Which is the working model helping to get the best results from data? It’s not a specific qualification alone, it’s …Continue reading →
Which is the working model helping to get the best results from data? It’s not a specific qualification alone, it’s …Continue reading →
Syllabus for one-day seminar on Big Data jobs and careers by Kaiser Fung
Technology Predictions for 2015 For 2015, Bing predicts the same three technologies for all continents to be in the first …Continue reading →
Technology Predictions for 2015 For 2015, Bing predicts the same three technologies for all continents to be in the first …Continue reading →
By now, most of us know about Facebook’s algorithmic retrospectives, and, of course, how some people thought it could be cruel. Indeed, posts about some sorts of issues, such as divorces or deaths, can get a lot of “likes” (where the “like” b...
Not really statistics, but this is an interesting article about how rational optimization by individual actors does not always lead to an optimal solutiohn. Related, ere is the coolest street sign I think I’ve ever seen, with a heatmap of … Continue reading →
Just got back from IBC 2012 in Kobe Japan. I was in an awesome session (organized by the inimitable Lieven Clement) with great talks by Matt McCall, Djork-Arne Clevert, Adetayo Kasim, and Willem Talloen. Willem’s talk nicely tied in our work and ...
I’ve been very quiet on-line in the last few months, due mainly to the fact that I’ve been writing a new undergraduate course on multivariate data analysis. Although there are many books and on-line notes on the general topic of multivariate statistics, I wanted to do something a little bit different from any text I … … Continue reading →
I have been working at Provincial Statistics Office of Tawi-Tawi (Philippines) which was part of the training on my OJT (On-Job Training). One of the requirements of the training is at least 80 hours of services, so I decided to work from April 19 to M...
For many of my latest data blogs, I needed historical weather data to perform data mash-ups to pin-point the cause. For example, for my continued exploration into the airlines/airports historical data using SAP HANA and R, I wanted to find out wh...
