Data Elixir - Data Elixir - Issue 398
ISSUE 398 · August 2, 2022In the NewsRevealing the structure of the protein universeKnowing the shape of a protein helps researchers understand how it interacts with other compounds, what it does, and how it can be modified. AlphaFold is an AI system that can predict the 3D structure of a protein from just its 1D amino acid sequence. Last week, Deepmind released the predicted structures of all 200M+ proteins known to science - almost the entire protein universe! Here's what it means. Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?These days, cars are like smartphones with Internet-connected apps that collect huge amounts of data. Most drivers have no idea what that data is or who it might be flowing to. This article dives into this nascent industry — the players, the stakes, the opportunities, and the issues. Data Elixir PartnersInterview QueryInterview Query is an adaptive learning platform that will help you develop your skills and prepare for your next interview. Questions come from actual interviews and cover a wide range of topics in data science, analytics, SQL, machine learning, and more. Choose your own learning path and get an inside look at specific companies, interviews, and roles. Tutorials, Projects & OpinionsArt from CodeThis is an awesome series of tutorials by Danielle Navarro from her workshop at the recent rstudio::conf. Covers specialized R packages for generative art as well as techniques that are commonly used by generative artists like flow fields and iterative function systems. "Perhaps we can become better data scientists through art, and vice versa..." A data scientist’s guide to statistical geneticsGenetics shapes much of our lives and our genomes are easy to study using common data science tools. In this new series, Nadav Brandes explores human genetics from a data science perspective. After the intro post, Part 2 is essentially a crash course in genetics and Part 3 begins a tour of open problems in statistical genetics. Great series. Counting ThingsIn this first post in a series, Pedram Navid dives into metrics and shows how even simple questions like, "how many users do we have?" is a lot more nuanced than you might think. The goal here isn't to just define metrics, but to show the thinking behind them. ResourcesBuilding Modern Data TeamsGreat collection of articles and resources to help companies build high performing data teams. Covers a wide range of topics, from strategies for building data-driven organizations, data quality, what data teams do, data team development, careers, and more. Code & Toolsnbdev+Quarto: A new secret weapon for productivitynbdev offers Python programmers a common set of tools for tasks like code development, testing, documentation and distribution — all from within Jupyter notebooks. Now in a major new release, nbdev has teamed up with Quarto to give nbdev new superpowers. This post explores what you can do with nbdev2 and where things are going. LovelyPlotsLovelyPlots is a collection of matplotlib style sheets to nicely format figures for scientific papers, thesis and presentations while keeping them fully editable in vector graphics apps, such as Adobe Illustrator. CareerAcademia versus Big Tech9 months ago, Oliver Müller left academia for a Data Analyst position at Google. In this thread, he breaks down what he learned about Academia versus Big Tech jobs and why, ultimately, he's going back. This thread hit a nerve on Twitter and has had more than 20,000 likes on its first day. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here >> |
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Data Elixir - Issue 397
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Guide to sports analytics. Tensor Puzzles 🧩. Betting on data. DL for tabular data. Results vs Accuracy.
Data Elixir - Issue 396
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Coming up with research ideas. Tidy finance. Network analysis. Critical dataset studies. ML engineering reflections.
Data Elixir - Issue 395
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Pandas anti-patterns. Python for data analysis. Team size & complexity. Success metrics. MLOps simplified. Data in wonderland. Careers in data viz.
Data Elixir - Issue 394
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Causal forecasting. ML exercises for pen and paper. Mixed effects models tutorial. Geo-based A/B testing.
Data Elixir - Issue 393
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
What Julia gets right. ML stack trends. Scraped data: fair game? Things you should know about DBs. Investment research platform for DS.
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