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Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Vincent Granville. It is often said that data science jobs are for seasoned professionals, and many job ads still show a preference for a profile with a PhD, with years of experience. Yet, many corporate employers have been disillusioned about the value that a PhD brings to the company. Likewise, many professionals, especially among those who just completed a PhD and were offered their first job, find the work sometimes unrewarding. A PhD may command a slightly higher salary initially, and may be required for a position in a research lab ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Sergey Lukyanchikov. Summary SAP BW Data Mining serves as a process design platform for a wide variety of analyses either based on the  data mining methods (either supplied by SAP as built-in with SAP BW Data Mining or supplied by certified vendors), or based on “non-scientific” transformations (joins and unions of data tables, sorting and filtering of data, grouping and aggregation, etc.). The interface of the Analysis Process Designer (APD) functionality of  SAP BW Data Mining provides solid reporting and visualizations. Still, there could be a need for additional process-related analytics ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Shanthababu P. Guys! I hope you all are enjoyed reading my earlier article Part - I 10/20, and I trust that would be useful for you. Let's discuss the rest of the project quickly. 11. Learn to prepare data for your next machine learning project. Problem Statement & Solution When you’re dealing with NLP based problem statement, we must focus on “Text Data” preparation before you can start using it for any NLP algorithm. The foremost step is that text cleaning and processing is an important task in every machine learning ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Kurt A Cagle. Announcements On September 27th you are invited to the AWS Data Exchange Webinar: How to use external consumer insights and marketing data to build a customer-centric business. External consumer and marketing insights can result in higher customer satisfaction, better retention, and a stronger overall bottom line. Register Now DSC Moving To WordPress I am coming up on a year as Community Editor for Data Science Central (DSC) during what has admittedly been one of the most tumultuous times in decades. While there is likely a stereotype of editors ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Benedict Timmerman. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe. As of July 30, 2021, nearly 197.5 million people have been infected with coronavirus, and 4.2 million people have died. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant pressure on healthcare systems around the globe. The need for effective diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic procedures has never been as urgent as it is today. Despite significant investment and research on understanding and managing this disease, there is still a lack of efficient predictive models for patient stratification and management of this disease.  ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Amit Dogra. The modern information society has rightly considered the internet its backbone. It is the core. Globally, internet penetration has crossed 59.5%. All of this point at the inevitable necessity of web apps and the corresponding standards of web development being expected. Today’s business landscape has a crucial digital paradigm that cannot be left unplumbed. Let us take a look at some stats about internet usage. Globally, there are 66 billion active internet users This includes 32 billion mobile internet users There are over 2 billion websites globally. That proves ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Michael Kevin Spencer. AI can augment software services to a point where a majority of HR, sales and marketing tasks will become automated in the next ten years. I'm very bullish on RPA and companies like UI Path. You can watch this video to easily learn about the prospects. As companies like UI Path evolve, Microsoft and Salesforce will have an RPA race to automate many tasks that are done today in general administration, HR and by sales clerks, financial clerks, marketing associates and so forth. I believe human resources is ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Kartik Patel. This article is really targeted to business teams and managers who are responsible for establishing the software demo process and guidelines within an organization. While my advice definitely affects those who give the demos, my experience has been that those who demonstrate software are usually following a scripted process established by someone else. That is why I am targeting the demo designers here! When you set out to develop a software demo, you often look for consistency and uniformity, with the idea that you want to ensure that every ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Or Hillel. Using data for business is no longer optional if you hope to keep up. Every day, over 2 exabytes of data are generated. There are a lot of valuable insights that can be garnered from accessing and analyzing some of that data.  Part of the reason for Big Data's power and popularity is the speed with which it empowers your business decisions. What used to take months can now take mere seconds to pull up, analyze, and inform your decisions.  It's difficult to overstate the power and possibilities of real-time data like what ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Giuliano Liguori. It is no coincidence that companies are investing in AI at unprecedented levels at a time when they are under tremendous pressure to innovate. The artificial intelligence models developed by data scientists give enterprises new insights, enable new and more efficient ways of working, and help identify opportunities to reduce costs and introduce profitable new products and services. The possibilities for AI use grow almost daily, so it’s important not to limit innovation. Unfortunately, many organizations do just that by tethering themselves to proprietary tools and solutions. This can ... Read More