What’s common between data scientists and business analysts? Both of them play with numbers. They’re both masters of calculations. They work parallelly to bring value to their respective industries. And the main objective of both professions is to grow business...
Turn up yourself around, and chances are you will definitely find a brand-new application to this entire piece of innovation every other time. But when we talk about the Blockchain Marketing benefits then some of the quick questions appear in our mind like: Why is it...
Let’s not sugar-coat this: Being a data science manager can be difficult. It isn’t like being a sales manager or a business development manager or any other manager of smart professionals. The objective of the data science department, for one, isn’t as clear cut–it’s...
A term “data scientist” was coined only a decade ago. Since then, the job of discovering trends and drawing conclusions from huge data sets has become one of the most sought-after professions across wide variety of industries. Data often comes in PDFs or their worse...
Data science and machine learning are two of the hottest industries these days. Every fresh IT graduate wants to make a career in data science or machine learning. With tech giants and big brands pouring in millions of dollars in research and development in both data...
Data science and machine learning are two of the hottest industries these days. Every fresh IT graduate wants to make a career in data science or machine learning. With tech giants and big brands pouring in millions of dollars in research and development in both data...
As the field of data science becomes more popular, plenty of job opportunities are now available. If you are looking for data scientist jobs, you can find fresh listings on quite a few job portals every day. Even if you’re considering a change in your career or just...
We recently interviewed Nicole Nguyen, Head of APAC, Infinity Blockchain Ventures, who spearheads Infinity Blockchain Lab’s regional initiative in connecting major players and fostering an ever-growing blockchain ecosystem in Asia. She is a co-author of the first...
Podcasts are a great way to educate yourself about a certain topic or to keep up with the latest trends in a particular area. They’re gaining more and more relevance, as the number of podcast listeners is on the rise. Currently, around 50 million Americans listen to...
Do you remember that feeling when you plan everything very precisely, but something happens unexpectedly and ruins your plans? It’s always an awkward situation, but it can also be a costly mistake in case it’s related to your business. Making a poor estimation is not...
If you’re looking for a new skill to learn. Or boost up your resume. Then learning to code would probably be the best way to go. It’s a useful skill to have, whether or not you’re looking for careers in professional fields of web design, gaming, big data, artificial...
Python is a general-purpose programming language that is becoming an increasingly popular tool for data analysis. Its simplicity allows quick learning, so many data scientists choose Python for their professional needs. With the average national salary of Python...
Docker containers provide a way to package applications with everything needed to run them, including base operating system images, databases, libraries, and binaries. By running a Docker engine on a host machine, Docker containers interact solely with the kernel of...
For a very long time, women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math were unwelcome and underappreciated. Take for example the story of Katherine Johnson and her colleagues, who made remarkable contributions to the early years of NASA’s space...
It’s been a couple of years since the world was introduced to an exciting new career prospect. But the hype around data science still hasn’t died down. With it being predicted to remain the ‘hottest’ job for the next couple years, it doesn’t look like the buzz around...
Although cognitive computing, which is many a times referred to as AI or Artificial Intelligence, is not a new concept, the hype surrounding it and the level of interest pertaining to it is definitely new. The combination of hype surrounding robot overlords, vendor...
So you have decided to learn Python, but you don’t have prior programming experience. So you are confused on where to start, and how much Python to learn. These are some of the common questions a beginner has while getting started with Python(for data centric...
Every business now recognizes the power of Big Data Analytics in developing deep actionable insights to enjoy business advantages. However, unlike before when businesses were required to deal with gigabytes of data, the present scenario requires to store and process...
Technology always takes a dominant position in economy and society. Millions of people, therefore, found their careers, and many others have even dived into a completely different field just for entering this industry. Even so, enterprises are still trying hard to...
In the age of big data and machine learning, there is one profession that stands out – data scientist. Data scientists are the investment bankers of the 21st century. The prestige associated with the title is undoubtedly sought after by most quant inclined candidates....
Data science has gathered a lot of steam in the past few years, and most companies now acknowledge the integral role data plays in driving business decisions. Python, along with R, is one of the most handy tools in a data scientist’s arsenal. It’s also one of the...
Leveraging the use of big data, as an insight-generating engine, has driven the demand for data scientists at enterprise-level, across all industry verticals. Whether it is to refine the process of product development, help improve customer retention, or mine through...
I think you’ll agree with me if I say: It’s HARD to know whether to use Python or R for data analysis. And this is especially true if you’re a newbie data analyst looking for the right language to start with. It turns out that there are many good resources that can...
As more and more of life’s day-to-day work and personal activities are being simplified by Big Data technologies, the need for data scientists has risen remarkably for the past several years. Companies around the world scamper desperately to grab people with data...
Preparing for an interview is not easy – naturally there is a large amount of uncertainty regarding the data science interview questions you will be asked. No matter how much work experience or technical skill you have, an interviewer can throw you off with a set of...
