ic Our National Archives At Risk: What The Government Accountability Office Has Found By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:02:00 +0000 We wanted to share important (and frankly, frightening) news with you regarding the findings released last week of an audit of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The audit (42p. PDF) was prompted in part by the loss of the Wright Brothers' original patent and maps for atomic bomb missions in Japan. These losses led investigators to discover that some of the nation's prized historical documents are in danger of being lost for good. It follows a previous audit (66p. PDF) earlier in October highlighting oversight and management improvements, but pointing out that more action was needed.The Government Accountability Office has also released a Summary Of Audit Findings as well as a Highlights page. The NARA website has posted a Statement in response to the audit findings from Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero.Nearly 80 percent of U.S. government agencies are at risk of illegally destroying public records and the National Archives is backlogged with hefty volumes of records needing preservation care, the audit by the Government Accountability Office found.The report by the watchdog arm of Congress, completed this month after a year's work, also found many U.S. agencies do not follow proper procedures for disposing of public records.The report comes more than a year after news reports of key items missing at the nation's record-keeping agency. Some of the items have been missing for decades but their absence only became widely known in recent years.The patent file for the Wright Brothers flying machine was last seen in 1980 after passing around multiple Archives offices, the Patents and Trademarks Office and the National Air and Space Museum.As for maps for the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, military representatives checked them out in 1962, and they've been missing ever since.The GAO report did not specifically mention those or other examples of missing items including Civil War telegrams from Abraham Lincoln, Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent and some NASA photographs on the moon.Meanwhile, some documents face the threat of deterioration even though they're already at the Archives. Figures from 2009 show 65 percent of its holdings need preservation steps. In some cases, a document's condition already is so poor, it can't be read – a backlog amounting to more than 2 million cubic feet of records.The National Archives and Records Administration has 44 facilities in 20 states, including 13 presidential libraries, funded by about $470 million this year from Congress.NARA also maintains a "Help The National Archives Recover Lost And Stolen Documents" website. Full Article
ic New & Notable: America's Failing Infrastructure, "Climatopolis," & Why Do Shepherds Need A Bush? By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:29:00 +0000 In August 2007, the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, MN, collapsed, killing 13 and injuring 145 others. Investigations following the tragedy revealed that it could have been prevented. The grave reality is that it is a tragedy that threatens to be repeated at many of the thousands of bridges located across the nation. In Too Big To Fall: America's Failing Infrastructure And The Way Forward (New York: Foster, 2010), author Barry LePatner chronicles the problems that led to the I-35W catastrophe — poor bridge design,shoddy maintenance, ignored expert repair recommendations, and misallocated funding — and digs through the National Transportation Safety Board’s report on the tragedy, which failed to present the full story. From there LePatner evaluates what the I-35W Bridge collapse means for the country as a whole — outlining the possibility of a nationwide infrastructure breakdown.He exposes government failure on a national as well as state level, explains why we must maintain an effective infrastructure system — including how it plays a central role in supporting both our nation’s economic strength and our national security — and rounds out the book by providing his own well-researched solutions. Too Big to Fall presents an eye-opening critique of a bureaucratic system that has allowed political best interests to trump those of the American people. It contains special comments by James Oberstar, the outgoing Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure.Cities are the engines of the economic growth and the foundation of our prosperity. But what will become of them as our world gets hotter?In Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive In The Hotter Future (New York: Basic, 2010), Matthew Kahn, one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of the environment and of cities, argues that our future lies in our ability to adapt. Cities and regions will slowly transform as we change our behaviors and our surroundings in response to the changing climate. Kahn - professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the UCLA School of Public Affairs' Department of Public Policy, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research - shows us how this will happen.The author is optimistic about the quality of our lives in the cities of the future, despite a high chance of less hospitable climate conditions than we face today. At the heart of his conviction in a bright future is our individual freedom of choice. This personal freedom will reveal pathways that will greatly help urbanites cope with climate change.Taking the reader on a tour of the world's cities - from New York to Los Angeles, Beijing to Mumbai - Kahn's clear-eyed, engaging, and optomistic messages presents a positive yet realistic picture of what our urban future will look like.An entire chapter is devoted to Los Angeles, including sub-sections titled "Los Angeles Has A Subway?" and "Could Public Transit Become Hip In Los Angeles?"The names of the 300 or so London underground stations are often quite unusual, yet so familiar that Tube riders take them for granted.We hardly ever question