Tag: Cloud

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: ajit jaokar. This post is a part of my forthcoming book on Mathematical foundations of Data Science. In this post, we use the Perceptron algorithm to bridge the gap between high school maths and deep learning. Welcome comments Background As part of my role as course director of the Artificial Intelligence: Cloud and Edge Computing at the University..., I see more students who are familiar with programming than with mathematics. They have last learnt maths years ago at University. And then, suddenly they find that they encounter matrices, linear algebra etc ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Vincent Granville. Monday newsletter published by Data Science Central. Previous editions can be found here. The contribution flagged with a + is our selection for the picture of the week. To subscribe, follow this link.   Featured Resources and Technical Contributions  Assumptions of Linear Regression in One Picture + How to learn the maths of Data Science - using your high school maths knowledge Free Book: Statistics, Dataviz, and Data Cleaning with R  Everything You Wanted To Know About Recommender Systems  Simplified Logistic Regression  Alternatives to R-squared (with pluses and minuses)  Machine Learning : Unsupervised – ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: hrbrmstr. I mentioned EtherCalc in a previous post and managed to scrounge some time to put together a fledgling {ethercalc} package (it’s also on GitLab, SourceHut, Bitbucket and GitUgh, just sub out the appropriate URL prefix). I’m creating a package-specific Docker image (there are a couple out there but I’m not supporting their use with the package as they have a CORS configuration that make EtherCalc API wrangling problematic) for EtherCalc but I would highly recommend that you just use it via the npm module. To do that you need a working Node.js installation and I highly ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. You can now use the AWS Cloud Map service registry selectors with AWS App Mesh. This new option allows you to define a subset of endpoints (through matching on key and value selectors) that were defined in Cloud Map. You simply change your App Mesh VirtualNode configuration to use Cloud Map, add the selectors for the subset of service endpoints you want the VirtualNode to represent and register your running service (IP addresses and metadata) with the corresponding Cloud Map Service name and Namespace and keys and value metadata. When routing traffic to that Virtual Node, App ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. The AWS Amplify Console provides a Git-based workflow for deploying and hosting fullstack serverless web applications. A fullstack serverless app consists of a frontend built with single page application frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, or Gatsby and an optional backend built with cloud resources such as GraphQL or REST APIs and file and data storage.  To learn how to provision an Amplify Console CloudFormation template check out our launch blog.  ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: AWS Admin. By Jennifer Davis, Product Marketing at AWS Training and Certification You can now register for the new AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder – Specialty certification, the industry’s first and only certification that validates your ability to build, test, and publish Alexa Skills. This offering enables AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners to validate their Alexa and cloud expertise with an industry-recognized credential, building credibility among your clients and prospects. With Alexa, you can reach customers through more than 100 million Alexa-enabled devices. “Our clients are looking for more innovative ways to drive ... Read More

Feed: AWS Architecture Blog. In this episode of This is My Architecture, filmed in 2018 on the last day of re:Invent (a learning conference hosted by Amazon Web Services for the global cloud computing community), FICO lead Software Engineer Sven Ahlfeld talks to AWS Solutions Architect Tom Jones about how the company uses a combination of AWS Lambda and AWS Step Functions to architect an on-demand solution for fraud detection and anti-money laundering.When you think of FICO, you probably thing credit score. And that’s true: founded in 1956, FICO introduced analytic solutions–such as credit scoring–that have made credit more widely ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Matthew Vogel. Throughout our Internet of Things (IoT) journey we’ve seen solutions evolve from device-centric models, to spatially-aware solutions that provide real-world context. Last year at Realcomm | IBcon, we announced Azure IoT’s vision for spatial intelligence, diving into scenarios that uniquely join IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), and productivity tools. In the year since, we’ve progressed this vision by introducing new services designed to help enterprise customers across industries optimize the management of their spaces. Across Azure, Dynamics, and Office, Microsoft continues to accelerate results from a growing and diverse set of partners creating smart ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. AWS CodeBuild is now available to customers in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service in the cloud. CodeBuild compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. CodeBuild scales continuously and processes multiple builds concurrently, so your builds are not left waiting in a queue. You can get started quickly by using prepackaged build environments, or you can create custom build environments that use your own build tools. For more ... Read More

Feed: Logicworks. Author: Lindsay Syhakhom; Life insurance purchasing rates are at their lowest in 50 years. The process of purchasing life insurance is notoriously complicated. It requires a lengthy application process, health checks, and can take weeks or months for approval. A new digital life insurance startup is looking to revolutionize the life insurance purchasing process. The company has introduced an easy online application process with immediate approval, which relies on innovative, custom software that can underwrite insurance instantly. Their goal is to disrupt the traditional life insurance market and appeal to younger consumers with a transparent, on-demand purchasing process ... Read More