
  
  While preparing for interviews in Data Science, it is essential to clearly understand a range of machine learning models -- with a concise explanation for each at the ready. Here, we summarize various machine learning models by highlighting the main points to help you communicate complex models.

  Algorithms, Decision Trees, Interview Questions, K-nearest neighbors, Machine Learning, Naive Bayes, Regression, SVM

• DOE SMART Visualization Platform 1.5M Prize Challenge - Oct 16, 2020.
  
  The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) will award up to $1.5 million to winning innovators in a prize challenge to support FE’s SMART initiative. Registration deadline to participate in the challenge is 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday, Jan 22, 2021.

  Competition, Data Visualization, Machine Learning

• Fast Gradient Boosting with CatBoost - Oct 16, 2020.
  
  In this piece, we’ll take a closer look at a gradient boosting library called CatBoost.

  CatBoost, Gradient Boosting, Machine Learning, Python

• Machine Learning’s Greatest Omission: Business Leadership - Oct 15, 2020.
  
  Eric Siegel's business-oriented, vendor-neutral machine learning course is designed to fulfill vital unmet learner needs, delivering material critical for both techies and business leaders.

  Business, Data Leadership, Eric Siegel, Machine Learning

• Uber Open Sources the Third Release of Ludwig, its Code-Free Machine Learning Platform - Oct 13, 2020.
  
  The new release makes Ludwig one of the most complete open source AutoML stacks in the market.

  Automated Machine Learning, AutoML, Machine Learning, Open Source, Uber

• 5 Best Practices for Putting Machine Learning Models Into Production - Oct 12, 2020.
  
  Our focus for this piece is to establish the best practices that make an ML project successful.

  Best Practices, Machine Learning, Production

• Exploring The Brute Force K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm - Oct 12, 2020.
  
  This article discusses a simple approach to increasing the accuracy of k-nearest neighbors models in a particular subset of cases.

  Algorithms, K-nearest neighbors, Machine Learning, Python

• Annotated Machine Learning Research Papers - Oct 9, 2020.
  
  Check out this collection of annotated machine learning research papers, and no longer fear their reading.

  Machine Learning, Research

• How LinkedIn Uses Machine Learning in its Recruiter Recommendation Systems - Oct 8, 2020.
  
  LinkedIn uses some very innovative machine learning techniques to optimize candidate recommendations.

  LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Recommendation Engine, Recommender Systems, Recruitment

• Free Introductory Machine Learning Course From Amazon - Oct 7, 2020.
  
  Amazon's Machine Learning University offers an introductory course titled Accelerated Machine Learning, which is a good starting place for those looking for a foundation in generalized practical ML.

  Amazon, Courses, Machine Learning, MOOC

• 5 Challenges to Scaling Machine Learning Models - Oct 7, 2020.
  
  ML models are hard to be translated into active business gains. In order to understand the common pitfalls in productionizing ML models, let’s dive into the top 5 challenges that organizations face.

  Deployment, Machine Learning, Scalability

• KDnuggets™ News 20:n38, Oct 7: 10 Essential Skills You Need to Know to Start Doing Data Science; The Best Free Data Science eBooks: 2020 Update - Oct 7, 2020.
  
  Also: Comparing the Top Business Intelligence Tools: Power BI vs Tableau vs Qlik vs Domo; 5 Concepts Every Data Scientist Should Know; Understanding Transformers, the Data Science Way; 10 Best Machine Learning Courses in 2020

  Courses, Data Analysis, Data Science, Data Science Skills, Data Visualization, Free ebook, Machine Learning, Transformer

• 10 Best Machine Learning Courses in 2020 - Oct 6, 2020.
  
  If you are ready to take your career in machine learning to the next level, then these top 10 Machine Learning Courses covering both practical and theoretical work will help you excel.

  Courses, DataCamp, Deep Learning, fast.ai, Machine Learning, Online Education, Python, Stanford

• New U. of Chicago Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Certificate Gives Professionals Tools to Detect and Prevent Attacks - Oct 5, 2020.
  
