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Posts by Frank La Vigne

*DataPoint* Up in the Club and in the Cloud

It’s Friday night and Frank’s up in the club — Sam’s Club. As it turns out, Wal-Mart, the parent company of Sam’s Club, is deep into big data.  And by deep I mean *really* deep. To the tune of 40+ petabytes deep. What’s more, the Arkansas based retailer, has over 20,000 stores in 28 countries, is currently…

*DataScienceDaily* Scraping Selfies off Instagram, AI Lands 737, and the AI Hype Cycle

Data Science Daily Show Notes @dataiku Scrapping selfies on Instagram and analysing them. http://hubs.ly/H07VHdd0  #datascience HT @BananaData @evankirstel #AI Just “Landed” a Boeing 737 for the First Time By Itself http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/ai-just-landed-a-boeing-737-for-the-first-time-by-itself … #aviation #MachineLearning  @gp_pulipaka Understanding the A.I. Hype Cycle, in 5 Stats. #BigData #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #DataScience #AI http://buff.ly/2tvNWOi @BigDataGal #DataScience #Sale :: Data Science: Supervised…

*DataScienceDaily* AI Predicts Chemical Reactions, Intro to Anomaly Detection, and the Top 50 Big Data People on Twitter

Data Science Daily Show Notes @gp_pulipaka – Computer system predicts products of chemical reactions. #BigData #MachineLearning #DataScience #AI pic.twitter.com/sk8Yz8CUf3 @Ronald_vanLoon – Fine List Of 50 Top World Big Data Experts To Follow In 2017 @Dell @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @TamaraMcCleary @Te @kdnuggets – Introduction to Anomaly Detection #MachineLearning @KirkDBorne – The #DeepLearning Age Of Computing Will Fuel Top…

*DataPoint* Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K

One hundred years ago, there were hardly any automobiles. Accordingly, there we no gas stations or car mechanics. Over time, these gas stations evolved to have convenience stores attached to them. No one in 1917 saw that coming. Now, imagine what new business types will evolve over the next one hundred years when the data revolution has…

*DataScienceDaily* Reading Minds with ML, Is Data Scientist Shortage a Hot Mess, and 6 Steps to ML in Python

Data Science Daily Show Notes @fastcompany What If The Data Science “Skills Gap” Is Just A Hiring Hot Mess? One veteran data scientist explains why asking for advanced degrees and X years of experience is creating artificial scarcity. https://www.fastcompany.com/40432834/what-if-the-data-science-skills-gap-is-just-a-hiring-hot-mess @gp_pulipaka Scientists harness ‘mind reading’ technology to decode complex thought. #BigData #MachineLearning #DataScience #AI http://buff.ly/2tiKlCj @gp_pulipaka…