their meanings or origins—yet these well-known names are almost always linked with fascinating stories of bygone times.In Why Do Shepherds Need A Bush?: London's Underground History Of Tube Station Names (Stroud, Eng.: History Press, 2010), author David Hilliam not only uncovers the little-known history behind the station stops below ground, but also explores the eccentric etymology of some of London's landmarks, offering trivia boxes that will surely amuse.Until the mid-19th century, London was almost unbelievably rural, with names belonging to a countryside we could never recognize or imagine today.Who in the 21st century, thinks of a real flesh-and-blood shepherd lolling back on a specially-trimmed hawthorn bush, when traveling through Shepherd's Bush underground station?And who, traveling through Totteridge and Whetstone on the Northern Line, imagines medieval soldiers sharpening their swords and daggers at the aptly named Whetstone just before engaging in the appallingly bloody battle of Barnet? This entertaining book will ensure that readers never view their normal Tube journey the same way again. Full Article
ic New And Notable: Sprawl Repair Manual, Republic Of Drivers & Urban Mass Transit's Life Story By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:51:00 +0000 There is a wealth of research and literature explaining suburban sprawl and the urgent need to retrofit suburbia. However, until now there has been no single guide that directly explains how to repair typical sprawl elements. Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns, from the region and the community to the block and the individual building. (Even more information can be found at the Sprawl Repair Manual website).Author Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful (and exceptionaly handsome) book that sprawl repair will require a proactive and aggressive approach, focused on design, regulation and incentives.The work provides much-needed, single-volume reference for fixing sprawl, incorporating changes into the regulatory system, and implementing repairs through incentives and permitting strategies. It draws on more than two decades of practical experience in the field of repairing and building communities to analyze the current pattern of sprawl development, disassemble it into its elemental components, and present a process for transforming them into human-scale, sustainable elements.The techniques are illustrated both two- and three-dimensionally, providing users with clear methodologies for the sprawl repair interventions, some of which are radical, but all of which will produce positive results. Rising gas prices, sprawl and congestion, global warming, even obesity—driving is a factor in many of the most contentious issues of our time. So how did we get here? How did automobile use become so vital to the identity of Americans? Republic Of Drivers: A Cultural History Of Automobility In America looks back at the period between 1895 and 1961—from the founding of the first automobile factory in America to the creation of the Interstate Highway System—to find out how driving evolved into a crucial symbol of freedom and agency.Author Cotten Seiler combs through a vast number of historical, social scientific, philosophical, and literary sources to illustrate the importance of driving to modern American conceptions of the self and the social and political order.He finds that as the figure of the driver blurred into the figure of the citizen, automobility became a powerful resource for women, African Americans, and others seeking entry into the public sphere.And yet, he argues, the individualistic but anonymous act of driving has also monopolized our thinking about freedom and democracy, discouraging the crafting of a more sustainable way of life.As our fantasies of the open road turn into fears of a looming energy crisis, Seiler shows us just how we ended up a republic of drivers—and where we might be headed.In Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story Of A Technology, the history of mass transit is vividly illustrated as the technological and social struggles that have accompanied urbanization and the need for an efficient and cost-effective means of transportation in cities.From the omnibus and horsecar in the 1830s to the renaissance of urban mass transit at the turn of the 21st century, author Robert C. Post depicts mass transit as a technological system that provided an essential complement to industrialization, urbanization and, ultimately, to the rise of consumer culture.At the heart of the story is the streetcar, a conveyance that played a central role in the development of U.S. cities and towns. Once dominating the urban landscape, the streetcar has all but disappeared. Post traces its evolution and demise, debunking the urban myth that the downfall of the electric streetcar was directly attributable to the corporate malfeasance of General Motors and others from the automotive world.Post concludes with a meditation on the prospects for mass transit in a postmodern society that must face up to the contradictions of privatized mobility and the reality of dwindling natural resources. Full Article
ic New And Notable: Smart Growth Manual, "Unplanning," & Asphalt And Politics By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:19:00 +0000 Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it?In The Smart Growth Manual (New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009), two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices.With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker).In this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners.This work also features a valuable Smart Growth Directory, with contact information for national, regional and state organizations.Lieutenant Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom, writing as Mayor of San Francisco, touted The Smart Growth Manual as "an indispensable guide to city planning. This kind of progressive development is the only way to full restore our economic strength and create new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete in the first rank