- Which Movie Sequels Are Really Better? A Data Science Answer - Oct 19, 2015.
The internet is filled with polls and lists of sequels that are better or worse movie in the series. Yet such rankings are often based on personal judgement and rarely on data and statistics. Here is our solution to analyze and visualize the movie series.
Data Analysis, Data Visualization, IMDb, James Bond, Movies, Silk.co
- The 123 Most Influential People in Data Science - Sep 15, 2015.
We used LittleBird algorithm to build a true Data Science influencer network by measuring how often influencers retweet other influencers. Top influencers include @hmason, @kdnuggets, @kaggle, @peteskomoroch, @mrogati, and @KirkDBorne.
About KDnuggets, Alex Salkever, Big Data Influencers, Data Science, Hilary Mason, Influencers, Kaggle, Kirk D. Borne, Silk.co
- NSA Patents Analysis and Visualization - Sep 6, 2015.
To understand details and images of nearly 300 patents filed by the National Security Agency, Alice Corona collected data made available by the USPTO, put into the Silk data publishing and data visualization platform.
Alex Salkever, Data Visualization, Geo-Localization, NSA, Patents, Silk.co, Snowden, Text Mining
- Data Science Degrees – Analyzed and Visualized - Jul 28, 2015.
We use Silk to create an interactive data site of data science degree programs with visualizations on line. The USA has 181 programs, more than the rest of the world combined. Western Europe follows.
Alex Salkever, Data Science Education, Data Visualization, Ryan Swanstrom, Silk.co, USA