To say that data scientists are in high demand would actually be sort of an understatement. With big data being utilized more and more within organizations, executives want men and women who know big data inside and out. The number of data scientist positions is on the rise and growing each year. This demand is reflected in the amount of money being paid to data scientists, … [Read more...] about Becoming a Big Data Scientist: Skills You Need to Know and How to Learn Them
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How to Create an Amazon S3 Image Processing Pipeline in Python
Need to create a simple Amazon S3 image processing pipeline to batch edit images? Now that Algorithmia supports Amazon S3 integration, heres a quick way to automatically create thumbnails with custom dimensions. In this demo, well use SmartThumbnail, a microservice that uses face detection to perfectly crop every photo to the same size without awkwardly cropped heads or … [Read more...] about How to Create an Amazon S3 Image Processing Pipeline in Python
Best Python & Django Channels for Data Scientists on Gitter
The ability to analyze data with Python -  a dynamic, object-oriented language that combines combines remarkable power with very clear syntax -  is critical in data science. Python is relatively easy to learn, available everywhere, and embraced by the industry. It is also one of the most popular languages for those learning to code.The name Python is reported to come from Monty … [Read more...] about Best Python & Django Channels for Data Scientists on Gitter
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WHAT: Open Data Science Conference San Francisco (ODSC West) WHERE: Marriott Waterfront Hotel in San Francisco WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, November 14-15 WHO: Data Science's Cream of Crop (This Includes You) HOW: www.opendatascicon.com The best and brightest minds in data science will be presenting at ODSC West -- quite possibly THE conference to learn about the … [Read more...] about ODSC West
The Ultimate Battle: R vs Python; Which is Better for Data Analysis?
Data analysis is of course an important part of Big Data. Analyzing your data streams and combining different data sources for new insights can be done with a variety of tools and programming languages. Which programming language or tool is the right tool for the job at hand? That is an important question and especially for newbie data analysts it is difficult to determine … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Battle: R vs Python; Which is Better for Data Analysis?