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Feed: Percona Database Performance Blog. Author: Yves Trudeau. In this blog, we’ll look at different MySQL high availability options. The dynamic MySQL ecosystem is rapidly evolving many technologies built around MySQL. This is especially true for the technologies involved with the high availability (HA) aspects of MySQL. When I joined Percona back in 2009, some of these HA technologies were very popular – but have since been almost forgotten. During the same interval, new technologies have emerged. In order to give some perspective to the reader, and hopefully help to make better choices, I’ll review the MySQL HA landscape as ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Emmanuelle Rieuf. Jupyter notebook content for my OReilly book, the Python Data Science Handbook. This repository contains the full listing of IPython notebooks used to create the book, including all text and code. The code was written and tested with Python 3.5, though most (but not all) snippets will work correctly in Python 2.7. See also the free companion project, A Whirlwind Tour of Python: a fast-paced introduction to the Python language aimed at researchers and scientists. Table of Contents Preface 1. IPython: Beyond Normal Python Help and Documentation in IPython Keyboard Shortcuts ... Read More

Feed: Big Data University Author: cora Posted on September 27, 2016 by cora Here’s this week’s news in Data Science and Big Data. Don’t forget to subscribe if you find this useful! Interesting Data Science Articles and News How Open Data Is Making Our Cities More Efficient – A new collaboration between the EU and Japan is looking to support the development of smart cities with a cloud-based shared platform Self-Driving Cars Gain Powerful Ally: The Government – Uber, the ride-hailing giant, began trials in Pittsburgh last week using driverless technology. The government’s new guidelines for autonomous driving will speed ... Read More

Feed: Big Data University Author: Raul Chong Every time I travel to China, I can’t stop thinking that the entire population of Canada probably fits in a single Chinese city!  To serve such large population Chinese officials, professionals, and workers are used to doing things fast. Really fast.  From the moment I applied for my Chinese visa to checking-in at airports in China, I’m often amazed at the speed and efficiency in which they operate. Technological advances and adoption have followed the same pace. AliPay or WeChat Pay have gone mainstream in China for some time, while Apple Pay in ... Read More

Feed: Big Data University Author: Laura Chiticariu This article on information extraction is authored by Laura Chiticariu and Yunyao Li. We are all hungry to extract more insight from data. Unfortunately, most of the world’s data is not stored in neat rows and columns. Much of the world’s information is hidden in plain sight in text. As humans, we can read and understand the text. The challenge is to teach machines how to understand text and further draw insights from the wealth of information present in text. This problem is known as Text Analytics. An important component of Text Analytics ... Read More

Feed: Featured Posts - DataViz. Author: Andrei Macsin. Originally posted on Data Science Central This infographic came from Medigo. It displays data from the World Health Organization’s “Projections of mortality and causes of death, 2015 and 2030”. The report details all deaths in 2015 by cause and makes predictions for 2030, giving an impression of how global health will develop over the next 14 years. Also featured is data from geoba.se showing how life expectancy will change between now and 2030. All percentages shown have been calculated relative to projected changes in population growth. Read original article here.  DSC Resources Career: Training | Books | Cheat Sheet | Apprenticeship | Certification | Salary ... Read More

Feed: Big Data University Author: cora Posted on September 20, 2016 by cora Here’s this week’s news in Data Science and Big Data. Don’t forget to subscribe if you find this useful! Interesting Data Science Articles and News Upcoming Data Science Events Data Science Methodology and Data Science in action Hands On – Come and learn about data science methodology – the mental flowchart of data scientists – from start to end on September 22nd in Toronto. IBM Webinar: Become a Better Data Scientist with IBM Data Science Experience (DSX) – Join this webinar to see Greg Filla, a data ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Sagar Mandan. Students now can make important decisions. If you want to achieve career advancement, shift to another career, go on your own, pursue your dreams, or simply improve on your current state in life, Udemy can connect you to the best educators from any part of the globe. These educators will help you achieve your goals in the fastest possible way. Udemy has a lot of experts teaching different topics. Some of them come with credentials like professors in Ivy League Universities, Leaders of multi-national companies, Hollywood celebrities, authors of ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Emmanuelle Rieuf. This post was written by Ofir. Ofir is a graduate student at Tel-Aviv University’s Deep Learning Lab. His main focus is on using deep learning for natural language processing. "Due to the recent achievements of artificial neural networks across many different tasks (such as face recognition, object detection and Go), deep learning has become extremely popular. This post aims to be a starting point for those interested in learning more about it. If you already have a basic understanding of linear algebra, calculus, probability and programming: I recommend starting with Stanford’s CS231n. The course notes ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. AWS recently signed a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) agreement with the State of Oregon. Oregon joins California, Minnesota, and Colorado in allowing both state and local police to leverage the AWS Cloud for sensitive data, such as fingerprints and criminal history. These CJIS security addenda give our law enforcement customers the confidence that their data will pass CJIS compliance audits and that their data is secure in the AWS Cloud. We are committed to doing our part as a cloud service provider by giving our customers the means, through our ... Read More