Although R has been around since the 90’s it’s only become widely known in the last few years. The explosion of data being produced by websites, the Internet of Things etc has led to great interest in how to analyze and use that data to best effect which is where R...
In the world of Big Data, information has evolved from being a merely passive construct into an active and dynamic abstraction. The language of this information is the computer code, but before diving into cluster programming, there are several things that you must...
DJ Patil, the current Chief Data Scientist of the United States and previously the Head of Data Products at Linkedin, is the one who first coined the term "data science". DJ posits that, “the dominant trait among data scientists is an intense curiosity—a desire to go...
Data—we are surrounded by it. We create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day. More and more industries have begun to leverage data for business growth. And this has given rise to the big data revolution. The demand for data scientists has seen a steady rise...
Data drives companies’ success. It is very important to manage data because it runs systems, businesses, academies and dialogue. We can predict natural disasters, improve social media reach, dethrone anarchists and sell more stuff using data. But how exactly do we use...
*1 This is more inline with dealing with setting up large-scale data engineering platforms and integrating various technologies together. *2 These data scientists typically build the algorithm and productionize it through the data engineering infrastructure. E.g. They...
Businesses today need to do more than merely acknowledge big data. They need to embrace data and analytics and make them an integral part of their company. Of course, this will require building a quality team of data scientists to handle the data and analytics for the...
When I first heard the term Big Data few years ago, I didn’t think much of it. Soon after, Big Data started appearing in many of my conversations with many of my tech friends. So I started asking a very simple question 'What is Big Data?'. I kept asking that question...
Andrew has been working in Analytics/Data Science for 7 years in various roles across many different industries. He is a Data Scientist at Penske Media Corporation focusing on both data engineering infrastructure as well as applied business analytics. Prior to this...
In simple terms, a data scientist’s job is to analyze data for actionable insights. Data scientists spend most of the time on data cleaning, making the data ready for the models and the cool algorithms finding the hidden patterns. Much time is also spent in writing...
The idea and concept of “Big Data” has been around for a while now, however it seems there are many people who still believe it is shrouded in mystery. Therefore, in the following post we are going to debunk some of the top big data misconceptions. Every business has...
This post has been co-authored by Adrian Botta and Meera Lakhavani. Real time, granular consumer insights are invaluable. Companies may know their customers’ basic demographics, but what if they leveraged customer travel patterns, activities, and situational...
Remember a few years ago there were two recall announcements from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for GM & Tesla – both related to problems that could cause fires. These caused tons of money to resolve. Aerospace, Rail industry, Equipment...
Business analytics & Big Data has not only got the business and technology industry excited, but have influenced many movie-makers across the last few decades. It would be a big miss for data scientists and business analysts alike if they don’t know these good...
Business analytics & Big Data has not only got the business and technology industry excited, but have influenced many movie-makers across the last few decades. It would be a big miss for data scientists and business analysts alike if they don’t know these good...
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Did you just lose out on the promotion you were expecting and are now thinking about how you can take your career ahead? You could wait for the next promotion, but that would take some time. If changing a job is your next step, then this is the right time to explore...
Big data is a collection of very large sets of data that stream into a business every day. These sets can be structured or unstructured. Big data can be analyzed to reveal trends, relations or patterns in the behavior of a company's customers. The analysis is...
Last weekend I went to the park to take my baby daughter for a walk, but I knew that it would be a walk with an extra level of intrigue above the usual cooing, dribbling, and occasionally uncontrollable bawling. No, on the previous day I downloaded PokémonGo onto my...
When conducting Cohort Analysis, one of the most important measures is Customer Retention Rate. I will share a few ideas for visualizing this parameter in this post. Last year I shared several charts for Customer Retention Rate visualization in this post. However, it...
How do you look after your valuables? Do you use a safe deposit box or a postcode marker pen? You probably have the software installed on your smartphone to track it if it gets stolen, and no office is truly secure without CCTV. Taking care of business assets is key...
For anyone familiar with the field of data science, it is easy to see how virtual reality can be a natural partner for big data challenges. Oftentimes, the most difficult aspect concerning big data is not the visualization process itself per se, but rather how well...
As we know, a customer usually goes through a path/sequence of different channels/touchpoints before a purchase in e-commerce or conversion in other areas. In Google Analytics we can find some touchpoints more likely to assist to conversion than others that more...
The great thing about small businesses is their intimate appeal and unique nature. Without the little guys, the business world and the products and services it delivers would be homogenized and dull. But enterprises are constantly looking at ways to dominate the...
If you are considering recruiting a C-level executive in charge of data science, you are not alone. More and more analytics-driven companies are finding office space for this critical role. Even the Commander-in-Chief is jumping on the chief-of-data-science bandwagon....
More and more businesses are waking up to the threat of poor data quality. We’re gradually seeing the risk being taken more seriously as the shock waves of poor management are felt. Yet for many businesses, data quality is seen as an abstract concept; difficult to...