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Why TensorFlow Will Stand Out on Your Resume in 2020

Data Visualization Deep Learning Machine Learning TensorFlowposted by Alex Landa, ODSC November 23, 2020

You likely hear about TensorFlow in the machine & deep learning circles for quite a while now, and for good reason. This Google-developed framework excels where many other libraries don’t, such as with its scalable nature designed for production deployment. With that, here are just a... Read more

How to Attend ODSC APAC 2020 for Free

Conferences Featured Post APAC 2020posted by ODSC Team November 23, 2020

In the nature of open-source data science, we want to make our conferences accessible to those who may not have a chance to attend. For the ODSC APAC Virtual Training Conference & Expo this December 8-9, we have a few ways that you can attend ODSC... Read more

8 Game-Changing Workshop Sessions at ODSC APAC 2020

Conferences Featured Post ODSC APACposted by Alex Landa, ODSC November 23, 2020

ODSC APAC 2020 is just a few weeks away. With two days, December 8th and 9th, and 40+ talks dedicated to exploring the ways that AI has transformed industries as diverse as manufacturing and oil & gas, this is a virtual conference you don’t want to... Read more

Data – Driven AI: A Case Study Approach Using a Churn Reduction Example

Conferences Research APAC 2020 churn model Clinical Decision Support System Confusion Matrix Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)Logistic Regression Machine Learning Model.telecommunicationsposted by Pablo Casas November 23, 2020

0.1 Introduction and Background to the Case Study: Framingham Heart Study In the early 1990s heart disease became the leading cause of death. The effects of smoking, cholesterol and obesity on heart disease and stroke was unknown. High blood pressure was seen as an inevitable consequence... Read more

Building an Advanced Analytics and Data Science Team in Government Context

Business + Management APAC 2020posted by ODSC Community November 23, 2020

It is widely known that data is highly valuable and crucial for the decision making process. At the same time, handling and deriving values from data requires a deep skill-set and expertise. Digital talent has been scarce, as always. This condition is even more challenging in... Read more

Optimizing DoorDash’s Marketing Spend with Machine Learning

Business + Management Machine Learning Modeling marketingposted by ODSC Community November 23, 2020

Originally posted here by Doordash, reposted with permission. Over a hundred years ago, John Wanamaker famously said “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half”. This quote still resonates today. Marketers are always trying to find ways to get... Read more

Using a Human-in-the-Loop to Overcome the Cold Start Problem in Menu Item Tagging

Modeling Cold Start Human in the loopposted by ODSC Community November 20, 2020

Originally posted here at Doordash, reposted with permission. Companies with large digital catalogs often have lots of free-text data about their items, but very few actual labels, making it difficult to analyze the data and develop new features. Building a system that can support machine learning... Read more

ODSC APAC 2020 Schedule Released! See What to Expect Here

Conferences Featured Post APAC 2020posted by ODSC Team November 18, 2020

ODSC APAC, ODSC’s first virtual data science training conference for the Asia-Pacific region is just a few weeks away and it’s time to start planning your conference. Over the course of two days, 50+ speakers will explore the ways in which AI is transforming different industries,... Read more

Retraining Machine Learning Models in the Wake of COVID-19

Machine Learning Modeling COVID 19posted by ODSC Community November 18, 2020

Originally posted here by Doordash, with permission. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic created significant changes in how people took their meals, causing greater demand for food deliveries. These changes impacted the accuracy of DoorDash’s machine learning (ML) demand prediction models. ML models rely on patterns... Read more

What California’s Proposition 24 Expansion Could Mean for Data Privacy

Business + Management California data privacy Prop 24posted by ODSC Community November 17, 2020

On November 4, California passed Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act. The law will expand the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), which took effect in January. California, which was already a leader in online privacy, will now feature some of the world’s... Read more