The demand for data professionals like Data Analysts is booming. This is a direct result of more and more organizations becoming data driven and leveraging data to streamline their operations, compete better, and improve customer… Read more
What are scrum ceremonies? Scrum is a framework for organizing work in a team. We use scrum ceremonies to organize all software development and course content creation at Cognitive Class. Scrum… Read more
Still waiting…it’s been over an hour and still nothing. I watch the clock, get some tea, ruminate on the structure of dark matter…. I’m trying to work with course enrollment data in a relatively large… Read more
Data Science has been dubbed as the sexiest profession of the 21st century. Demand is at an all-time high. Salaries are — particularly when Machine and Deep Learning are thrown into the mix — well… Read more
Today IBM and Coursera launched an online Data Science Professional Certificate to address the shortage of skills in data-related professions. This certificate is designed for those interested in a career in… Read more
IBM has partnered with edX.org, the leading online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT, for the delivery of several Professional Certificate programs. Professional Certificate programs are a series of in-demand courses designed to build… Read more
Users expect a certain level of interactivity and speed when using websites, which can be hard to provide with server rendered websites. With a regular Rails project, we can sprinkle interactivity on the client side… Read more
Ever since we launched, Cognitive Class has hit many milestones. From name changes (raise your hand if you remember DB2 University) to our 1,000,000th learner, we’ve been through a lot. But in this post, I… Read more
Every data scientist I know spends a lot of time handling data that originates in CSV files. You can quickly end up with a mess of CSV files located in your Documents, Downloads, Desktop, and… Read more
If you’re reading this then you’ve most likely heard all the buzz around chatbots. In fact, you may have come up with a few scenarios where it would be really helpful for you to use… Read more
Dealing with multiple dimensions is difficult, this can be compounded when working with data. This blog post acts as a guide to help you understand the relationship between different dimensions, Python lists, and Numpy arrays… Read more
Last week we ran a Data Science survey asking four simple questions to our community. In this post, I’ll show you the results of our survey and provide you with a Jupyter notebook; just in case… Read more