of world economies."An extensive interview with the authors is featured on the American Society of Landscape Architects "The Dirt" blog.The conventional wisdom says that we need strict planning to build walkable neighborhoods around transit stations - even though these neighborhoods are like the streetcar suburbs that were common in America before anyone heard of city planning. In reality, many of our greatest successes in urban design have occurred when we treated the issues as political questions - not as technical problems that the planners should solve for us.According to Unplanning: Livable Cities And Political Choices (Berkeley, Calif.: Preservation Institute, 2010), the anti-freeway movement of the 1960s and 1970s and the anti-sprawl movement of recent decades were both political movements, and citizen-activists often had to work against projects that planners proposed and approved. This book uses an intriguing thought experiment to show that, in order to build livable cities, we should go further than the anti-freeway and anti-sprawl movements by putting direct political limits on urban growth. Political choices about how we want to live can transform our cities more effectively than planning.From animal paths to superhighways, transportation has been the backbone of American expansion and growth.Asphalt And Politics: A History Of The American Highway System (New York: McFarland, 2009) examines the interstate highway system in the United States, and the forces that shaped it, includes the introduction of the automobile, the Good Roads Movement, and the Lincoln Highway Association.The book offers an analysis of state and federal road funding, modern road-building options, and the successes and failures of the current highway system. Full Article
ic Recent Research: Urban Congestion Trends, High-Speed Rail Lessons & Travel Assistance Device Deployment By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:32:00 +0000 Is traffic congestion getting better or worse? The Federal Highway Administration collects various statistics each year to help us understand whether traffic is improving or increasing.We wanted to take a closer look at a document titled 2009 Urban Congestion Trends: How Operations Is Solving Congestion Problems (8p. PDF).Of course, we need to understand what we're looking at. Congestion is defined as the amount of time when freeways operate below 50mph. The FHA statistics show that "whatever the day of the week, whatever the time of day, mobility has improved -- almost across the board." When looking at the three primary performance measures,, improvement can be seen in at least one of them in 20 of 23 monitored regions.But...how much? And why?First off, there is less traffic on the road. Whether people are using public transit, telecommuting, combining trips, spending more time with family, consciously lowering their fuel consumption or are simply out of work, we see fewer cars on the roads travelling shorter distances.Additionally, the economic downtown of the past few years has also played a role in congestion reduction in the United States.Finally, traffic operations are playing a role in congestion management. The document contains a number of success stories detailing how state and local agencies reduced the effects of congestion in their locales. As America moves toward construction of new high-speed rail networks in regions throughout the country, we have much to learn from experiences abroad.In A Track Record Of Success: High-Speed Rail Around The World And Its Promise For America (53p. PDF), the U.S. PIRG Educational Fund reports on the wealth of information about what the United States can expect from high-speed rail and how we can receive the greatest possible benefits from our investment.They base their report on the track record of high-speed rail lines that have operated for more than 45 years in Japan and for three decades in Europe -- with some exciting conclusions.Indeed, the experience of high-speed rail lines abroad, as well as America’s limited experience with high-speed rail on the East Coast, suggests that the United States can expect great benefits from investing in a high-speed passenger rail system, particularly if it makes steady commitments to rail improvements and designs the system wisely. High-speed rail systems in other nations have been able to dramatically reduce the volume of short-haul flights between nearby cities and significantly reduce inter-city car travel.Some particularly interested examples include:The number of air passengers between London and Paris has been cut in half since high-speed rail service was introduced.High-Speed rail service between Madrid and Seville reduced the share of car travel between the two cities from 60% to 34%, and service between Madrid and Barcelona, once the world's busiest passenger air route, has been cut by one-third.The ability to travel where and when one desires is a basic requirement for independent living that most people take forgranted.To travel independently, a transit rider practices at least 23 skills including finding the route, arriving at the correct stop on time, and determining when to exit at destination.The University of South Florida's National Center for Transit Research has published Travel Assistance Device Deployment To Transit Agencies (103p. PDF) which discusses the successful deployment of devices assisting those with cognitive challenges in these tasks.Travel trainers who provide one-on-one instruction on publictransportation, report that recognizing a landmark near the desired bus stop, requesting a stop at the proper time, and exiting the bus at the destination stop are among the most challenging skills to master for individuals with cognitive disabilities.Parents/guardians are often reluctant to encourage the use of fixed-route transit due to their own hesitations about a person's abilities and well being.Prior studies by the research team developed the Travel Assistance Device (TAD)mobile phone software application that addresses these challenges and supplements the trainer’s instruction.TAD provides various informational prompts including the audio messages “Get ready” and “Pull the cord now!” and vibrates to alert the rider to pull the stop cord. These prompts are delivered to the rider in real-time as he or she rides the bus using the embedded global positioning system (GPS) technology in off-the-shelf cell phones.TAD’s real-time location of the rider can be viewed by the travel trainer or family member through a Web page.This document reviews how the TAD application has been successfully deployed in the Hillsborough (FL) Area Regional Transit (HART) bus system. Full Article
