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Data Science for Humanity: One of the First-Ever Machine Learning Models to Aid in the War Crisis- Russian Ukrainian

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We have all been seeing the transformation of data science from being used extensively in technical domains for analysis to being used as an excellent tool for solving social and global issues. This advanced application of data science for humanitarian aid would bring us closer to society and change the world.

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15 Fan-Favorite Speakers & Instructors Returning for ODSC East 2025

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Allen Downey, PhD, Principal Data Scientist at PyMCLabs Allen is the author of several booksincluding Think Python, Think Bayes, and Probably Overthinking Itand a blog about data science and Bayesian statistics. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley; and Bachelors and Masters degrees fromMIT.

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5 Essential Classification Algorithms Explained for Beginners

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Introduction Classification algorithms are at the heart of data science, helping us categorize and organize data into pre-defined classes. These algorithms are used in a wide array of applications, from spam detection and medical diagnosis to image recognition and customer profiling.

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12 Can’t-Miss Hands-on Training & Workshops Coming to ODSC East 2025

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AI and data science are advancing at a lightning-fast pace with new skills and applications popping up left and right. In this hands-on session, youll start with logistic regression and build up to categorical and ordered logistic models, applying them to real-world survey data.

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GenAI: How to Synthesize Data 1000x Faster with Better Results and Lower Costs

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It easily handles a mix of categorical, ordinal, and continuous features. Yet, I haven’t seen a practical implementation tested on real data in dimensions higher than 3, combining both numerical and categorical features. All categorical features are jointly encoded using an efficient scheme (“smart encoding”).

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Building Reliable Machine Learning Models: Lessons from Brian Lucena

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Unlike deep learning, which struggles with sharp discontinuities in data, decision trees can model abrupt changes in relationships between variables. Lucena explained how random forests first introduced the power of ensembles, but gradient boosting takes it a step further by focusing on the residual errors from previous trees.

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Regression, Personalisation, and the Kaggle Syndrome

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In this post, I will discuss the common problems with existing solutions, explain why I am no longer a fan of Kaggle, propose a better solution, and outline a personalized prediction approach. As shown in the profile of the dataset, there are both integer and categorical features. There’re some interesting details in the data.