Practical Data Science Cookbook

Dasgupta, Abhijit, Murphy, Sean Patrick, Ojeda, Tony, Bengfort, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 1783980249 / ISBN 13: 9781783980246

Published by Packt Publishing, Limited, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Data Science Cookbook
• Publisher: Packt Publishing, Limited
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783980249
• ISBN 13: 9781783980246
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Practical Data Science Cookbook

About the Author

Tony Ojeda

Tony Ojeda is an accomplished data scientist and entrepreneur, with expertise in business process optimization and over a decade of experience creating and implementing innovative data products and solutions. He has a Master's degree in Finance from Florida International University and an MBA with concentrations in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from DePaul University. He is the founder of District Data Labs, a cofounder of Data Community DC, and is actively involved in promoting data science education through both organizations.

Sean Patrick Murphy

Sean Patrick Murphy spent 15 years as a senior scientist at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he focused on machine learning, modeling and simulation, signal processing, and high performance computing in the Cloud. Now, he acts as an advisor and data consultant for companies in SF, NY, and DC. He completed his graduation from The Johns Hopkins University and his MBA from the University of Oxford. He currently co-organizes the Data Innovation DC meetup and cofounded the Data Science MD meetup. He is also a board member and cofounder of Data Community DC.

Benjamin Bengfort

Benjamin Bengfort is an experienced data scientist and Python developer who has worked in military, industry, and academia for the past 8 years. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, doing research in Metacognition and Natural Language Processing. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from North Dakota State University, where he taught undergraduate Computer Science courses. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University, where he teaches Data Science and Analytics. Benjamin has been involved in two data science start-ups in the DC region: leveraging large-scale machine learning and Big Data techniques across a variety of applications. He has a deep appreciation for the combination of models and data for entrepreneurial effect, and he is currently building one of these start-ups into a more mature organization.

Abhijit Dasgupta

Abhijit Dasgupta is a data consultant working in the greater DC-Maryland-Virginia area, with several years of experience in biomedical consulting, business analytics, bioinformatics, and bioengineering consulting. He has a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Washington and over 40 collaborative peer-reviewed manuscripts, with strong interests in bridging the statistics/machine-learning divide. He is always on the lookout for interesting and challenging projects, and is an enthusiastic speaker and discussant on new and better ways to look at and analyze data. He is a member of Data Community DC and a founding member and co-organizer of Statistical Programming DC (formerly, R Users DC).