Tag: Machine Learning (1304)

• What is the most important step in a machine learning project? - Aug 18, 2017.
  
  In any machine learning project, business understanding is very important. But in practice, it does not get enough attention. Here we explain what questions should be asked.

  Tags: Business, CRISP-DM, Machine Learning, Methodology

• Lessons Learned From Benchmarking Fast Machine Learning Algorithms - Aug 16, 2017.
  
  Boosted decision trees are responsible for more than half of the winning solutions in machine learning challenges hosted at Kaggle, and require minimal tuning. We evaluate two popular tree boosting software packages: XGBoost and LightGBM and draw 4 important lessons.

  Tags: Benchmark, Decision Trees, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Microsoft, XGBoost

• A Guide to Understanding AI Toolkits - Aug 16, 2017.
  
  This post surveys today’s foremost options for AI in the form of deep learning, examining each toolkit’s primary advantages as well as their respective industry supporters.

  Tags: AI, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, SVDS

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n31, Aug 16: Data Science Primer: Basic Concepts; Python vs R vs rest - Aug 16, 2017.
  
  Also: What Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Do-And What It Can't; How Convolutional Neural Networks Accomplish Image Recognition?; Making Predictive Models Robust: Holdout vs Cross-Validation; The Machine Learning Abstracts: Support Vector Machines

  Tags: AI, Convolutional Neural Networks, Image Recognition, Machine Learning, Predictive Models, Support Vector Machines

• 4 Industries Being Transformed by Machine Learning and Robotics - Aug 15, 2017.
  
  When used in combination with big data and machine learning, both AI and robotics can actively improve over time as they collect more information. You don’t have to look far to see how these technologies have revolutionized the world, and continue to do so.

  Tags: AI, Automation, Industry, Machine Learning, Robots

• DataRobot: The Making of Data Science Superheroes, Webinar August 31 - Aug 11, 2017.
  
  Learn how two data scientists quickly transformed from mere mortals into data science superheroes, now able to tackle more projects with better results - faster than a speeding bullet!

  Tags: Automated Machine Learning, DataRobot, Finance, Machine Learning

• Transforming from Autonomous to Smart: Reinforcement Learning Basics - Aug 11, 2017.
  
  This blog introduces the basics of reinforcement learning. We are going to see how reinforcement learning might help us to address these challenges; to work smarter at the edge when brute force technology advances will not suffice.

  Tags: IoT, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning

• What Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Do—And What It Can’t - Aug 10, 2017.
  
  I have seen situations where AI (or at least machine learning) had an incredible impact on a business—I also have seen situations where this was not the case. So, what was the difference?

  Tags: AI, Andrew Ng, Ingo Mierswa, Machine Learning, RapidMiner

• The Machine Learning Abstracts: Support Vector Machines - Aug 10, 2017.
  
  While earlier entrants in this series covered elementary classification algorithms, another (more advanced) machine learning algorithm which can be used for classification is Support Vector Machines (SVM).

  Tags: Algorithms, Machine Learning, Support Vector Machines

• Top /r/MachineLearning Posts, July: Friendly Suggestions re: Coding Practices; Racist AI How-To Without Really Trying - Aug 10, 2017.
  
  Why can't you guys comment your f*cking code?; Train Chrome's Trex character to play independently; How to make a racist AI without really trying; Is training a NN to mimic a closed-source library legal?; 37 Reasons why your NN is not working

  Tags: AI, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Programming, Reddit

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Aug 2-8: PyTorch: concise overview of the framework and its tensor implementation - Aug 9, 2017.
  
  Also: What is the most important step in a #MachineLearning project? #MachineLearning Algorithms: a concise technical overview; McKinsey state of #MachineLearning and #AI.

  Tags: Machine Learning, PyTorch, Top tweets

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n30, Aug 9: Machine Learning Algorithms: Concise Overview; Train your Deep Learning model faster and sharper - Aug 9, 2017.
  
  Also: A unified deep learning framework for time-series mobile sensing data processing; EDISON Data Science Framework Release 2; Data mining Airbnb.

  Tags: Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

• Strata Data Conference, the reunion of data brain trust – KDnuggets Offer - Aug 8, 2017.
  
  Strata Data Conference, the annual reunion of data brain trust, is Sept 25-28 in New York. Early price ends Aug 11 - save more with code KDNU.

  Tags: Data Engineering, Data Science, Fintech, Machine Learning, New York City, NY, Strata

• Going deeper with recurrent networks: Sequence to Bag of Words Model - Aug 8, 2017.
  
  Deep learning makes it possible to convert unstructured text to computable formats, incorporating semantic knowledge to train machine learning models. These digital data troves help us understand people on a new level.

  Tags: Deep Learning, LSTM, Machine Learning, NLP, Recurrent Neural Networks

• Best Data Science, Machine Learning Courses from Udemy (only $10 or $12 till Aug 10) - Aug 6, 2017.
  
  Back-to-school sale on best courses from Udemy, including Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Spark, Tableau, and Hadoop - only $10 or $12 until Aug 10, 2017.

  Tags: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Online Education, Python, Tableau, Udemy

• Machine Learning Algorithms: A Concise Technical Overview – Part 1 - Aug 4, 2017.
  
  These short and to-the-point tutorials may provide the assistance you are looking for. Each of these posts concisely covers a single, specific machine learning concept.

  Tags: Algorithms, Machine Learning

• Train your Deep Learning Faster: FreezeOut - Aug 3, 2017.
  
  We explain another novel method for much faster training of Deep Learning models by freezing the intermediate layers, and show that it has little or no effect on accuracy.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Model Performance, Modeling, Neural Networks

• The Machine Learning Abstracts: Decision Trees - Aug 3, 2017.
  
