16 Options To Get Started and Make Progress in Machine Learning and Data Science

Last Updated on August 16, 2020 You want to learn machine learning or data science. You might want a job or the opportunity to get a job in machine learning or data science. Alternatively, you might be a student or in a data role and looking to accelerate your learning in the area. If you think your only options are to get a PhD or to read an academic textbook, think again. This post is for you. You have a […]

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Practical Machine Learning Books for the Holidays

Last Updated on August 16, 2020 O’Reilly books have a reputation for being practical, hands on and useful. Specifically the nutshell books and so-called animal books. O’Reilly have a few new books out in time for the holidays on the topic of machine learning. I don’t want to bore you with reviews, Amazon has plenty of those. In this post we take a quick look at these new machine learning books and see what might be worth reading in the holiday […]

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Machine Learning With Statistical And Causal Methods

Last Updated on September 5, 2016 In November 2014, Bernhard Scholkopf was awarded the Milner Award by the Royal Society for his contributions to machine learning. In accepting the award, he gave a layman’s presentation of his work on statistical and causal machine learning methods titled “Statistical and causal approaches to machine learning“. It’s an excellent one hour talk and I highly recommend that you watch it. Statistical Learning On the statistical side, Scholkopf talks about empirical inference and generalisation. An interesting and motivating point he makes early […]

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Data Science From Scratch: Book Review

Last Updated on August 16, 2020 Programmers learn by implementing techniques from scratch. It is a type of learning that is perhaps slower than other types of learning, but fuller in that all of the micro decisions involved become intimate. The implementation is owned from head to tail. In this post we take a close look at Joel Grus popular book “Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python“. I recently finished reading the paperback version and I think it […]

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5 Top Machine Learning Podcasts

Machine learning podcasts are now a thing. There are now enough of us interested in this obscure geeky topic that there are podcasts dedicated to chatting about the ins and outs of predictive modeling. There has never been a better time to get started and working in this amazing field. In this post, I want to share the 5 podcasts on machine learning and data science that I listen to. Let’s dive in. Overview Here’s the short list of machine […]

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Machine Learning Books

Last Updated on August 16, 2020 The Complete Machine Learning Bookshelf. Books are a fantastic investment. You get years of experience for tens of dollars. I love books and I read every machine learning book I can get my hands on. I think having good references is the fastest way to getting good answers to your machine learning questions, and having multiple books can give you multiple perspectives on tough questions. In this guide, you will discover the top books […]

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