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ic Creamy and Delicious Gluten-Free Mac and Cheese By orgjunkie.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 16:58:56 +0000 Happy Friday y’all. We made it to the end of the week, yay! And what better way to celebrate than with a little comfort food. I haven’t shared a recipe on here in a long time. Remember when I use to do it monthly? One of those recipes from long ago, the Chocolate Chip Walnut […] If you're seeing Creamy and Delicious Gluten-Free Mac and Cheese anywhere other than on I'm an Organizing Junkie (or via my email list or a feed reader) it is being used by someone else without my permission. Please let me know, thank you! Full Article Guest Bloggers Recipes Recipes-Allergy Free
ic Richard B. Taylor Celebrated for Dedication to the Fields of Accounting and Finance By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT Mr. Taylor provides four decades of financial expertise to his clients at Avid Wealth Management Group. Full Article
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ic Angel Partners Reveals 'Fantastic' Year for Startups and Angel Investors in 2019 as Interest for Early Stage Startup Increases By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT Online angel investment platform, Angels Partners, announced this year had been exceptional in connecting entrepreneurs and investors across different locations (India, USA & EU) and industries. Full Article
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ic B+E lists the Codale Electric Distribution property in Price, Utah for $4.2 million By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:00:00 GMT B+E, the first brokerage and technology platform for net lease real estate, announced the listing of the Codale Electric Distribution property located at 50 East 1300, Price, Utah for $4,200,000. Full Article
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ic Orlando Business Broker Michael Shea Awarded Top Broker Honors for Deal Volume and Co-Brokering by the Business Brokers of Florida By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 07:00:00 GMT The Business Brokers of Florida Annual Awards Announced Michael Shea as Top Broker in Central Florida Full Article
ic Monster Hunter's Iceborne Expansion Has More Than Cool Monsters - Unlocked 405 By xbox360.ign.libsynpro.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:23:05 +0000 IGN's Monster Hunter expert Casey DeFreitas makes her Unlocked debut to give her impressions on the upcoming Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion. Plus, the crew discusses 343's commitment to a solid Halo Infinite experience on Xbox One, how The Outer World's toughest difficulty setting will completely change the game, and Ninja's move to Mixer along with the streaming service's odd clothing policies. Full Article
ic Nintendo and Microsoft, Sitting in a Tree... By www.ign.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:22:42 +0000 Our Xbox crew gives in-depth impressions of Gears 5's multiplayer as well as Borderlands 3. Plus: a surprising departure at Bethesda/Zenimax, a bit more on the next Resident Evil project, and the awesomeness that is Banjo and Kazooie appearing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Full Article
ic Our Xbox Game of the Decade Picks By www.ign.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:44:55 +0000 On our final episode of the year and of the decade we look back on our favorite Xbox games of the decade, including both first-party exclusives and memorable third-party offerings. Plus: a recap of the rest of the non-Xbox Series X elements of last week's Game Awards and more! Happy Holidays and New Year! See you in January! Full Article
ic Microsoft Isn’t Messing Around With Series X’s Power By www.ign.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:18:59 +0000 We are EXCITED about the new Xbox Series X technical details, including the whopping 12 teraflops of computing power that the next-gen Xbox is packing. Plus: EA canceled another Star Wars project, March's Games With Gold have been announced, and more! Full Article
ic Ori and the Will of the Wisps Is Fantastic So Far By www.ign.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:45:37 +0000 Two of our crew have played the first couple hours of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and they have nothing but good news to report. Plus: GDC's cancellation, Xbox Series X's Quick Resume feature is even better than we thought, and more! Full Article
ic Don't Sleep on Gears Tactics By www.ign.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:56:13 +0000 Our Xbox crew opens the show by talking about Gears Tactics, the new XCOM-style tactical strategy game from Xbox Game Studios that Xbox fans shouldn't sleep on. Plus: we discuss Xbox's impressive first-party efforts so far in 2020, what the rest of the year looks like, drama around the WWE 2K franchise, and more! Full Article
ic Temporary Road Closure - Pacific Pines By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:45:30 +0000 Streets affected: Pacific Pines Boulevard (lane closure with traffic control – expect delays) between Binstead Way and Capricorn DriveRegion: northCategory: Road closuresDate: Friday, May 8, 2020 - 16:30 to Saturday, June 6, 2020 - 04:00planned: 1Read more: Start date: 8 May 2020End date: 5 June 2020Duration: 6:30am – 6pmReason: Potholing Full Article
ic Livestream Deep Learning World from your Home Office! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:00:39 +0000 Livestream Deep Learning World Munich 2020 from the comfort and safety of your home on 11-12 May 2020. Full Article 2020 Apr Events Deep Learning PAW Predictive Analytics World
