An open source tool from Google to easily learn patterns from large amounts of data More data beats clever algorithms, but better data beats more data : Peter Norvig There has been a lot of uproar as to how a large quantity of training data can have a tremendous impact on the results of a machine learning … Continue reading Visualising Machine Learning Datasets with Google’s FACETS
“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn Data Science is an emerging field, and everybody is trying to hone their skills to master it. People are curious about the vital ingredients needed to become a ‘good’ Data Scientist. I believe a sound understanding of statistics, good command over tools like … Continue reading My Top Five Data Science Reads of 2018
An easy to use Python library built especially for sentiment analysis of social media texts. PC:Pixabay/PDPics “If you want to understand people, especially your customers…then you have to be able to possess a strong capability to analyze text. “ — Paul Hoffman, CTO:Space-Time Insight The 2016 US Presidential Elections were important for many reasons. Apart from the political … Continue reading Simplifying Sentiment Analysis using VADER in Python (on Social Media Text)
Gartner estimates that by 2020, chatbots will be handling 85 percent of customer-service interactions; they are already handling about 30 percent of transactions now. I am sure you’ve heard about Duolingo: a popular language-learning app, which gamifies practicing a new language. It is quite popular due to its innovative styles of teaching a foreign … Continue reading Building a Simple Chatbot from Scratch in Python (using NLTK)
If you are aspiring to be a data scientist you are going to be working with a lot of Data. Much of the data resides in Databases and hence you should be comfortable accessing data from databases through queries and then working on them to find key insights. Data forms an integral part of the … Continue reading Programming with Databases in Python using SQLite
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