This post was originally published at: https://www.springboard.com/blog/free-public-data-sets-data-science-project/ Completing your first project is a major milestone on the road to becoming a data scientist. It’s also an intimidating process. The first step is to find an appropriate, interesting data set. You should …
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Guest blog by Khushbu Shah at DeZyre.com Storytelling is data with a soul. Data Scientists are extremely good with numbers but numbers alone are not sufficient to convey the results to the end user. Being a good data storyteller is …
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French Economy and Industry Minister Emmanuel Macron and British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne have announced the creation of a new joint UK-France Data Taskforce, while visiting the accelerator start-up ‘TheFamily’ in Paris. The new taskforce is expected to enhance UK-France …
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The City of Los Angeles steps out again as an open data leader, while Minneapolis gets set to improve its open data game. Plus: Civic tech strikes again, this time in NYC. Government as Data Consumer Ron Galperin, the Controller …
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The massive influx of data, and role of technologies such as Apache Hadoop®, is well-established among enterprises, industries, and government institutions. But ever-increasing amounts of data and new use cases present new challenges and a need for faster and more …
Do data science teams lack courage? Are pop music lyrics getting dumber? Is Facebook limiting our access to opposing political viewpoints? These are just some of the fascinating questions posed by data science practitioners during the month of May. Read …
At the recent EMC World 2015, Pivotal’s Sr. Director of Outbound Product, Michael Cucchi, met with two of SiliconANGLE’s theCUBE hosts—Jeff Frick and Stewart Miniman. The three talked about how Pivotal is carving out its unique position in the big data market …
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From announcements at EMC World and Hadoop Summit to major updates on Pivotal’s data platform, this month’s Build Newsletter shows just how hard we worked in the past month! While the 60+ links below should provide some interesting discussion points …
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Whether companies refer to results, outcomes, ROI, or case studies, big data and data science are moving beyond the hype and proving to show more and more benefits over time. The world now believes in the concept of smart cities, …
The impact of data science and big data technologies was felt far and wide in April, with applications ranging from determining the latest fashions, to sensor-connected lighting, and even to entirely new forms of food. Here’s our roundup of the …