This talk is by , a Data Scientist at . It is a talk sponsored by .
Josh talks extensively about the rare statistician/software engineer that is the Data Scientist. He posits that there is a continuous need for their craft especially as data sets become larger and computational skills more necessary. Josh puts forth ways to develop and grow data scientists and teams, sharing how to build an appealing and inspiring workplace for them to thrive.
Controlled Experimentation (or A/B testing) has evolved into a powerful tool for driving product strategy and innovation. The dramatic growth in online and mobile content, media, and commerce has enabled companies to make principled data-driven decisions. Large numbers of experiments are typically run to validate hypotheses, study causation, and optimize user experience, engagement, and monetization.
The popularity of controlled experimentation has given birth to several companies that specialize in offering tools and services to effectively setup, manage, and monitor large-scale tests. While the simplicity of this concept is disarming, there are several pitfalls that can stymie progress and occasionally lead to poor decisions.
In this talk from The Hive’s Big Data Think Tank Meetup at Microsoft Rajesh Parekh discusses the guiding of product innovation with controlled experimentation:
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Here’s the recording of the second talk from the first d3.js meetup of 2013.
, co-organizer of this meetup and the force behind d3visualization will be presenting on the d3 community, how to get the most out of it and how to get involved.
The d3 heatmap we showcased during the meetup is finally on github: https://github.com/lbrucher/d3-tree-heatmap
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From last Monday:
In this talk, (CTO of FundingGates), will discuss the pros and cons of PhoneGap, give a brief survey of other cross-platform mobile application frameworks, and an overview to the PhoneGap architecture/ecosystem:
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from will be presenting ‘Future-proofing your app using Redis’ in this recording of the second talk from Redis’ first meetup (in a while).
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Today we’ve got the recording of the first geek talk from the recent SF Redis meetup. , Head of Tech Operations at Pinterest, talks to us about their usage of the advanced key-value store in his talk titled ‘Redis at Pinterest’:
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Today we’re bringing you the audio from the February 25 Udacity study group at Google. , , and are on hand answering questions on the HTML5 game programming course.
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Here’s the recording of the first talk of the first d3.js meetup of 2013! Starting the year off with some talks about how to get started with D3:
, the author of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web and the best d3 tutorial on the web will be talking about learning d3.
The d3 heatmap we showcased during the meetup is finally on github: https://github.com/lbrucher/d3-tree-heatmap
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