  Machine learning has become an essential tool for IT security professionals seeking to detect and prevent attacks and vulnerabilities. The Center for Data and Computing (CDAC) convened a trio of University of Chicago computer science faculty to produce an innovative new remote Machine Learning for Cybersecurity certificate that will be offered for the first time this autumn.

  Machine Learning, Security, U. of Chicago

• Key Machine Learning Technique: Nested Cross-Validation, Why and How, with Python code - Oct 5, 2020.
  
  Selecting the best performing machine learning model with optimal hyperparameters can sometimes still end up with a poorer performance once in production. This phenomenon might be the result of tuning the model and evaluating its performance on the same sets of train and test data. So, validating your model more rigorously can be key to a successful outcome.

  Cross-validation, Machine Learning, Python

• Machine Learning Model Deployment - Sep 30, 2020.
  
  Read this article on machine learning model deployment using serverless deployment. Serverless compute abstracts away provisioning, managing severs and configuring software, simplifying model deployment.

  Cloud, Deployment, Machine Learning, Modeling, Workflow

• Missing Value Imputation – A Review - Sep 29, 2020.
  
  Detecting and handling missing values in the correct way is important, as they can impact the results of the analysis, and there are algorithms that can’t handle them. So what is the correct way?

  Data Preprocessing, Knime, Machine Learning, Missing Values

• International alternatives to Kaggle for Data Science / Machine Learning competitions - Sep 29, 2020.
  
  While Kaggle might be the most well-known, go-to data science competition platform to test your skills at model building and performance, additional regional platforms are available around the world that offer even more opportunities to learn... and win.

  Competition, Data Science, Kaggle, Machine Learning

• LinkedIn’s Pro-ML Architecture Summarizes Best Practices for Building Machine Learning at Scale - Sep 23, 2020.
  
  The reference architecture is powering mission critical machine learning workflows within LinkedIn.

  Best Practices, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Scalability

• How I Consistently Improve My Machine Learning Models From 80% to Over 90% Accuracy - Sep 23, 2020.
  
  Data science work typically requires a big lift near the end to increase the accuracy of any model developed. These five recommendations will help improve your machine learning models and help your projects reach their target goals.

  Accuracy, Ensemble Methods, Feature Engineering, Feature Selection, Hyperparameter, Machine Learning, Missing Values, Tips

• KDnuggets™ News 20:n36, Sep 23: New Poll: What Python IDE / Editor you used the most in 2020?; Automating Every Aspect of Your Python Project - Sep 23, 2020.
  
  New Poll: What Python IDE / Editor you used the most in 2020?; Automating Every Aspect of Your Python Project; Autograd: The Best Machine Learning Library You're Not Using?; Implementing a Deep Learning Library from Scratch in Python; Online Certificates/Courses in AI, Data Science, Machine Learning; Can Neural Networks Show Imagination?

  Automation, Certificate, Courses, Data Science, Deep Learning, DeepMind, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Python

• Machine Learning from Scratch: Free Online Textbook - Sep 22, 2020.
  
  If you are looking for a machine learning starter that gets right to the core of the concepts and the implementation, then this new free textbook will help you dive in to ML engineering with ease. By focusing on the basics of the underlying algorithms, you will be quickly up and running with code you construct yourself.

  Beginners, Free ebook, Machine Learning, Online Education

• What an Argentine Writer and a Hungarian Mathematician Can Teach Us About Machine Learning Overfitting - Sep 21, 2020.
  
  This article presents some beautiful ideas about intelligence and how they related to modern machine learning.

  Machine Learning, Mathematics, Overfitting

• Coursera’s Machine Learning for Everyone Fulfills Unmet Training Needs - Sep 17, 2020.
  
  Coursera's Machine Learning for Everyone (free access) fulfills two different kinds of unmet learner needs, for both the technology side and the business side, covering state-of-the-art techniques, business leadership best practices, and a wide range of common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

  Coursera, Courses, Eric Siegel, Machine Learning

• Online Certificates/Courses in AI, Data Science, Machine Learning from Top Universities - Sep 16, 2020.
  
  We present the online courses and certificates in AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, and related topics from the top 20 universities in the world.

  AI, Business Analytics, Certificate, Columbia, Coursera, Courses, edX, Harvard, Machine Learning, MIT, Online Education, Stanford, Toronto, UC Berkeley, UCLA

• The Maslow’s hierarchy your data science team needs - Sep 15, 2020.
  
