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Great to share some time with my fellow colleagues at GA: instructors, TAs, business development, etc
Great weather... and then we have our party in the rain! #typical
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I love the sound that snow makes when you step on it. Also, it reveals the other animals we share space with.
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Data science is definitely in everyone’s lips and this time I had the opportunity of showcasing some of my thoughts, practices and interests at the Open Data Science Conference in London.
The event was very well attended by data scientists, engineers and developers at all levels of seniority, as well as business stakeholders. I had the great opportunity to present the landscape that newcomers and seasoned practitioners must be familiar with to be able to make a successful transition into this exciting field.
It was also a great opportunity to showcase “Data Science and Analytics with Python” and to get to meet new people including some that know other members of my family too.
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Very pleased to see that finally the publication of my "Data Science and Analytics with Python" book has arrived.
Very pleased to have given an intro talk on Data Science and Analytics at General Assembly yesterday.
Shell Game in the LMC
An alluring sight in southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen here through narrowband filters. The filters are designed to transmit only light emitted by ionized sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Ionized by energetic starlight, the atoms emit their characteristic light as electrons are recaptured and the atom transitions to a lower energy state. As a result, this false color image of the LMC seems covered with shell-shaped clouds of ionized gas surrounding massive, young stars. Sculpted by the strong stellar winds and ultraviolet radiation, the glowing clouds, dominated by emission from hydrogen, are known as H II (ionized hydrogen) regions. Itself composed of many overlapping shells, the Tarantula Nebula is the large star forming region at top center. A satellite of o ur Milky Way Galaxy, the LMC is about 15,000 light-years across and lies a mere 180,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.
Easing into the Christmas break, starting Christmas Eve with a bit of Copenhagen Gold Medal Rum.
No, this castle was not built with the Moon attached. To create the spectacular juxtaposition, careful planning and a bit of good weather was needed. Pictured, the last supermoon of 2016 was captured last week rising directly beyond one of the towers of Bellver Castle in Palma de Mallorca on the Balearic Islands of Spain. The supermoon was the last full moon of 2016 and known to some as the Oak Moon. Bellver Castle was built in the early 1300s and has served as a home -- but occasional as a prison -- to numerous kings and queens. The Moon was built about 4.5 billion years ago, possibly resulting from a great collision with a Mars-sized celestial body and Earth. The next supermoon, defined as when the moonappears slightly larger and brighter than usual, will occur on 2017 December 3 and be visible not only behind castles but all over the Earth.
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Not a bad day for a run. Although I have nor been training as hard as I should have, the time f0r the Windsor half marathon came very quickly. No excuses, no time to complain... I took my running shoes, monitor and some other bits an pieces and headed to Windsor. Perhaps it was too early on a Sunday morning... but as I said, no excuses.
The weather had been a bit rainy and I was pleased to see that the day was opening up quite nicely. "Goldie locks weather for a run" -> not too cold, not to hot, just right.
I am very pleased with my 2 hour and 23 minute time for the 13 mile race around Windsor Great Park... maybe next year I will train a bit harder! In the meantime, it's time for a rest and perhaps some nice food.
I have been meaning to post these pictures of the Old Mutual Cup test match between England and Wales on May 29th. It was a great day and England won 27-13 after a very shaky start. In the end England scored 5 tries, and despite the poor kicking of Mr Ford they managed to defeat Wales.
Today I was in Hursely and I had the opportunity of spending the day at Hursely House and the IBM Galileo Centre. Very nice grounds and a very inspiring place. Judge for yourselves!
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What do I think when I hear the name "Ballet Folklórico de México"? Well, I think of colourful clothes, big smiles, joyful music and great "zapateado". I also think of Sunday TV and weirdly enough, school. I do remember the end-of-year festivals at school, when señorita Caballero would choreograph some traditional dances for us.