  Decision trees are a classic machine learning technique. The basic intuition behind a decision tree is to map out all possible decision paths in the form of a tree.

  Tags: Algorithms, Decision Trees, Machine Learning

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 26 – Aug 01: 37 Reasons why your #NeuralNetwork is not working; Machine Learning Exercises in Python - Aug 2, 2017.
  
  Also Hill criteria for #causality vs #correlation via #xkcd cartoons; #MachineLearning Workflows in #Python from Scratch Part 2: k-means Clustering

  Tags: Causation, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Python, TensorFlow, Top tweets

• Train your Deep Learning model faster and sharper: Snapshot Ensembling — M models for the cost of 1 - Aug 2, 2017.
  
  We explain a novel Snapshot Ensembling method for increasing accuracy of Deep Learning models while also reducing training time.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Ensemble Methods, Gradient Descent, Machine Learning, Model Performance

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n29, Aug 2: Machine Learning Exercises in Python; 8 Reasons Why Many Big Data Analytics Solutions Fail - Aug 2, 2017.
  
  Machine Learning Exercises in Python: An Introductory Tutorial Series; The BI & Data Analysis Conundrum: 8 Reasons Why Many Big Data Analytics Solutions Fail to Deliver Value; The Internet of Things: An Introductory Tutorial Series; How to squeeze the most from your training data

  Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Classification, Convolutional Neural Networks, Data Visualization, IoT, Machine Learning, Python

• How to squeeze the most from your training data - Jul 27, 2017.
  
  In many cases, getting enough well-labelled training data is a huge hurdle for developing accurate prediction systems. Here is an innovative approach which uses SVM to get the most from training data.

  Tags: Data Analysis, Data Preparation, Machine Learning, Support Vector Machines, SVM, Training Data

• The Machine Learning Abstracts: Classification - Jul 27, 2017.
  
  Classification is the process of categorizing or “classifying” some items into a predefined set of categories or “classes”. It is exactly the same even when a machine does so. Let’s dive a little deeper.

  Tags: Algorithms, Classification, Machine Learning

• Machine Learning and Misinformation - Jul 27, 2017.
  
  The creative aspects of machine learning are overshadowed by visions of an autonomous future, but machine learning is a powerful tool for communication. Most machine learning in today’s products is related to understanding.

  Pages: 1 2

  Tags: Fake News, Image Recognition, Machine Learning

• Machine Learning Exercises in Python: An Introductory Tutorial Series - Jul 26, 2017.
  
  This post presents a summary of a series of tutorials covering the exercises from Andrew Ng's machine learning class on Coursera. Instead of implementing the exercises in Octave, the author has opted to do so in Python, and provide commentary along the way.

  Tags: Andrew Ng, Machine Learning, Python

• ExxonMobil: Machine Learning Position - Jul 21, 2017.
  
  Seeking a full-time staff position in the area of machine learning in our Data Analytics and Optimization Section.

  Tags: Annandale, ExxonMobil, Machine Learning, NJ

• AI and Deep Learning, Explained Simply - Jul 21, 2017.
  
  AI can now see, hear, and even bluff better than most people. We look into what is new and real about AI and Deep Learning, and what is hype or misinformation.
   

  Pages: 1 2 3

  Tags: AI, Deep Learning, Explained, Machine Learning

• Deep Learning, AI Assistant Summits London feature DeepMind and much more, Sep 21-22 – KDnuggets Offer - Jul 20, 2017.
  
  The Deep Learning Summit London and the AI Assistant Summit London will be continuing the RE•WORK Global Summit Series this September 21 & 22. Early Bird discount is ending on July 28th. Register now to guarantee a spot at the Summit and use the discount code KDNUGGETS to save 20% on all tickets.

  Tags: AI, Chatbot, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, RE.WORK, Virtual Assistant

• Hacking in silico protein engineering with Machine Learning and AI, explained - Jul 19, 2017.
  
  Proteins are building blocks of all living matter. Although tremendous progress has been made, protein engineering remains laborious, expensive and truly complicated. Here is how Machine Learning can help.

  Tags: Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Protein

• Road Lane Line Detection using Computer Vision models - Jul 19, 2017.
  
  A tutorial on how to implement a computer vision data pipeline for road lane detection used by self-driving cars.
   
   

  Pages: 1 2

  Tags: AI, Computer Vision, Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Self-Driving Car

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n27, Jul 19: The 4 Types of Data Analytics; Machine Learning Applied to Big Data, Explained - Jul 19, 2017.
  
  The 4 Types of Data Analytics; Machine Learning Applied to Big Data, Explained; Are Most Machine Learning Experts Turning to Deep Learning?; How to Build a Data Science Pipeline; Cartoon: The First Ever Self-Driving, Deep Learning Grill

  Tags: Analytics, Automated Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Self-Driving Car

• Are Most Machine Learning Experts Turning to Deep Learning? - Jul 18, 2017.
  
  Read a short opinion on what the impact of machine learning researchers focusing on deep learning will be.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks

• Optimizing Web sites: Advances thanks to Machine Learning - Jul 17, 2017.
  
  Machine learning has revitalized a nearly dormant method, leading to a powerful approach for optimizing Web pages, finding the best of thousands of alternatives.

  Pages: 1 2

  Tags: A/B Testing, Bayesian, Machine Learning, Marketing, Optimization

• Machine Learning Applied to Big Data, Explained - Jul 17, 2017.
  
  Machine learning with Big Data is, in many ways, different than "regular" machine learning. This informative image is helpful in identifying the steps in machine learning with Big Data, and how they fit together into a process of their own.