  Domino Data Lab was announced as a leader for the second year in a row in the recently released “Forrester Wave™: Notebook-based Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning (PAML), Q3 2020” analyst report. True to our data science roots, we’ve built a Maslow’s hierarchy of data science team needs.

  Data Science Team, Domino, Forrester, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics

• Seven Reasons to Take This Course Before You Go Hands-On with Machine Learning - Sep 9, 2020.
  
  Eric Siegel's new course series on Coursera, Machine Learning for Everyone, is for any learner who wishes to participate in the business deployment of machine learning. This end-to-end, three-course series is accessible to business-level learners and yet vital to techies as well. It covers both the state-of-the-art techniques and the business-side best practices.

  Course, Coursera, Machine Learning, Online Education

• 8 AI/Machine Learning Projects To Make Your Portfolio Stand Out - Sep 9, 2020.
  
  If you are just starting down a path toward a career in Data Science, or you are already a seasoned practitioner, then keeping active to advance your experience through side projects is invaluable to take you to the next professional level. These eight interesting project ideas with source code and reference articles will jump start you to thinking outside of the box.

  AI, Career, Face Recognition, Machine Learning, Music, Natural Language Generation, Portfolio, Sentiment Analysis, Text Summarization

• KDnuggets™ News 20:n34, Sep 9: Top Online Data Science Masters Degrees; Modern Data Science Skills: 8 Categories, Core Skills, and Hot Skills - Sep 9, 2020.
  
  Also: Creating Powerful Animated Visualizations in Tableau; PyCaret 2.1 is here: What's new?; How To Decide What Data Skills To Learn; How to Evaluate the Performance of Your Machine Learning Model

  Data Science, Data Science Skills, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Master of Science, Modeling, Online Education, PyCaret, Tableau

• How to Evaluate the Performance of Your Machine Learning Model - Sep 3, 2020.
  
  You can train your supervised machine learning models all day long, but unless you evaluate its performance, you can never know if your model is useful. This detailed discussion reviews the various performance metrics you must consider, and offers intuitive explanations for what they mean and how they work.

  Accuracy, Confusion Matrix, Machine Learning, Precision, Predictive Modeling, Recall, ROC-AUC

• 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Scikit-Learn - Sep 3, 2020.
  
  Check out these 10 things you didn’t know about Scikit-Learn... until now.

  Machine Learning, Python, scikit-learn

• PyCaret 2.1 is here: What’s new? - Sep 1, 2020.
  
  PyCaret is an open-source, low-code machine learning library in Python that automates the machine learning workflow. It is an end-to-end machine learning and model management tool that speeds up the machine learning experiment cycle and makes you 10x more productive. Read about what's new in PyCaret 2.1.

  Machine Learning, PyCaret, Python

• Microsoft’s DoWhy is a Cool Framework for Causal Inference - Aug 28, 2020.
  
  Inspired by Judea Pearl’s do-calculus for causal inference, the open source framework provides a programmatic interface for popular causal inference methods.

  Causality, Inference, Machine Learning, Microsoft

• 4 ways to improve your TensorFlow model – key regularization techniques you need to know - Aug 27, 2020.
  
  Regularization techniques are crucial for preventing your models from overfitting and enables them perform better on your validation and test sets. This guide provides a thorough overview with code of four key approaches you can use for regularization in TensorFlow.

  Machine Learning, Overfitting, Regularization, TensorFlow

• DeepMind’s Three Pillars for Building Robust Machine Learning Systems - Aug 24, 2020.
  
  Specification Testing, Robust Training and Formal Verification are three elements that the AI powerhouse believe hold the essence of robust machine learning models.

  AI, DeepMind, Machine Learning

• Rapid Python Model Deployment with FICO Xpress Insight - Aug 20, 2020.
  
  The biggest hurdle in the use of data to create business value, is indeed the ability to operationalize analytics throughout the organization. Xpress Insight is geared to reduce the burden on IT and address their critical requirements while empowering business users to take ownership of decisions and change management.

