Top 9 Most Essential Python Libraries For Beginners
ModelingPythonTools & LanguagesmatplotlibnumpyOpenCVPandasScikit-LearnTensorFlowposted by April Miller June 27, 2022
People worldwide know Python as the most used programming language to date. Major tech companies like Google, Amazon, Meta, Instagram, and Uber use Python for various applications. From web development to machine learning projects, Python is an essential tool in a data scientist’s kit. Many understand... Read more
What to Consider When Building Data Pipelines
Tools & LanguagesWorkflowdata engineeringPipelinesposted by ODSC Community June 14, 2022
In 2021 we watched Fivetran raise $565 million, Airbyte $150 Million, Matillion $100 million, Rivery raised $16 million and Informatica went public. All of these companies have some piece of their business connected to data pipelines. Also sometimes referenced as ETL, ELT, E(t)LT, and CDC. For... Read more
Testing Within the Shift-Left Philosophy
Tools & Languagesposted by ODSC Community May 9, 2022
Traditionally, application testing was carried out during the last stages of the software development life cycle, that is after the application had been completed and then handed to the security teams. If an application did not satisfy quality standards, did not function properly, or otherwise failed... Read more
What Statistical Test Should I Do?
ModelingRTools & Languagesposted by Antoine Soetewey May 4, 2022
Being a teaching assistant in statistics for students with diverse backgrounds, I have the chance to see what is globally not well understood by students. I have realized that it is usually not a problem for students to do a specific statistical test when they are told which... Read more
How is Data Collection Used in the Justice System?
Tools & Languagesposted by Shannon Flynn March 24, 2022
There’s no question that the world is becoming increasingly reliant on data and the criminal justice system is no exception. The justice system in the United States has used various data types and forms of data collection for years. For example, police departments, states, and the... Read more
Paving the Road to Facial Classification Accuracy
OpinionTools & Languagesposted by April Miller March 14, 2022
Facial classification is one of the most promising and controversial machine learning use cases. The technology has considerable potential in areas like security, but it also carries substantial privacy and bias concerns. Relying on racial recognition models that aren’t accurate can lead to severe consequences. Facial... Read more
How to Install R and RStudio
RTools & Languagesposted by Antoine Soetewey March 9, 2022
R is nothing more than a programming language. At the time of writing, this language is (one of) the leading program in statistics, although not the only programming language used by statisticians. In order to use R,... Read more
Why Is Python the Language of Choice for Data Scientists?
PythonTools & Languagesposted by April Miller March 7, 2022
Python has grown to become one of the most popular and well-liked programming languages in the world, used by millions of developers since its creation in 1991. For data scientists in particular, Python has a strong, long-time base of developers. Why is Python the language of... Read more
PyCharm vs. VSCode: Which Is the Better Python IDE?
PythonTools & LanguagesPyCharmVSCodeposted by April Miller March 3, 2022
Python first debuted in 1991, making it older than many of the people who use it. In the intervening years, coders have turned it into one of the most popular programming languages ever conceived. The reasons for Python’s perennial popularity come down to three major features.... Read more
Supercharge Your Pandas Code with Apache Spark
Blogs from ODSC SpeakersModelingPythonApache SparkEast 2022PandasSparkposted by ODSC Community February 28, 2022
Editor’s Note: Itai Yaffe and Daniel Haviv are speakers for ODSC East 2022. Be sure to check out their talk, “A bamboo of Pandas: crossing Pandas’ single-machine barrier with Apache Spark,” there! Pandas is a fast and powerful open-source data analysis and manipulation framework written in... Read more
New Machine Learning Model Poised to Aid Researches Searching For Life on Mars And Elsewhere
AI and Data Science Newsposted by ODSC Team Mar 27, 2023
A team of multidisciplinary scientists led by Kim Warren-Rhodes of the SETI Institute in California has...
Celebrating Women’s History Month with Rising Stars at ODSC
Featured Postposted by ODSC Team Mar 27, 2023
The impact that women have had on data science and AI cannot be measured. From Ada...
Companies Hiring Data Scientists Spring 2023
Career Insightsposted by ODSC Team Mar 27, 2023
It’s hard not to notice how over the last few months, LinkedIn has been inundated with...
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