  Tags: Big Data, Explained, Machine Learning, Rubens Zimbres

• DataRobot: Become a Data Science SuperHero, Webinar, July 25 - Jul 14, 2017.
  
  DataRobot machine learning automation platform transforms you from mild-mannered to superhuman in your abilities to develop and deploy highly-accurate predictive models. Learn more in this webinar.

  Tags: Automated, Automated Machine Learning, DataRobot, Healthcare, Machine Learning

• Stylight: Machine Learning Engineer - Jul 13, 2017.
  
  We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer who wants to liberate us from manual classification. We use English as our main language.

  Tags: Engineer, Fashion, Germany, Machine Learning, Munich, Stylight

• Automated Machine Learning — A Paradigm Shift That Accelerates Data Scientist Productivity - Jul 13, 2017.
  
  There is a growing community around creating tools that automate many machine learning tasks, as well as other tasks that are part of the machine learning workflow. The paradigm that encapsulates this idea is often referred to as automated machine learning.

  Tags: AirBnB, Automated Data Science, Automated Machine Learning, Machine Learning

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 05-11: 10 Free Must-Read Books for #MachineLearning and #DataScience; Why AI and Machine Learning? - Jul 12, 2017.
  
  Also great overview: Unintuitive properties of #NeuralNetworks; #Apache #Flink vs #Spark: The Strange Loop in #DeepLearning - the coolest idea in #MachineLearning in 20 yrs;

  Tags: Deep Learning, Flink, Free ebook, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Top tweets

• The Guerrilla Guide to Machine Learning with Julia - Jul 12, 2017.
  
  This post is a lean look at learning machine learning with Julia. It is a complete, if very short, course for the quick study hacker with no time (or patience) to spare.

  Tags: Data Analysis, Julia, Machine Learning, Scientific Computing

• Why Every Company Needs a Digital Brain - Jul 11, 2017.
  
  As emerging technologies like AI/machine learning are adopted across different parts of the business, enterprises require a “digital brain” to coordinate those efforts and generate systemic intelligence.

  Tags: AI, Enterprise, H2O, Machine Learning

• What Are Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning? - Jul 10, 2017.
  
  AI and Machine Learning have become mainstream, and people know shockingly little about it. Here is an explainer and useful references.

  Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, RapidMiner

• 5 Free Resources for Getting Started with Self-driving Vehicles - Jul 10, 2017.
  
  This is a short list of 5 resources to help newcomers find their bearings when learning about self-driving vehicles, all of which are free. This should be sufficient to learn the basics, and to learn where to look next for further instruction.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Self-Driving Car, Udacity

• Fidelity Investments: Vice President (AI Lead) – Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Big Data - Jul 7, 2017.
  
  Seeking an outstanding hands-on AI leader who can partner with business stakeholders and identify/prioritize top AI opportunities, create business/technical requirements, transform large volumes of data into AI-driven solutions using creative, and lead ML strategy and road map planning.

  Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Boston, Fidelity Investments, Finance, MA, Machine Learning, NC, Raleigh

• How Feature Engineering Can Help You Do Well in a Kaggle Competition – Part 3 - Jul 4, 2017.
  
  In this last post of the series, I describe how I used more powerful machine learning algorithms for the click prediction problem as well as the ensembling techniques that took me up to the 19th position on the leaderboard (top 2%)

  Tags: Feature Engineering, Jupyter, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Python

• Top /r/MachineLearning Posts, June: NumPy Gets Funding; ML Cheat Sheets For All; Hot Dog or Not?!? - Jul 3, 2017.
  
  NumPy receives first ever funding, thanks to Moore Foundation; Cheat Sheets for deep learning and machine learning; How HBO’s Silicon Valley built “Not Hotdog” with mobile TensorFlow & Keras; Andrej Karpathy leaves OpenAI for Tesla; Machine, a machine learning IDE

  Tags: Andrej Karpathy, Cheat Sheet, Deep Learning, Keras, Machine Learning, Reddit, Self-Driving Car, TensorFlow

• Optimization in Machine Learning: Robust or global minimum? - Jun 30, 2017.
  
  Here we discuss how convex problems are solved and optimised in machine learning/deep learning.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Gradient Descent, Machine Learning, Optimization, UAI

• Why Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? - Jun 30, 2017.
  
  With your goals (i.e., the why) in mind, the next step for any artificial intelligence or machine learning solution is to specify ​how (e.g., which algorithms or models to use) to achieve a specific goal or set of goals, and finally what the end result will be (e.g., product, report, predictive model).

  Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business Leader, Data Leadership, Machine Learning

• Interesting Things Learned as a Student of Machine Learning - Jun 29, 2017.
  
  Did you ever learn something you didn't really want to? The path to machine learning mastery is paved with such collateral knowledge. Here are a few examples of such information I have gleaned while trekking away.

  Tags: Datasets, Humor, Machine Learning

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n25, Jun 28: Emerging Data Science Software Ecosystem; 3 Key Data Science 2017 Hiring Trends - Jun 28, 2017.
  
  Emerging Data Science Software Ecosystem; 3 Key Trends Shaping the 2017 Data Science Hiring Market; Top 10 Quora Machine Learning Writers and Their Best Advice; The world's first protein database for Machine Learning and AI; Making Sense of Machine Learning

  Tags: Advice, AI, Data Science, Hiring, Machine Learning, Poll, Quora, Trends

• How Feature Engineering Can Help You Do Well in a Kaggle Competition – Part 2 - Jun 27, 2017.
  
  In this post, I describe the competition evaluation, the design of my cross-validation strategy and my baseline models using statistics and trees ensembles.

  Pages: 1 2

  Tags: Feature Engineering, Jupyter, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Python

• Top 10 Quora Machine Learning Writers and Their Best Advice, Updated - Jun 26, 2017.
  
