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Want to be healthy over 50? Get these tests, exams

<i>Are you between the ages of 50-60 and concerned about the tests and exams needed to maintain your health? Don’t know where to start? It's difficult to keep up with all the latest medical breakthroughs, but not knowing what's new or available could result in poor health decisions. Dr. Marie Savard,</i> …

How to create a poet / writer using Deep Learning (Text Generation using Python)?

<b>Introduction</b><p>From short stories to writing 50,000 word novels, machines are churning out words like never before. There are tons of examples available …

The TED Talk I Can't Stop Watching | Inc.com

The first time I watched, it struck me like a thunderbolt to the soul.<p>It cuts directly to the core of humanity, business and life.<p>I've been watching it every day, and picking up new nuggets each time.<p>It's a TED talk from Brené Brown on the Power of Vulnerability:<p>One of the best ways you can build …

Big Data Is Coming to Take Your Health Insurance

Universal government coverage may be the only solution.<p>For all its absurdity, the debate over Obamacare has accomplished something positive: It has educated people that insurance is really about risk pooling -- as in you need both healthy and sick people to participate if it’s going to be …

15 Must-Read Business Books on Leadership and Personal Development From the Past 5 Years | Inc.com

The problem with producing any "top" business book list is the elimination process. Over the last five years, there have been numerous publications by top authors worthy of mention.<p>For this list, I have focused heavily on science-backed leadership books that teach us where the future of motivation …

Top 6 Open Source Projects In 2017

Open source is the coolest. Let’s look at some of the top players for 2017. One of the most interesting things about the list below is how well it …

Cheat Sheet of Machine Learning and Python (and Math) Cheat Sheets

<i>If you like this article, check out another by Robbie:</i><i><br>My Curated List of AI and Machine Learning Resources</i><p>There are many facets to Machine Learning. …

How to write the perfect cover letter, according to experts

Cover letters might seem quaint in an era when you're almost always applying for jobs online — and the first reader of your application may be a …

Apple introduces iOS 11

iOS 11 was the least surprising announcement of WWDC. Apple has announced new versions of its mobile operating system at its developer conference for years. While the final version of iOS 11 won’t be available until September, here’s what Apple has in store for you with iOS 11.<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook …

The continuing rise of graph databases

Graph technology is well on its way from a fringe domain to going mainstream. We take a look at the state of the union in graph, featuring Neo4j's …

On Our Radar…Monday, May 15, 2017 (#DataAnalytics)

10 Items on #DataAnalytics and #Data Skills<p>A weekly compilation of <b>10 tweets that got our attention</b><i> </i>— change is constant. Let’s try to keep up! …

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Online Labs | NVIDIA Developer

Bringing interactive BI to big data

<i>A look at Apache Kylin’s architecture and features in version 2.0.</i>SQL on Hadoop is continuously improving, but it's still common to wait minutes to …

DataRobot raises $54 million to bring machine learning to predictive analytics

DataRobot, a machine learning platform that helps enterprises build predictive models at speed, has raised $54 million in a Series C funding round led by existing investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA).<p>Founded out of Boston in 2012, the DataRobot platform features hundreds of open-source machine …

Can Curated Data Fix The $18.3 Billion Analytics Market?

The global analytics market will be worth $18.3 billion by the end of the year according to a recent Gartner. Despite this, many organizations are still failing to see return on investment following significant analytics infrastructure spending.<p>It is a problem I often come across. The explosion in …

Top 3 machine learning libraries for Python

You don't have to be a data scientist to be fascinated by the world of machine learning, but a few travel guides might help you navigate the vast …

Before you build another machine-learning startup, read this

The hype around artificial intelligence/machine learning has reached mythic proportions. Some commentators are calling AI the fourth industrial revolution. Others are calling it the new electricity. And I’m a believer. An incredible amount of money is pouring into companies focused on AI/ML, as it …

Data and Analytics: Report Card and Future Direction

First, McKinsey went back to a previous study they did on data and analytics in 2011 and compared the economic value that they estimated could be …

15 Essential Accessories for MacBook and MacBook Pro

Because you and your laptop deserve nice things.

The hardest part of microservices: your data

Microservices architecture is a very powerful way to build scalable systems optimized for speed of change. To do this, we need to build independent, autonomous services which by definition tend to minimize dependencies on other systems. One of the tenants of microservices, and a way to minimize …

AI That Picks Stocks Better Than the Pros - MIT Technology Review

The ability to predict the stock market is, as any Wall Street quantitative trader (or quant) will tell you, a license to print money. So it should …

Grammy-Nominee Alex Da Kid Creates Hit Record Using Machine Learning

Add write pop music hits to the list of things that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can now do.<p>As well as write poetry and novels, AI is now being used to create music by a Grammy-nominee producer, who collaborated with IBM’s Watson cognitive computing platform on his newest release.<p>Alex Da Kid used …

9 Data Trends You Need to Know For 2017

After gazing into my magic crystal ball for the first two months of 2016, I can now confidently (with 63.4% ± 42.3657 certainty) predict what’s going …

What Kind of Leader Are You? [Infographic] | Inc.com

The challenge with cultivating leadership is that everyone leads differently. We can have conversations about how Millennials lead versus Baby Boomers, but generalizations are often useless against individual personalities within the groups themselves.<p>It's worth taking a look at this fun …

Google is bringing AI to your Raspberry Pi

Face-recognition, speech-to-text translation, and sentiment analysis are among tools that could be coming to the Pi.<p>Google is planning to bring …

How to Deliver Criticism So Employees Pay Attention

In my college days I ranked among the top 10 women divers in the United States. I got that far not just because I worked hard — practicing every day in four-to-six-hour sessions — but also because I had an extremely tough coach who routinely offered both caring support and sharp criticism. Early in …

6 Simple Resume Hacks to Help Land Your Dream Job | Inc.com

It can feel demoralizing to know what your dream job is when you aren't yet in it. But in actuality, anyone who has identified their dream job is already ahead of the pack.<p>If you know what you want to do with your life, then you can focus on pursuing it. (If you're not already sure of your dream …

What’s The Best Leadership Advice You Ever Received?

Wise words on rejecting popularity, seeking advice, inspiring people, and more.<p>We invited attendees of <i>Fast Company</i>’s recent Innovation Festival to share the most essential lessons they’ve learned so far in their careers.<p>“Leadership comes in many forms. Figure out how your quietness strengthens your …

Get at the forefront of a cutting-edge tech field with this machine learning and AI training

How does a search engine know which pages have the data you’re looking for? How does a self-driving car not drive itself right into the ocean? Because it’s driven by machine learning technology — cutting edge tech you’ll understand with the Machine Learning and AI for Business Bundle.<p>Now over 90 …

19 MOOCs on Mathematics Statistics for Data Science Machine Learning

Introduction<p>Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then he thought it would be pleasant change to do some applied<p>-John Edensor …