Can anyone become a data scientist? I have been working for many years in the space of data science education, and I’ve seen a bit of everything, from undergraduates, to people over 40s trying to switch careers. I have also written extensively on this topic, whether it is about the Read more…
By Yasmin Chamchoun Even though women hold 47% of the work force in the UK, according to a recent Tech Nation report, only 19% of women are tech workers. What is more, 77% of tech director roles are fulfilled by men whereas only a mere 23% of women hold tech Read more…
AI and machine learning are an excellent way to help SMEs achieve their goal of consistent business growth in today’s competitive environment. They allow SMEs to effectively delegate routine tasks to be done by innovative yet fast methods/technologies making executives free to focus on other creative avenues that can help Read more…
Get started in data science How can someone get started in data science? This is a question I get asked all too often. One of the challenges of data science is that it involves many different parts: Coding Knowledge of statistics Knowledge of machine learning Soft-skills, like coming up with Read more…
Some of you might know that I am the organiser for the London Data Science meetup. The Meetup had been dead for a few years, and I thought it’s a good idea to bring it back to life. It looks like social distancing will be here for a while, so Read more…
Does history repeat itself? How would World War II have turned out if different strategic decisions had been taken? How would civilisation have unfolded if prominent figures hadn’t been born? Historians like to speculate about these kind of questions. But what if there was a data-driven way to study these Read more…
A meetup for both data scientists and marketers As some of you might know I am the administrator of the Data Science and Marketing Meetup. I find marketing fascinating, partly because there is so much data in marketing. This makes it ideal for applications of data science and AI. I Read more…
Data science meetups As some of you may know, I am an active member in London’s data science community, and organiser of three meetup groups: Data science London Data science and marketing AI and Creativity The lockdown has made it very difficult to meet with other people, and exchange ideas Read more…
Creating data products is not easy I was reading recently a very interesting article on O’Reilly’s blog: Designing great data products. I thought it would be good to summarise it and add some of my own thoughts, since it touches upon some of the themes that I am also covering Read more…
Are you interested in data science? Make sure to join my on-demand webinar where I talk about what it’s like to be a data scientist! The best way to learn data science I have been in data science education for a long time: universities, bootcamps, online courses, mentoring students. You Read more…
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