  Gain some insight on a variety of topics with select answers from Quora's current top machine learning writers. Advice on research, interviews, hot topics in the field, how to best progress in your learning, and more are all covered herein.

  Tags: Advice, Ian Goodfellow, Machine Learning, Quora, Top 10, Xavier Amatriain, Yoshua Bengio

• The world’s first protein database for Machine Learning and AI - Jun 22, 2017.
  
  dSPP is the world first interactive database of proteins for AI and Machine Learning, and is fully integrated with Keras and Tensorflow. You can access the database at peptone.io/dspp

  Tags: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Keras, Machine Learning, Protein, TensorFlow

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 14-20: 5 EBooks to Read Before Getting into A Data Science or Big Data Career - Jun 21, 2017.
  
  Also 10 Free Must-Read Books for #MachineLearning and #DataScience; #Keras implementation of a simple Neural Net module for relational reasoning; Applying #deeplearning to real-world problems

  Tags: ebook, Keras, Machine Learning, Top tweets

• Making Sense of Machine Learning - Jun 21, 2017.
  
  Broadly speaking, machine learners are computer algorithms designed for pattern recognition, curve fitting, classification and clustering. The word learning in the term stems from the ability to learn from data.

  Tags: Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning

• Does Machine Learning Have a Future Role in Cyber Security? - Jun 20, 2017.
  
  In the past, ML learning hasn't had as much success in cyber security as in other fields. Many early attempts struggled with problems such as generating too many false positives, which resulted mixed attitudes towards it.

  Tags: Cybersecurity, Machine Learning

• Best Data Science Courses from Udemy (only $10 till June 21) - Jun 19, 2017.
  
  Here are some of the best courses in data science from Udemy, covering Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Spark, Tableau, and Hadoop - only $10 until June 21, 2017.

  Tags: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Online Education, Python, Tableau, Udemy

• The Machine Learning Algorithms Used in Self-Driving Cars - Jun 19, 2017.
  
  Machine Learning applications include evaluation of driver condition or driving scenario classification through data fusion from different external and internal sensors. We examine different algorithms used for self-driving cars.

  Tags: Algorithms, Boosting, Machine Learning, Self-Driving Car

• Understanding Deep Learning Requires Re-thinking Generalization - Jun 16, 2017.
  
  What is it that distinguishes neural networks that generalize well from those that don’t? A satisfying answer to this question would not only help to make neural networks more interpretable, but it might also lead to more principled and reliable model architecture design.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Jun 07-13: Is Regression Analysis Really Machine Learning? - Jun 14, 2017.
  
  Machine Learning in Real Life: Tales from the Trenches; Is Regression Analysis Really Machine Learning?; Implementing Your Own k-Nearest Neighbour Algorithm Using Python; Building Simple Neural Networks - TensorFlow for Hackers.

  Tags: Andrew Ng, Machine Learning, TensorFlow, Top tweets

• Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing in Machine Learning – Getting premium value out of data - Jun 14, 2017.
  
  Recently, PSL Research University launched a one-week course combining theoretical lectures and practical sessions. 115 students from various backgrounds and skill levels were enrolled; something quite spectacular happened during the week: Students have achieved an astounding level of score improvement - in just three afternoons.

  Tags: Crowdsourcing, Machine Learning

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n23, Jun 14: The Practice of Machine Learning, Data Science Implementation, and Feature Selection - Jun 14, 2017.
  
  A Practical Guide to Machine Learning; Your Checklist to Get Data Science Implemented in Production; The Practical Importance of Feature Selection; Machine Learning in Real Life: Tales from the Trenches.

  Tags: Feature Selection, Machine Learning, Production, Python

• 7 Ways to Get High-Quality Labeled Training Data at Low Cost - Jun 13, 2017.
  
  Having labeled training data is needed for machine learning, but getting such data is not simple or cheap. We review 7 approaches including repurposing, harvesting free sources, retrain models on progressively higher quality data, and more.

  Tags: Crowdsourcing, Data Preparation, Gamification, Machine Learning, Training Data

• Top 15 Python Libraries for Data Science in 2017 - Jun 13, 2017.
  
  Since all of the libraries are open sourced, we have added commits, contributors count and other metrics from Github, which could be served as a proxy metrics for library popularity.

  Pages: 1 2

  Tags: Data Mining, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Python, Visualization

• The Practical Importance of Feature Selection - Jun 12, 2017.
  
  Feature selection is useful on a variety of fronts: it is the best weapon against the Curse of Dimensionality; it can reduce overall training times; and it is a powerful defense against overfitting, increasing generalizability.

  Tags: Feature Selection, Machine Learning, Rubens Zimbres

• Autonomous Vehicles Need Superhuman Perception for Success - Jun 12, 2017.
  
  Michael Milford, Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), is a leading robotics researcher working to improve perception and more in autonomous vehicles, conducting his research at the intersection of robotics, neuroscience and computer vision.

  Tags: Machine Learning, RE.WORK, Self-Driving Car

• Top /r/MachineLearning Posts, May: Deep Image Analogy; Stylized Facial Animations; Google Open Sources Sketch-RNN - Jun 9, 2017.
  
  Deep Image Analogy; Example-Based Synthesis of Stylized Facial Animations; Google releases dataset of 50M vector drawings, open sources Sketch-RNN implementation; New massive medical image dataset coming from Stanford; Everything that Works Works Because it's Bayesian: Why Deep Nets Generalize?

  Tags: Deep Learning, Google, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Reddit

• A Practical Guide to Machine Learning: Understand, Differentiate, and Apply - Jun 9, 2017.
  
