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Brad Llewellyn on Statistics, Data Science, R, CBIG, Gaming, and Vanilla Ice

Frank and Andy speak with a real, live unicorn (data scientist), Brad Llewellyn. Links: Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics Brad Llewellyn: @BreakingBI Notable Quotes: Movie Quote – Star Wars: A New Hope ([1:55]) Bruce Lee ([2:20]) Book reference: Unicorns…

*DataPoint* Bots Behaving Badly

Chat bots going rogue seem to be the new norm and it looks like China has two new virtual dissidents. What’s going on here? Are these bugs in the software? Or are the bots thinking for themselves and drawing their own conclusions for good and for ill?

Buck Woody on TDSP, MOOCs, Applied Data Science, and Big Data

In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Buck Woody of Microsoft. Warning: This show contains lots of laughter! Links: Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial at theDataDrivenBook.com! Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics Buck’s blog: Backyard Data Science Notable Quotes: TDSP – Team Data Science Process…

*DataPoint* Christmas in July or How Data Helps Charities

While Frank is playing with robots in Pittsburgh, Andy is packing boxes for “Christmas in July.” There, he reflects on how data is helping charities better help people. Mentioned in this *DataPoint*: Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child, The Honduras Project, Prison Fellowship.