ic 4 Realistic Career Options for Data Scientists By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:00:19 +0000 It’s almost 10 years since "Data Science" became mainstream. We ask less about how to get into Data Science, but wonder "what’s next?" This article includes insights on four non-trivial, but practical, options and their pitfalls. Full Article 2020 Apr Opinions Career Career Advice Consulting Data Scientist Sales
ic Should Data Scientists Model COVID19 and other Biological Events By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:00:25 +0000 Biostatisticians use statistical techniques that your current everyday data scientists have probably never heard of. This is a great example where lack of domain knowledge exposes you as someone that does not know what they are doing and are merely hopping on a trend. Full Article 2020 Apr Opinions Uncategorized Advice Covid-19 Data Science Data Scientist Statistics
ic Find Your Perfect Fit: A Quick Guide for Job Roles in the Data World By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:40 +0000 Data related positions are considered the hottest in the job market during the last couple of years. While everyone wants to join the party and enter this fascinating field, it is essential to first get an understanding. In this quick guide, I’ll do my best to dispel the confusion by crystalizing the essence of the different positions. Full Article 2020 Apr Tutorials Overviews Business Analyst Career Advice Data Analyst Data Architect Data Engineer Data Scientist Database Management Developers ETL Machine Learning Engineer
ic 3 Reasons Why We Are Far From Achieving Artificial General Intelligence By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:00:52 +0000 How far we are from achieving Artificial General Intelligence? We answer this through the study of three limitations of current machine learning. Full Article 2020 Apr Opinions AGI AI Machine Learning
ic A Concise Course in Statistical Inference: The Free eBook By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:00:23 +0000 Check out this freely available book, All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference, and learn the probability and statistics needed for success in data science. Full Article 2020 Apr Tutorials Overviews Book Free ebook Mathematics Statistics
ic LSTM for time series prediction By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:00:26 +0000 Learn how to develop a LSTM neural network with PyTorch on trading data to predict future prices by mimicking actual values of the time series data. Full Article 2020 Apr Tutorials Overviews Deep Learning Forecasting LSTM Neural Networks Recurrent Neural Networks Time Series
ic Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:00:52 +0000 The book Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing by Ron Kohavi (Microsoft, Airbnb), Diane Tang (Google) and Ya Xu (LinkedIn) is available for purchase, with the authors proceeds from the book being donated to charity. Full Article 2020 Apr News Education A/B Testing Bing Book Design of Experiments
ic Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Interactive Visualizations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:00:39 +0000 Interactive visualizations are an effective method for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents a repository filled with just such insightful interactions. Full Article 2020 Apr Tutorials Overviews Coronavirus Covid-19 Data Visualization Visualization
ic Exploring the Impact of Geographic Information Systems By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:00:58 +0000 GIS has mostly been behind more popular buzzwords like machine learning and deep learning. GIS has always been around us in the background being used in government, business, medicine, real estate, transport, manufacturing etc. Full Article 2020 Apr Opinions Data Science Geospatial GIS
ic Outbreak Analytics: Data Science Strategies for a Novel Problem By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:00:59 +0000 You walk down one aisle of the grocery store to get your favorite cereal. On the dairy aisle, someone sick from COVID-19 coughs. Did your decision to grab your cereal before your milk possibly keep you healthy? How can these unpredictable, near-random choices be included in complex models? Full Article 2020 Apr Tutorials Overviews Alteryx Coronavirus Covid-19 Data Science Data Visualization Forecasting
ic Natural Language Processing Recipes: Best Practices and Examples By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 10:00:14 +0000 Here is an overview of another great natural language processing resource, this time from Microsoft, which demonstrates best practices and implementation guidelines for a variety of tasks and scenarios. Full Article 2020 May Tutorials Overviews Best Practices Microsoft NLP Python
ic Which Face is Real? Applying StyleGAN to Create Fake People By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 12:00:25 +0000 This post explains using a pre-trained GAN to generate human faces, and discusses the most common generative pitfalls associated with doing so. Full Article 2020 May Opinions GANs Generative Adversarial Network Image Generation
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ic How use the Coronavirus crisis to kickstart your Data Science career By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:00:21 +0000 As the global economy dwindles, tech companies are hiring en masse. Now is the time to get yourself noticed as a Data Scientist and try to land your dream job. Full Article 2020 May Opinions Career Coronavirus Data Science Online Education
ic Statistical Thinking for Industrial Problem Solving – a free online statistics course By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:00:10 +0000 This online course is available – for free – to anyone interested in building practical skills in using data to solve problems better. Full Article 2020 May News Education Course JMP Online Education Statistics
