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10 Python Image Manipulation Tools
This article looks at ten Python image manipulation tools. Our world today is full of data and images form a significant part of this data. However, to be put to any use, these images need to be processed. Image processing is thus the process of analyzing... Read more
Deploying a Text Classification Model in Python
This article is the last of a series in which I cover the whole process of developing a machine learning project. If you have not read the previous two articles, I strongly encourage you to do it here and here. The project involves the creation of a real-time web application that gathers data... Read more
7 Top Data Science Trends in 2020 to Be Excited About
As a practicing data scientist, educator, and tech journalist, I automatically have three big motivations for keeping a constant pulse of the industry. Staying in tune with what’s happening, consuming all the news from the movers and shakers, and evaluating new and updated tools as they... Read more
Scikit Optimize: Bayesian Hyperparameter Optimization in Python
So you want to optimize hyperparameters of your machine learning model and you are thinking whether Scikit Optimize is the right tool for you? You are in the right place. In this article I will: show you an example of using skopt on a real problem, evaluate this... Read more
Web Scraping News Articles in Python
This article is the second of a series in which I will cover the whole process of developing a machine learning project. If you have not read the first one, I strongly encourage you to do it here. The project involves the creation of a real-time web application that gathers data... Read more
Local Regression in Python
I love data visualization make-overs (like this one I wrote a few months ago), but sometimes the tone can be too negative (like this one I wrote a few months ago). Sarah Leo, a data journalist at The Economist, has found the perfect solution: re-making your own... Read more
Timing the Same Algorithm in R, Python, and C++
While developing the RcppDynProg R package I took a little extra time to port the core algorithm from C++ to both R and Python. This means I can time the exact same algorithm implemented nearly identically in each of these three languages. So I can extract some comparative “apples to apples” timings. Please read... Read more
Building a Data Pipeline in Python – Part 2 of N – Data Exploration
Initial data acquisition and data analysis In order to get an idea of what our data looks like, we need to look at it! The Jupyter Notebook, embedded below, will show steps to load your data into Python and find some basic statistics to use them... Read more
Image Augmentation for Convolutional Neural Networks
Limited data is a major obstacle in applying deep learning models like convolutional neural networks. Often, imbalanced classes can be an additional hindrance; while there may be sufficient data for some classes, equally important, but undersampled classes will suffer from poor class-specific accuracy. This phenomenon is... Read more
Jupyter Notebook: Python or R—Or Both?
I was analytically betwixt and between a few weeks ago. Most of my Jupyter Notebook work is done in either Python or R. Indeed, I like to self-demonstrate the power of each platform by recoding R work in Python and vice-versa. I must have a dozen... Read more