  So, if Machine Learning was first defined in 1959, why is this now the time to seize the opportunity? It’s the economics.

  Tags: IBM, Machine Learning, Production

• New Speakers Announced for the European Machine Intelligence Summit & Machine Intelligence in Autonomous Vehicles Summit in Amsterdam, 28-29 June - Jun 8, 2017.
  
  Explore the cutting-edge technology leading the way in Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Vehicles and it’s applications in industry at the Amsterdam Summits on June 28th & 29th. Use the discount code KDNUGGETS to save 20% on all tickets.

  Tags: AI, Amsterdam, Machine Intelligence, Machine Learning, Netherlands, RE.WORK, Self-Driving Car

• The Unintended Consequences of Machine Learning - Jun 8, 2017.
  
  But with great power comes great responsibility. Let me tell you a story about the unintended consequences of well-meaning machine learning research.

  Tags: AI, Amazon, Machine Learning, Personalization

• How Feature Engineering Can Help You Do Well in a Kaggle Competition – Part I - Jun 8, 2017.
  
  As I scroll through the leaderboard page, I found my name in the 19th position, which was the top 2% from nearly 1,000 competitors. Not bad for the first Kaggle competition I had decided to put a real effort in!

  Tags: Apache Spark, Feature Engineering, Jupyter, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Python

• Machine Learning in Real Life: Tales from the Trenches to the Cloud – Part 1 - Jun 8, 2017.
  
  We live in a world where everyone knows enough about the Buzzwords “Deep Learning” and “Big Data”... we also live in a world where if you’re a developer you can, while knowing nothing about machine learning, go from zero to training a OCR model in the space of an hour.

  Tags: Cloud, Machine Learning, Production

• Machine Learning Workflows in Python from Scratch Part 2: k-means Clustering - Jun 7, 2017.
  
  The second post in this series of tutorials for implementing machine learning workflows in Python from scratch covers implementing the k-means clustering algorithm.

  Tags: Clustering, K-means, Machine Learning, Python, Workflow

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n22, Jun 7: 7 Steps to Mastering Data Preparation with Python; Why Does Deep Learning Not Have a Local Minimum? - Jun 7, 2017.
  
  7 Steps to Mastering Data Preparation with Python; Why Does Deep Learning Not Have a Local Minimum?; 7 Techniques to Handle Imbalanced Data; Which Machine Learning Algorithm Should I Use?; Is Regression Analysis Really Machine Learning?

  Tags: Data Preparation, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Python, Regression, Unbalanced

• DataRobot Webinar on June 27, 2017: Automated Machine Learning in Action - Jun 6, 2017.
  
  In this webinar, learn how DataRobot automates predictive modeling, and how our platform can deliver these same types of insights and a substantial productivity boost to your machine learning endeavors.

  Tags: Automated Data Science, Automated Machine Learning, DataRobot, Machine Learning

• TPOT Automated Machine Learning Competition: Can AutoML beat humans on Kaggle? - Jun 5, 2017.
  
  Over the next couple months, we’re going to challenge you to apply TPOT to any data science problem you find interesting on Kaggle. If your entry ranks in the top 25% of the leaderboard on a Kaggle problem, we want to see how TPOT helped you accomplish that.

  Tags: Automated Data Science, Automated Machine Learning, Competition, Machine Learning

• Is Regression Analysis Really Machine Learning? - Jun 5, 2017.
  
  What separates "traditional" applied statistics from machine learning? Is statistics the foundation on top of which machine learning is built? Is machine learning a superset of "traditional" statistics? Do these 2 concepts have a third unifying concept in common? So, in that vein... is regression analysis actually a form of machine learning?

  Tags: Applied Statistics, Linear Regression, Machine Learning, Regression, Statistics

• 7 Steps to Mastering Data Preparation with Python - Jun 2, 2017.
  
  Follow these 7 steps for mastering data preparation, covering the concepts, the individual tasks, as well as different approaches to tackling the entire process from within the Python ecosystem.

  Pages: 1 2

  Tags: 7 Steps, Data Preparation, Data Preprocessing, Data Science, Data Wrangling, Machine Learning, Pandas, Python

• Which Machine Learning Algorithm Should I Use? - Jun 1, 2017.
  
  A typical question asked by a beginner, when facing a wide variety of machine learning algorithms, is "which algorithm should I use?” The answer to the question varies depending on many factors, including the size, quality, and nature of data, the available computational time, and more.

  Tags: Algorithms, Cheat Sheet, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning

• Data Science for Newbies: An Introductory Tutorial Series for Software Engineers - May 31, 2017.
  
  This post summarizes and links to the individual tutorials which make up this introductory look at data science for newbies, mainly focusing on the tools, with a practical bent, written by a software engineer from the perspective of a software engineering approach.

  Tags: Apache Spark, Data Science, Jupyter, Machine Learning, Pandas, Python, Reddit, Scala, SQL

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n21, May 31: Python Machine Learning Workflows from Scratch; Machine Learning Crash Course - May 31, 2017.
  
  Machine Learning Workflows in Python from Scratch Part 1: Data Preparation; Machine Learning Crash Course: Part 1; An Introduction to the MXNet Python API; How A Data Scientist Can Improve Productivity; Data science platforms are on the rise and IBM is leading the way

  Tags: Data Preparation, Data Science, Data Science Platform, Data Scientist, Machine Learning, Python

• Challenges in Machine Learning for Trust - May 29, 2017.
  
  With an explosive growth in the number of transactions, detecting fraud cannot be done manually and Machine Learning-based methods are required. We examine what are the main challenges for using Machine Learning for Trust.

  Tags: Machine Learning, Risk Modeling, Trust

• Machine Learning Workflows in Python from Scratch Part 1: Data Preparation - May 29, 2017.
  
