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How to Lead a Great Code Sprint

Career Insights Opinionposted by Eric Ma November 7, 2019

This blog post is the first in a series of two blog posts on participating in code sprints, and is the culmination of two other blog posts I’ve written on leading a sprint. In this post, I’ll be writing it from the perspective of what a... Read more

How to Integrate Design Thinking Into Your Business

Business + Management Featured Post Opinion Design Thinking Human Centered Designposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC October 10, 2019

We spend a lot of time on Open Data Science talking about the technical side of data science and business but don’t be fooled: the human element needs to be there. Companies making the best use of data science still center the human experience in their... Read more

Diversity in Data Science: An In-Depth Look at the “Why” and “How”

Data Science for Good Featured Post Opinion Bias diversityposted by ODSC Team October 10, 2019

Ask anyone for a list of “buzzwords” and diversity is bound to show up high on the list. As a society, we’ve been discussing it for years; even the tech and data science industries come under scrutiny. In this article, we’ll dive deep into what diversity... Read more

What Your Business Needs to Know About Data Variety

Business + Management Featured Post Opinion data data variety Deep Learning Machine Learningposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC September 20, 2019

The bigger your business, the more likely your data is…interesting. Old methods of data collection put data in silos across several departments. The computing power to handle data in all its forms wasn’t there, so breaking it up in the name of agile operations was key.... Read more

The Bright Side of Technology in Black Mirror

Featured Post Opinion AI black mirror deep fake technologyposted by ODSC Team September 18, 2019

The technology in Black Mirror isn’t actually all about death and nihilism. The British anthology sci-fi show Black Mirror (created by Charlie Booker and Annabel Jones) tackles technology in almost all of its episodes. With a varying degree of realism, implied moral take-aways, and success, the show seems... Read more

How AI is Changing Creativity, and How You Can Use it Too

Featured Post Machine Learning Opinion ai art ai changing creativity Application GANs machine learning artposted by ODSC Team September 17, 2019

The limits and expectations of creativity are always being expanded upon: new tools are being created, new techniques discovered, new artists entering the scene. Now more than ever, AI is being considered in all three of those aspects. It begs the question, how is AI changing... Read more

How Are We Solving Inequality with AI?

Agriculture Automotive Business + Management Data Science for Good Education Featured Post Government Media Opinion AI Data Science for Good inequality solving inequality with aiposted by ODSC Team September 6, 2019

When people talk about artificial intelligence, they often praise it as an unemotional, efficient task manager, and, to an extent, that’s what it is. But when we think about it in bigger terms than Siri or Alexa, we can see real ways people are solving inequality... Read more

What do Popular Movies About AI Get Wrong?

Business + Management Featured Post Opinion AI ai in media ai movies moviesposted by ODSC Team August 23, 2019

AI has been a popular topic for movies and fascinated audiences for over 60 years. Hollywood hasn’t always gotten it right—in fact, most of the time, they’ve been totally off. What is it about artificial intelligence that entices directors? What are they missing when they create... Read more

What Are a Few AI Research Labs on the West Coast?

Conferences Data Science Academic Research Featured Post Opinion Research Research West 2019posted by Alex Landa, ODSC August 13, 2019

Artificial Intelligence is still a nascent technology; much of the groundbreaking work moving the industry forward is done inside AI research labs. It’s often from those labs that open source projects are started. Institutes like Open AI, NASA’s JPL, Google Deepmind, MIT CSAIL, BAIR, The Turing... Read more

Digital Influencers: Is AI the Future?

Business + Management Featured Post Opinionposted by ODSC Team August 9, 2019

The term “influencer” has been populating the digital sphere for a long time now, and so far, it has gone largely undefined. As we know it, an influencer can be anyone that holds influence over their audience, community, or platform. Celebrities, politicians, models were the original... Read more