ENTRIES TAGGED "data scientists"

A different take on data skepticism

Our tools should make common cases easy and safe, but that's not the reality today.

by Beau Cronin | @beaucronin | +Beau Cronin | April 22, 2013

Recently, the Mathbabe (aka Cathy O’Neil) vented some frustration about the pitfalls in applying even simple machine learning (ML) methods like k-nearest neighbors. As data science is democratized, she worries that naive practitioners will shoot themselves in the foot because these tools can offer very misleading results. Maybe data science is best left to the pros? Mike…

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Data Jujitsu: The art of turning data into product

Smart data scientists can make big problems small.

by DJ Patil | @dpatil | +DJ Patil | July 17, 2012

Having worked in academia, government and industry, I’ve had a unique opportunity to build products in each sector. Much of this product development has been around building data products. Just as methods for general product development have steadily improved, so have the ideas for developing data products. Thanks to large investments in the general area of…

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Now available: "Planning for Big Data"

A free handbook for anybody wanting to understand and use big data.

by Edd Dumbill | @edd | +Edd Dumbill | March 14, 2012

"Planning for Big Data" is a new book that helps you understand what big data is, why it matters, and where to get started.

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Visualization of the Week: Visualizing the Strata Conference

The Information Lab visualizes the Strata Conference's attendees.

by Audrey Watters | @audreywatters | +Audrey Watters | March 2, 2012

This week's visualization comes from The Information Lab and shows who was at the Strata Conference, how far they traveled, and the data their companies produce.

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Strata Week: Datasift lets you mine two years of Twitter data

Datasift offers more access to the Twitter archive, and a proposal for a data school.

by Audrey Watters | @audreywatters | +Audrey Watters | March 1, 2012

In this week's data news, Datasift will offer deeper access to old tweets, P2PU and the Open Knowledge Foundation announce a School of Data.

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Strata Week: Your personal automated data scientist

Wolfram releases a pro tool, protecting data during times of need, and new doubts about dating services.

by Audrey Watters | @audreywatters | +Audrey Watters | February 9, 2012

Wolfram|Alpha launches a pro version of its computational knowledge engine, guidelines emerge for protecting the data of people in crisis, and researchers cast doubt on dating sites' matchmaking algorithms.

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Embracing the chaos of data

Pete Warden on the upside of unstructured data.

by Audrey Watters | @audreywatters | +Audrey Watters | January 31, 2012

Data scientists, it's time to welcome errors and uncertainty into your data projects. In this interview, Jetpac CTO Pete Warden discusses the advantages of unstructured data.

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Strata Week: The looming data science talent shortage

EMC study looks at the state of data science, Carrier IQ and big data, and the welcome return of old tweets.

by Audrey Watters | @audreywatters | +Audrey Watters | December 8, 2011

In this week's data news: EMC's new data science study predicts a data scientist shortage, why Carrier IQ is part of a "bizarre big-data triangle," and DataSift will soon offer access to an archive of old tweets.

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