  This post is the first in a series of tutorials for implementing machine learning workflows in Python from scratch, covering the coding of algorithms and related tools from the ground up. The end result will be a handcrafted ML toolkit. This post starts things off with data preparation.

  Tags: Data Preparation, Machine Learning, Python, Workflow

• Machine Learning Anomaly Detection: The Ultimate Design Guide - May 25, 2017.
  
  Considering building a machine learning anomaly detection system for your high velocity business? Learn how with Anodot ultimate three-part guide.

  Tags: Anodot, Anomaly Detection, Machine Learning, Real-time

• ExxonMobil: Machine Learning - May 24, 2017.
  
  Seeking a full-time staff position in the area of machine learning in our Data Analytics and Optimization Section.

  Tags: Clinton, ExxonMobil, Machine Learning, NJ

• Machine Learning Crash Course: Part 1 - May 24, 2017.
  
  This post, the first in a series of ML tutorials, aims to make machine learning accessible to anyone willing to learn. We’ve designed it to give you a solid understanding of how ML algorithms work as well as provide you the knowledge to harness it in your projects.

  Tags: Classification, Cost Function, Gradient Descent, Machine Learning, Regression

• The Path To Learning Artificial Intelligence - May 19, 2017.
  
  Learn how to easily build real-world AI for booming tech, business, pioneering careers and game-level fun.

  Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Online Education, Python

• Webinar: A New Era of Data Science – Unlocking Big Data Insights with Machine Learning and Spark, May 31 - May 19, 2017.
  
  Learn about Big Data technologies and trends, Democratizing Big Data analytics, Big Data and the Cloud, and more in this webcast with top experts Dean Abbott and Mamdouh Refaat.

  Tags: Angoss, Apache Spark, Dean Abbott, Machine Learning

• Data Preparation Strategies for Successful Machine Learning - May 18, 2017.
  
  This upcoming 45-minute webinar explores efficient methods to explore and organize complex data, how to marry multiple datasets for feature engineering, and optimal target selection and how to address information leakage.

  Tags: Data Preparation, DataRobot, Machine Learning, Strategy

• Top KDnuggets tweets, May 10-16: Which Machine Learning algorithm should I use? #cheatsheet - May 17, 2017.
  
  Also HDFS vs. HBase: All you need to know #BigData mini-tutorial; #MachineLearning overtaking #BigData?

  Tags: Algorithms, Machine Learning, Top tweets

• Best Data Science Courses from Udemy (only $10 till May 27) - May 17, 2017.
  
  Here a list of the best courses in data science from Udemy, covering Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Spark, Tableau, and Hadoop - only $10 until May 27, 2017.

  Tags: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Online Education, Python, Tableau, Udemy

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n19, May 17: Guerrilla Guide to Machine Learning with R; 5 Machine Learning Projects You Can’t Overlook - May 17, 2017.
  
  The Guerrilla Guide to Machine Learning with R; 5 Machine Learning Projects You Can No Longer Overlook, May; The Two Phases of Gradient Descent in Deep Learning; HDFS vs. HBase: All you need to know; Must-Know: What are common data quality issues for Big Data and how to handle them?

  Tags: Deep Learning, Gradient Descent, HBase, HDFS, Machine Learning, R

• Introducing Dask-SearchCV: Distributed hyperparameter optimization with Scikit-Learn - May 12, 2017.
  
  We introduce a new library for doing distributed hyperparameter optimization with Scikit-Learn estimators. We compare it to the existing Scikit-Learn implementations, and discuss when it may be useful compared to other approaches.

  Tags: Dask, Distributed, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Optimization, scikit-learn

• Data Version Control: iterative machine learning - May 11, 2017.
  
  ML modeling is an iterative process and it is extremely important to keep track of all the steps and dependencies between code and data. New open-source tool helps you do that.

  Tags: CRISP-DM, DVC, GitHub, Machine Learning, Open Source, Reproducibility, Version Control

• The Guerrilla Guide to Machine Learning with R - May 11, 2017.
  
  This post is a lean look at learning machine learning with R. It is a complete, if very short, course for the quick study hacker with no time (or patience) to spare.

  Tags: Data Analysis, Machine Learning, R

• Top 10 Recent AI videos on YouTube - May 10, 2017.
  
  Top viewed videos on artificial intelligence since 2016 include great talks and lecture series from MIT and Caltech, Google Tech Talks on AI.

  Tags: AI, Google, Machine Learning, MIT, Neural Networks, NVIDIA, Robots, Youtube

• 5 Machine Learning Projects You Can No Longer Overlook, May - May 10, 2017.
  
  In this month's installment of Machine Learning Projects You Can No Longer Overlook, we find some data preparation and exploration tools, a (the?) reinforcement learning "framework," a new automated machine learning library, and yet another distributed deep learning library.

  Tags: Automated Machine Learning, Data Exploration, Deep Learning, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Overlook, Pandas, Reinforcement Learning

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n18, May 10: KDnuggets Poll: Software used for Analytics, Data Science? Top Machine Learning videos - May 10, 2017.
  
  Also Top 10 Machine Learning Videos on YouTube, updated; Deep Learning in Minutes with this ...; Machine Learning overtaking Big Data?

  Tags: Big Data, Machine Learning, Poll, Youtube

• MLTrain: transitioning academic theory to practice - May 9, 2017.
  
  Learn how to master Machine Learning by understanding the theory behind. MLTrain also teaches the concepts and helpful tricks of key systems like TensorFlow and how to code machine learning algorithms using it.

  Tags: CNTK, Deep Learning, Johannesburg, Machine Learning, MLTrain, New York City, TensorFlow, Training

• Sales forecasting using Machine Learning - May 8, 2017.
  
