This Week in Data Science (February 21, 2017)

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

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Interesting Data Science Articles and News

• IBM, Visa partner to make the Internet of things commerce friendly – IBM Watson’s IoT platform and Visa’s token technology will partner to increase the capability of IoT devices.
• 17 More Must-Know Data Science Interview Questions and Answers – Useful Solutions to Data Science Interview Questions.
• The Mathematics of Machine Learning – The importance of Mathematics and Statistics in the field of Machine Learning.
• How to analyze text – Broad Overview of extracting data from text.
• IBM wants to bring machine learning to the mainframe – IBM will aim to bring its platform for Machine Learning to the z systems portfolio.
• Spark gets faster for streaming analytics – Spark Summit in Boston highlights progress in fields such as Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
• IBM and Fox make a big impact with Hidden Figures screening – IBM and Fox partner to show screenings of Hidden Figures to young aspiring engineers and scientists.
• IBM Turns Watson Into A Cybersecurity Weapon Amid White House Interest – IBM Watson will use it abilities to spot security breaches and hacking attempts.
• Software Engineering vs Machine Learning Concepts – Brief discussion of differences between Software Engineering and Machine Learning concepts.
• January New Data Packages –A list of new R data packages for the month of January.
• Removing Outliers Using Standard Deviation in Python – Using Standard Deviation to remove outliers with Python.
• Natural Language Processing Key Terms, Explained – A brief explanation of 18 Natural Language processing terms for beginners.
• Graphs from 1900 that depict a snapshot of African American life – A series of charts made in 1900 by W.E.B Du Bois.
• A National Pizza Day investigation: how many slices a day do Americans eat? – A look into the data surrounding the pizza eating habits of Americans.
• IBM’s new weather app sends emergency alerts without a network – IBM has created a weather app which utilizes Mesh Network Alerts enabling transmission of notifications without cellular network.

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