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Top 3 Ways Data Analytics Can Reduce Costs In Healthcare and Medicine
By Sejal Gupta on Aug 17, 2020 1:34:00 PM
Topics: Big Data healthcare smart device healthtech Data Science medtech
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The Music Industry is Rapping to Data Science
By Byte on Aug 17, 2020 1:33:13 PM
From the Beatles to Taylor Swift, everyone's music is available digitally now. People used to think technology is killing the music industry, but it's technology which is reviving it. So for musicians who are also interested in programming, data science is one way to get onboard with the idea. Spotify and Pandora know just the right track to play next thanks to data science. Wondering which song did well and why, look no further, the answer is in data science.
Pandora was perhaps the frontrunner of combining the two when it started the 'Music Genome Project' way back in 1999 before terms like Big Data even existed. The project considers songs as datasets and analyzes each song using up to 450 distinct musical characteristics or “genes”. A person – a trained music analyst with an actual degree in music – and automated algorithms comb through the song and classify it as Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop/Electronica, Jazz, World Music, and Classical. Decoding the “genes” of the song helps Pandora find the similarities and then successfully predict what a user might like listening to next.
Topics: Big Data spotify Careers music Data Science
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Breakdown Of Roles in Data Science (aka 'Big Data')
By Ryan Swanstrom on Aug 17, 2020 5:57:03 AM
We love these infographics from DataCamp which compare some of the many job titles in data science, the "sexiest" of the career of the 21st century according to Harvard Business Review. The infographics lay out the roles and skills needed for the following job titles:
Topics: Big Data Careers Data Science
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Startup Lesson: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data
By Emily on Aug 17, 2020 5:55:58 AM
FinTech startup VendorMach provided lessons in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and big data on the Byte campus recently. Topics covered by Chaney Ojinnaka, CEO, and Ivan Kotorov, VP, Enterprise, included: KYC (Know Your Customer), supply chain, trust scoring and programming languages. They explained why they chose Python over Ruby for their product. Python's ability to analyze numbers and frameworks are key (as a Python school we're thrilled:). VendorMach also discussed FinTech cultural attitudes in London (original headquarters) and New York City (second office location). By the end of the event the audience felt much much comfortable with "hot" technology buzzwords including artificial intelligence, machine learning, supply chain and more.
Topics: FinTech Machine Learning Big Data Startup AI Data Science supply chain
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Data Scientist Interview: A Perspective On Artificial Intelligence
By Emily on Aug 17, 2020 5:15:26 AM
Recently HealthTech Women, a national non-profit, sat down with our Data Science instructor, Lesley Cordero to get an inside look at Artificial Intelligence, or, "AI" and how it is impacting society, particularly in healthcare and medicine. Lesley provides her perspective in this interview in addition to a more general understanding of AI and related concepts such as machine learning, natural language processing and big data.
Topics: Natural Language Processing Machine Learning Big Data healthtech AI Data Science medtech
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How to Ride the Big Data Wave in 2017
By Byte on Aug 14, 2020 9:05:18 AM
Due to an exponential increase in data in the 21st century, a new term "Big Data" was coined few years back.
Topics: Big Data Careers Data Science
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How to Break Into Machine Learning
By Byte on Aug 6, 2020 7:12:15 AM
Everyone seems to be intrigued by Machine Learning, which has become a "buzz word" lately. Although intimidating, you can certainly break into the field, or learn more about another phrase we hear a lot, Natural Language Processing. Read some tips and background from Data Scientist, Lesley Cordero, who teaches our Data Science course. Lesley also teaches a class in machine learning for those interested in the particular area.