  AI, Deployment, FICO, Machine Learning, Optimization, Python

• Autotuning for Multi-Objective Optimization on LinkedIn’s Feed Ranking - Aug 19, 2020.
  
  In this post, the authors share their experience coming up with an automated system to tune one of the main parameters in their machine learning model that recommends content on LinkedIn’s Feed, which is just one piece of the community-focused architecture.

  Automated Machine Learning, AutoML, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Optimization

• Accelerated Natural Language Processing: A Free Course From Amazon - Aug 19, 2020.
  
  Amazon's Machine Learning University is making its online courses available to the public, starting with this Accelerated Natural Language Processing offering.

  Amazon, Courses, Free, Machine Learning, NLP

• KDD-2020 (virtual), the leading conference on Data Science and Knowledge Discovery, Aug 23-27 – register now - Aug 18, 2020.
  
  Using an interactive VR platform, KDD-2020 brings you the latest research in AI, Data Science, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning with tutorials to improve your skills, keynotes from top experts, workshops on state-of-the-art topics and over 200 research presentations.

  ACM SIGKDD, COVID-19, Data Science, Deep Learning, KDD, KDD-2020, Machine Learning, Meetings, Research

• Top Google AI, Machine Learning Tools for Everyone - Aug 18, 2020.
  
  Google is much more than a search company. Learn about all the tools they are developing to help turn your ideas into reality through Google AI.

  AI, AutoML, Bias, Data Science Platforms, Datasets, Google, Google Cloud, Google Colab, Machine Learning, TensorFlow

• Are Computer Vision Models Vulnerable to Weight Poisoning Attacks? - Aug 17, 2020.
  
  A recent paper has explored the possibility of influencing the predictions of a freshly trained Natural Language Processing (NLP) model by tweaking the weights re-used in its training. his result is especially interesting if it proves to transfer also to the context of Computer Vision (CV) since there, the usage of pre-trained weights is widespread.

  Adversarial, AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, NLP

• Going Beyond Superficial: Data Science MOOCs with Substance - Aug 13, 2020.
  
  Data science MOOCs are superficial. At least, a lot of them are. What are your options when looking for something more substantive?

  Courses, Data Science, Machine Learning, MOOC

• Will Reinforcement Learning Pave the Way for Accessible True Artificial Intelligence? - Aug 11, 2020.
  
  Python Machine Learning, Third Edition covers the essential concepts of reinforcement learning, starting from its foundations, and how RL can support decision making in complex environments. Read more on the topic from the book's author Sebastian Raschka.

  Machine Learning, Packt Publishing, Python, Reinforcement Learning, Sebastian Raschka

• 10 Use Cases for Privacy-Preserving Synthetic Data - Aug 11, 2020.
  
  This article presents 10 use-cases for synthetic data, showing how enterprises today can use this artificially generated information to train machine learning models or share data externally without violating individuals' privacy.

  Compliance, Machine Learning, Privacy, Synthetic Data

• Facebook Uses Bayesian Optimization to Conduct Better Experiments in Machine Learning Models - Aug 10, 2020.
  
  A research from Facebook proposes a Beyasian optimization method to run A/B tests in machine learning models.

  Bayesian, Facebook, Machine Learning, Modeling, Optimization

• Essential Data Science Tips: How to Use One-Vs-Rest and One-Vs-One for Multi-Class Classification - Aug 6, 2020.
  
  Classification, as a predictive model, involves aligning each class label to examples. Algorithms designed for binary classification cannot be applied to multi-class classification problems. For such situations, heuristic methods come in handy.

  Classification, Machine Learning

• Word Embedding Fairness Evaluation - Aug 5, 2020.
  
  With word embeddings being such a crucial component of NLP, the reported social biases resulting from the training corpora could limit their application. The framework introduced here intends to measure the fairness in word embeddings to better understand these potential biases.

  Bias, Ethics, Machine Learning, Word Embeddings

• KDnuggets™ News 20:n30, Aug 5: What Employers are Expecting of Data Scientist Role; I have a joke about… - Aug 5, 2020.
  
