Some Machine Learning algorithms that you should always have a strong understanding of, and why?

Started Sep 22, 2014 0 Replies 0 Likes

We studied university curricula (from computer science, stats and business schools). The top contenders are linear programming, regression, clustering, Neural networks and SVM.Then we looked at the…Continue

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Coolest things that have been done by statisticians, data scientists, or machine learning experts.

Started Sep 11, 2014 0 Replies 0 Likes

Obviously, there are some wonderful problems solved by data scientists. However, I love the below problems which are worked on and believe they are the best · Detecting sarcasm in speech · Identify…Continue

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Skills you need to become a data scientist.

Started Sep 9, 2014 0 Replies 0 Likes

But, I thought, the more helpful approach might be a plan.My goal is to create a plan where you get to the level of average industry practitionerSkills you need: Ability to take Excel/CSV data sets,…Continue

Some software and skills that every Data Scientist should know?

Started this discussion. Last reply by reymondmajengo Sep 4, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes

To correctly answer this question, you need to ask yourself what is the job that you want to aim? A data scientist can aim for three different jobs. For the lack of better words (or my lack of…Continue

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