I was thus very pleased to see in the Guardian Weekend, that Ballet Folklórico was coming to London, and that it would be the first time in 20 years that they would be in the British Isles. I had never seen them live, so it was a great opportunity to do so, and boy was I pleased to have done so!
They had their show at the London Coliseum, the home of the English National Opera, and it was a great venue to hear some well-known songs. I was expecting great dancers, but I was pleasantly surprised to hear live music from start to finish.
The programme was divided into 9 distinct parts, going from Mariachis to pre-hispanic dances and indeed a lot of zapateado:
What a great way to finish a fantastic performance. People could not be stopped from joining in from their seats. I am truly glad that I had a chance to join la fiesta while El Ballet Folklórico de México came to visit London. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did!
This Sunday I went to visit the National Gallery as I haven't been for a while.
I enjoyed the visit very much and I recommend it highly.
I had the chance to go up 20 Fenchchurch Street building... better known as the Walkie-Talkie building last week and had a bite to eat in the Sky Garden in the 35th floor of the building. It is a very nice open area with gardens and a great view of London and the Thames. You have to book in advance, but it is free and it definitely is worth it. Here are some views!
Some time last week I ended up having to go from Waterloo station to Embankment Pier... Long story... However, I took the opportunity to take a couple of panoramic shots from the Hungerford Bridge:
DSI Talk with Dr Gautam Shroff 19/02/2015 - NOTICE: These are only notes and they may not make much sense out of context...
Current business themes - Digital imagination - Simplification - Governance - Suistainability
Digital re-imagination
From = Data "raw material" to = Delivery "means"
What does big data mean? Not that its a lot of data but its width -> High dimensional spaces.
Things to take into account:
Real-time response v Strategic response
Simulation is very important although it is not traditionally in the arena of predictive analytics.
The typical path:
Prediction
Optimisation
But that is not enough. In practice there are a number of external factors to take into account. So you try or simulate
The typical flow #predictive #analytics is prediction & optimisation. But the real challenge are external factors. So try or #simulate #DSI
Unfortunately trying is not a viable option for a number of businesses out there!
Agent-based modelling and Casual Analysis are not purely statistics, you need assumptions to set them up!
Detecting abnormal behaviour using deep learning. Look at Office power consumption: http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/discords
EXAMPLE: Enterprise contextual intelligence: detecting specific event from twitter
I have had this 17-in MacBook Pro for a few years… perhaps about 8 years? Probably a bit more? In any case, I have it more as a memento than anything else as I have a more modern one these days. I still keep it updated and all the rest of it so I was rather surprised to get it out and see that the battery has effectively bursted!!! I hope the rest of the machine still works though :(
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Chris Hadfield is speaking at the Royal Geographical Society in London as part of the Guardian Live events. I managed to get a couple of great seats to hear him speak about his book "You are here". Looking forward to seeing the images he captured while at the ISS.
Yesterday I had the chance to attend the first Visualized.io conference in London. It was a fully packed day with lots of interesting speakers and fun people. The variety of the talks was quite good and most of the presentations were very well prepared. I was surprised at the bad use of video in a couple of the talk in the morning session, but apart from that it was all very good.
I ended up winning a print and it is not decorating one of the walls at home. You can see a picture at the end of the gallery below. The conference tool place at Protein in the heart of Hipsterland (aka Shoreditch) and it was a well attended event.
I particularly enjoyed the talk by David McCandless who turned out to be the mystery guest. Similarly, the presentation by Pascal Raabe about memories was very good and inspiring. Another good presentation was the "smelly" talk given by Kate McLean.
Andy Kirk gave a view about the Design of Time and you can see the slides here.
If you are interested in seeing what twitter was saying before, during and after the conference, check this page.
Finally, the conference was at Eventfire archived here, and I am surprised to see that I was the top contributor according to them! :D
I had the chance of going to a newly opened restaurant in Putney, near the rail station. It is a small place with good burritos and great cocktails. The deco is simple but effective and the guacamole is not bad!
I think I may come back!