  Know What Employers are Expecting for a Data Scientist Role in 2020; I have a joke about …; First Steps of a Data Science Project; Why You Should Get Google's New Machine Learning Certificate; Awesome Machine Learning and AI Courses

  AI, Career Advice, Certificate, Courses, Data Science, Data Scientist, Google, Humor, Machine Learning, Trends

• Implementing MLOps on an Edge Device - Aug 4, 2020.
  
  This article introduces developers to MLOps and strategies for implementing MLOps on edge devices.

  Edge Analytics, Machine Learning, MLOps, Speech Recognition, Workflow

• Setting Up Your Data Science & Machine Learning Capability in Python - Aug 4, 2020.
  
  With the rich and dynamic ecosystem of Python continuing to be a leading programming language for data science and machine learning, establishing and maintaining a cost-effective development environment is crucial to your business impact. So, do you rent or buy? This overview considers the hidden and obvious factors involved in selecting and implementing your Python platform.

  Cloud Computing, Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Saturn Cloud

• Announcing PyCaret 2.0 - Aug 3, 2020.
  
  PyCaret 2.0 has been released! Find out about all of the updates and see examples of how to use them right here.

  Machine Learning, PyCaret, Python

• The Machine Learning Field Guide - Aug 3, 2020.
  
  This straightforward guide offers a structured overview of all machine learning prerequisites needed to start working on your project, including the complete data pipeline from importing and cleaning data to modelling and production.

  Data Preparation, Machine Learning, Pandas, Predictive Modeling, Python

• Awesome Machine Learning and AI Courses - Jul 30, 2020.
  
  Check out this list of awesome, free machine learning and artificial intelligence courses with video lectures.

  AI, Courses, Machine Learning

• A Tour of End-to-End Machine Learning Platforms - Jul 29, 2020.
  
  An end-to-end machine learning platform needs a holistic approach. If you’re interested in learning more about a few well-known ML platforms, you’ve come to the right place!

  AirBnB, Data Science Platform, Google, Machine Learning, MLOps, Netflix, Pipeline, Uber, Workflow

• Why You Should Get Google’s New Machine Learning Certificate - Jul 29, 2020.
  
  Google is offering a new ML Engineer certificate, geared towards professionals who want to display their competency in topics like distributed model training and scaling to production. Is it worth it?

  Certificate, Courses, Google, Machine Learning

• Essential Resources to Learn Bayesian Statistics - Jul 28, 2020.
  
  If you are interesting in becoming better at statistics and machine learning, then some time should be invested in diving deeper into Bayesian Statistics. While the topic is more advanced, applying these fundamentals to your work will advance your understanding and success as an ML expert.

  Bayesian, Machine Learning, Markov Chain, Statistics

• Labelling Data Using Snorkel - Jul 24, 2020.
  
  In this tutorial, we walk through the process of using Snorkel to generate labels for an unlabelled dataset. We will provide you examples of basic Snorkel components by guiding you through a real clinical application of Snorkel.

  Data Labeling, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, NLP, Python

• KDnuggets™ News 20:n28, Jul 22: Data Science MOOCs are too Superficial; The Bitter Lesson of Machine Learning - Jul 22, 2020.
  
  Data Science MOOCs are too Superficial; The Bitter Lesson of Machine Learning; Building a REST API with Tensorflow Serving (Part 1); 3 Advanced Python Features You Should Know; Understanding How Neural Networks Think;

  API, Data Science, Machine Learning, MOOC, Neural Networks, Python, Richard Sutton, TensorFlow

• What I learned from looking at 200 machine learning tools - Jul 21, 2020.
  
  While hundreds of machine learning tools are available today, the ML software landscape may still be underdeveloped with more room to mature. This review considers the state of ML tools, existing challenges, and which frameworks are addressing the future of machine learning software.

  Data Science Platform, Data Science Tools, Machine Learning, MLOps, Open Source, Tools

• Data Mining and Machine Learning: Fundamental Concepts and Algorithms: The Free eBook - Jul 21, 2020.
  
  The second edition of Data Mining and Machine Learning: Fundamental Concepts and Algorithms is available to read freely online, and includes a new part on regression with chapters on linear regression, logistic regression, neural networks, deep learning and regression assessment.

  Algorithms, Data Mining, Free ebook, Machine Learning