  SpringML inviting business and sales leaders to its Man vs Machine Forecasting Duel - give them a day with your data and they will provide an algorithm based, unbiased forecast.

  Tags: Forecasting, Machine Learning, Sales, SpringML

• Data Science & Machine Learning Platforms for the Enterprise - May 8, 2017.
  
  A resilient Data Science Platform is a necessity to every centralized data science team within a large corporation. It helps them centralize, reuse, and productionize their models at peta scale.

  Tags: Algorithmia, Data Science Platform, Enterprise, Machine Learning

• Deep Learning in Minutes with this Pre-configured Python VM Image - May 5, 2017.
  
  Check out this Python deep learning virtual machine image, built on top of Ubuntu, which includes a number of machine learning tools and libraries, along with several projects to get up and running with right away.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Python

• Top /r/MachineLearning Posts, April: Why Momentum Really Works; Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn & TensorFlow - May 5, 2017.
  
  Why Momentum Really Works; O'Reilly's Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow; Implemented BEGAN and saw a cute face at iteration 168k; Self-driving car course; Exploring the mysteries of Go; DeepMind Solves AGI

  Tags: AI, Distill, Generative Adversarial Network, Go, Gradient Descent, Machine Learning, Reddit, Self-Driving Car, TensorFlow

• Machine Learning overtaking Big Data? - May 4, 2017.
  
  Is Machine Learning is overtaking Big Data?! We also examine trends for several more related and popular buzzwords, and see how BD, ML. Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Deep Learning rank.

  Tags: Big Data, Big Data Hype, Gartner, Google Trends, Machine Learning

• Top 10 Machine Learning Videos on YouTube, updated - May 3, 2017.
  
  The top machine learning videos on YouTube include lecture series from Stanford and Caltech, Google Tech Talks on deep learning, using machine learning to play Mario and Hearthstone, and detecting NHL goals from live streams.

  Tags: Andrew Ng, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Geoff Hinton, Google, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Robots, Video Games, Yaser Abu-Mostafa, Youtube

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n17, May 3: Learn Machine Learning… in 10 Days?!? Gradient Descent, Simplified - May 3, 2017.
  
  How to Learn Machine Learning in 10 Days; Keep it simple! How to understand Gradient Descent algorithm; The Guerrilla Guide to Machine Learning with Python; What Data You Analyzed - KDnuggets Poll Results and Trends; Cartoon: Machine Learning - What They Think I Do

  Tags: Gradient Descent, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Poll, Python, TensorFlow

• How to Learn Machine Learning in 10 Days - May 1, 2017.
  
  10 days may not seem like a lot of time, but with proper self-discipline and time-management, 10 days can provide enough time to gain a survey of the basic of machine learning, and even allow a new practitioner to apply some of these skills to their own project.

  Tags: Machine Learning, Sebastian Raschka

• The Guerrilla Guide to Machine Learning with Python - May 1, 2017.
  
  Here is a bare bones take on learning machine learning with Python, a complete course for the quick study hacker with no time (or patience) to spare.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Pandas, Python, scikit-learn, Sebastian Raschka

• Cartoon: Machine Learning – What They Think I Do - Apr 29, 2017.
  
  Different views of Machine Learning: What society, my friends, my parents, other programmers think I do, and what I really do.

  Tags: Cartoon, Machine Learning

• Resource-aware Machine Learning – International Summer School, Sep 25-28, TU Dortmund - Apr 27, 2017.
  
  How to deal with data analysis and limited resources: Computational power, data distribution, energy or memory? Learn at TU Dortmund International Summer School. Apply by July 15.

  Tags: Dortmund, Germany, Machine Learning, Resource-aware, Summer School

• Top KDnuggets tweets, Apr 19-25: 10 Free Must-Read Books for Machine Learning and Data Science - Apr 26, 2017.
  
  Also Practical #DeepLearning For Coders-18 hours of free lessons; Different views of #Machinelearning #cartoon #humor; Scikit-learn #MachineLearning classification algorithms.

  Tags: Deep Learning, Free ebook, Machine Learning, scikit-learn, Top tweets

• AI & Machine Learning Black Boxes: The Need for Transparency and Accountability - Apr 25, 2017.
  
  When something goes wrong, as it inevitably does, it can be a daunting task discovering the behavior that caused an event that is locked away inside a black box where discoverability is virtually impossible.

  Tags: AI, Machine Learning, Transparency

• Best Data Science Courses from Udemy (only $10 till Apr 29) - Apr 24, 2017.
  
  Here a list of the best courses in data science from Udemy, covering Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Spark, Tableau, and Hadoop - only $10 until April 29, 2017.

  Tags: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Online Education, Python, Tableau, Udemy

• Data Science for the Layman (No Math Added) - Apr 20, 2017.
  
  Written for the layman, this book is a practical yet gentle introduction to data science. Discover key concepts behind more than 10 classic algorithms, explained with real-world examples and intuitive visuals.

  Tags: Book, Data Science, Machine Learning, Tutorial

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n15, Apr 19: Forrester vs Gartner on Data Science/Analytics Platforms; 5 Machine Learning Projects You Can No Longer Overlook - Apr 19, 2017.
  
  Also Top mistakes data scientists make when dealing with business people; New Online Data Science Tracks for 2017; Cartoon: Why AI needs help with taxes.

  Tags: Data Science Platform, Forrester, Gartner, Machine Learning, Mistakes

• Sift Science: Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning - Apr 17, 2017.
  
  Seeking an experienced engineer who has built scalable machine learning data pipelines & systems, and feels equally comfortable running small experiments on their laptop using R as they do running Spark or Map Reduce jobs on remote clusters.

