Useful libraries for data visualization Great overview / comparison of these libraries, at pbpython.com. There are so many libraries and frameworks used in Python for data analysis that I had to take a step back and illustrate how they were laid out. PyDataSet Provides instant access to many datasets right from Python (in pandas DataFrame…
In the last few months I’ve really immersed myself in the world of deep learning. I’ve always had a huge interest in GPUs through my work with gaming, but now that Machine Learning has really taken advantage of the increased horsepower offered by a GPU, I thought it would be a good time to learn…
The rise of social media means we have massive amounts of data at our fingertips. What we do with all this information is up to us. Have you ever have logged on to face the only to discover the friend who has a post with one single data point and uses that as the basis…
TLDR: HDInsight is Microsoft’s flavor of hadoop. It’s used to collect massive amounts of data at once, and worry about how it gets stored, sorted, and visualized at a later time. I’m giving a talk to MBAs at Villanova University later this week, and I’m covering HDInsight. In preparing my notes, I wrote an outline…
A friend had recommended that I consider a new format for my newsletter, and I agreed, thinking this is more of what my audience was looking for. Therefore, I will using fewer links, but offering a bit of context about each link that I use. Let me know what you think. Also, is there more…