This Week in Data Science (May 10, 2016)

Here’s this week’s news in Data Science and Big Data.

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Interesting Data Science Articles and News

• Here’s Everyone Who’s Immigrated to the U.S. Since 1820 – An interactive data visualization map depicts two centuries of immigration to the U.S.
• IBM Watson Brings AI Wonders to Cybersecurity – IBM will be introducing a cybersecurity version of Watson.
• Look at how marketers tell stories with compelling data visualizations – Here are a few tips on how to merge marketing and data analytics in order to tell meaningful stories.
• Top 5 Trends in Advanced Analytics 2016 – Learn about the top trends that defined and shaped the data industry in 2016.
• Want to know who to vote for? IBM’s Watson Elections will make an emotional decision for you – Two IBM researchers created an application that uses natural language processing to determine each candidate’s mood.
• Finding Similar Music using Matrix Factorization – Learn how to use matrix factorization algorithms to find related artists.
• Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence – The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will be co-hosting public workshops about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to spur dialogue and identify the challenges and opportunities involved with this emerging technology.
• Better Than Botox: Beauty Industry To Get An AI Makeover – Is beauty the ultimate Turing test? Can machine learning and data understand beauty? Can they improve our beauty?
• SQL vs. NoSQL Databases: What’s the Difference? – Learn about the most important differences between SQL, a relational database, and NoSQL, a non-relational database.
• Nimble-Fingered Robot Outperforms the Best Human Surgeons – Researchers at the Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C, created a robot surguen that uses 3-D imaging and force sensing to apply highly precise stitching.
• A Data Visualization That Presents A Continuous Mix Of 60 Years Of Billboard’s Chart Topping Hits – Matt Daniels created a data visualization of the Billboard Top 100. It uses a scrolling timeline that covers 60 years of music hits.
• A Neural Network that Dreams in Resumes – Can machine learning techniques be applied to building your best resume?
• How Machine Learning Amplifies Inequality in Society – Mike Williams, an Engineer at Fast Forward Labs, discusses how machine learning has the power to amplify privilege.
• Google Is Feeding Romance Novels To Its Artificial Intelligence Engine To Make Its Products More Conversational – Google is improving the conversational skills of its AI using steamy romance novels.
• IBM makes quantum computing available in the cloud – IBM is allowing access to its quantum processor via IBM Quantum Experiance, it’s cloud computing platform.

Upcoming & Recent Data Science Events

• Data Processing with Python – Learn the fundamental techniques of data processing with Python on May 24th.
• Shaping Data Stories with Neuroscience – This webinar, set for May 24th, examines the neuroscience principles of vision, memory, and attention in storytelling.
• Datapalooza – Join one of the Datapalooza festivals this summer to build a data product and learn from a diverse community of data professionals.
• Introduction to Watson Analytics – Learn how to get started with Watson Analytics on June 7th in Washington.
• Data-Driven Product Innovation Summit – Data experts will guide you through building better products on June 29 & 30 in Austin.
• Data Security Innovation Summit – Learn how to keep your Big Data projects secure on June 29 & 30 in Austin.