  Tags: CA, Machine Learning, San Francisco, Seattle, Sift Science, Software Engineer, WA

• Forrester vs Gartner on Data Science Platforms and Machine Learning Solutions - Apr 14, 2017.
  
  Who leads in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Predictive Analytics? We compare the latest Forrester and Gartner reports for this industry for 2017 Q1, identify gainers and losers, and strong leaders vs contenders.

  Tags: Data Science Platform, Forrester, Gartner, IBM, Knime, Machine Learning, Mike Gualtieri, Predictive Analytics, RapidMiner, SAS

• 5 Machine Learning Projects You Can No Longer Overlook, April - Apr 13, 2017.
  
  It's about that time again... 5 more machine learning or machine learning-related projects you may not yet have heard of, but may want to consider checking out. Find tools for data exploration, topic modeling, high-level APIs, and feature selection herein.

  Tags: Data Exploration, Deep Learning, Java, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Overlook, Python, Scala, scikit-learn, Topic Modeling

• Machine Learning Finds “Fake News” with 88% Accuracy - Apr 12, 2017.
  
  In this post, the author assembles a dataset of fake and real news and employs a Naive Bayes classifier in order to create a model to classify an article as fake or real based on its words and phrases.

  Tags: Data Science, Fake News, Machine Learning, Naive Bayes, Politics, Text Analytics

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n14, Apr 12: Free Machine Learning & Data Science Books; Top Machine Learning & Deep Learning Papers - Apr 12, 2017.
  
  10 Free Must-Read Books for Machine Learning and Data Science; Top 20 Recent Research Papers on Machine Learning and Deep Learning; New Poll: What data types you analyzed?; The 42 V's of Big Data and Data Science; A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

  Tags: Books, Data Science, Deep Learning, Free ebook, Machine Learning, Poll, Research

• Must-Know: How to evaluate a binary classifier - Apr 11, 2017.
  
  Binary classification is a basic concept which involves classifying the data into two groups. Read on for some additional insight and approaches.

  Tags: Classifier, Interview questions, Machine Learning

• 10 Free Must-Read Books for Machine Learning and Data Science - Apr 10, 2017.
  
  Spring. Rejuvenation. Rebirth. Everything’s blooming. And, of course, people want free ebooks. With that in mind, here's a list of 10 free machine learning and data science titles to get your spring reading started right.

  Tags: Books, Data Science, ebook, Free ebook, Machine Learning

• ODSC East 2017: Accelerate your Deep Learning & Machine Learning Knowledge and Career Opportunities, Boston, May 3-5 - Apr 7, 2017.
  
  With change comes opportunity! The pace of data science innovation continues to quicken. New tools and techniques are constantly emerging especially around deep learning and machine learning. In 2017 many more companies are embarking on data science projects.

  Tags: Boston, Data Science, Deep Learning, MA, Machine Learning, ODSC

• Top 20 Recent Research Papers on Machine Learning and Deep Learning - Apr 6, 2017.
  
  Machine learning and Deep Learning research advances are transforming our technology. Here are the 20 most important (most-cited) scientific papers that have been published since 2014, starting with "Dropout: a simple way to prevent neural networks from overfitting".

  Tags: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Research, Top list, Yoshua Bengio

• KDnuggets™ News 17:n13, Apr 5: What makes a great data scientist? Best R Packages for Machine Learning - Apr 5, 2017.
  
  Also Best R Packages for Machine Learning; Deep Stubborn Networks - A Breakthrough Advance Towards Adversarial Machine Learning; A Short Guide to Navigating the Jupyter Ecosystem.

  Tags: Data Science Skills, Jupyter, Machine Learning, Pandas, R

• Top /r/MachineLearning Posts, March: A Super Harsh Guide to Machine Learning; Is it Gaggle or Koogle?!? - Apr 4, 2017.
  
  A Super Harsh Guide to Machine Learning; Google is acquiring data science community Kaggle; Suggestion by Salesforce chief data scientist; Andrew Ng resigning from Baidu; Distill: An Interactive, Visual Journal for Machine Learning Research

  Tags: Advice, Andrew Ng, Distill, Google, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Reddit, Salesforce

• Must-Know: Why it may be better to have fewer predictors in Machine Learning models? - Apr 4, 2017.
  
  There are a few reasons why it might be a better idea to have fewer predictor variables rather than having many of them. Read on to find out more.

  Tags: Feature Selection, Interview questions, Machine Learning, Modeling

• The Best R Packages for Machine Learning - Mar 30, 2017.
  
  There is no doubt R is language of choice for the majority of data scientists who want to understand data, especially those looking to leverage its great machine learning packages.

  Tags: Data Incubator, Machine Learning, R, R Packages

• From Big Data Platforms to Platform-less Machine Learning - Mar 27, 2017.
  
  The rise in serverless architectures along with marketplaces from cloud providers creates a significant momentum to democratize big data analytics. Machine learning or AI services are much more valuable, tangible and easier to understand for businesses than clumsy big data platforms.

  Tags: Big Data Services, Machine Learning, MLaaS, SaaS

• What Top Firms Ask: 100+ Data Science Interview Questions - Mar 22, 2017.
  
  Check this out: A topic wise collection of 100+ data science interview questions from top companies.

  Tags: Algorithms, Data Science, Google, Hadoop, Interview questions, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Statistics, Uber

• Email Spam Filtering: An Implementation with Python and Scikit-learn - Mar 17, 2017.
  
  This post is an overview of a spam filtering implementation using Python and Scikit-learn. The results of 2 classifiers are contrasted and compared: multinomial Naive Bayes and support vector machines.

  Tags: Machine Learning, Python, scikit-learn