Data Science Workflows: Tutorials, Guides, and How to Get Started

What to Consider When Building Data Pipelines

Tools & Languages Workflow data engineering Pipelinesposted by ODSC Community June 14, 2022

In 2021 we watched Fivetran raise 150 Million, Matillion 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 today when I say data pipeline I... Read more

Are You Ready to Lead a Data Science Project?

Career Insights Tools & Languages Workflow Data Science Projectsposted by ODSC Community November 21, 2019

What is the problem that is compelling you to solve using data science? The power in data and the mechanisms to harness this power is now available to us. Identifying the right problem or use case is the first step. There are multiple use cases across... Read more

Three Methods of Data Pre-Processing for Text Classification

Blogs from ODSC Speakers Conferences Modeling Tools & Languages Workflow pre-processingposted by Nick Acosta October 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: Nick will be presenting on this idea of data pre-processing during the workshop “Choosing The Right Deep Learning Framework: A Deep Learning Approach,” at ODSC Europe in London this November! As a developer advocate at IBM, I work to empower AI, machine learning, and... Read more

From Data to Process to Decision

Guest contributor Modeling Workflowposted by Christine Custis October 10, 2019

I recently published a paper entitled ”Intelligent Decisions: How Businesses Can Improve Processes Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies.” The work focused on the possibility of employing artificial intelligence in the business process management functions of the enterprise. I would like to further explore this concept and investigate... Read more

5 DevOps Challenges To Overcome To Gain Productivity

DataOps Tools & Languages Workflow Azure devops devops challengesposted by Atman Rathod August 26, 2019

Editor’s Note: Is your business ready to implement DevOps? Learn more at ODSC West on how you can do just that. DevOps brought the development community to the agile era where multiple teams can work in a collaborative environment sharing their skills, knowledge and development responsibilities. As... Read more

Data Science + Design Thinking: a Perfect Blend to Achieve the Best User Experience

Blogs from ODSC Speakers Tools & Languages Workflow Design Thinking ODSC Speakerposted by Michael Radwin April 15, 2019

It’s one thing to rely on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data to make your product smarter. And, quite another to build a product that’s so intuitive and easy-to-use that your customer falls in love with it. That’s the beauty of data science +... Read more

The Data Scientist’s Holy Grail – Labeled Data Sets

Modeling Tools & Languages Workflow Labeled Data Machine Learningposted by Daniel Gutierrez, ODSC December 14, 2018

The Holy Grail for data scientists is the ability to obtain labeled data sets for the purpose of training a supervised machine learning algorithm. An algorithm’s ability to “learn” is based on training it using a labeled training set – having known response variable values that... Read more

A Practical Approach to Data Ethics

Tools & Languages Workflow Data Ethicsposted by Aakash Gupta November 30, 2018

There is a Golden Rule in life. It’s a maxim that appears in various forms around the world: One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. As a data scientist, I find this principle of reciprocity very appealing!... Read more

How Tidyverse Guides R Programmers Through Data Science Workflows

R Tools & Languages Workflow R tidyverseposted by Daniel Gutierrez, ODSC November 19, 2018

Whenever someone asks me how to get into data science using R, I invariably recommend checking out the tidyverse package. Tidyverse is a great launch pad for a language like R because it offers order and consistency. I studied programming language design as a CS undergrad.... Read more

Setting Your Hypothesis Test Up For Success

Tools & Languages Workflowposted by Kristen Kehrer November 1, 2018

I want to go deep with you on exactly how I work with stakeholders ahead of launching a hypothesis test. This step is crucial to make sure that once a test is done running, we’ll actually be able to analyze it. This includes: A well-defined hypothesis... Read more