Random thoughts about random subjects… From science to literature and between manga and watercolours, passing by data science and rugby; including film, physics and fiction, programming, pictures and puns.
Right!!! It is early December and this post has been in the inkwell for a few months now. Earlier in the year I received the comments and suggestions from reviewers and the final approval from the excellent team at CRC Press for my 4th book.
After a few weeks of frank procrastination and a few more on structuring the thoughts proposed a bit more, I have got a clear head to start writing. So I am pleased to announce that I am officially starting to write “Statistics and Data Visualisation with #Python”.
“Statistics and Data Visualisation with Python” builds from the ground up the basis for statistical analysis underpinning a number of applications and algorithms in business analytics, machine learning and applied machine learning. The book will cover the basics of programming in python as well as data analysis to build a solid background in statistical methods and hypothesis testing useful in a variety of modern applications.
I was not expecting this today, but I am very pleased to see that my first physical copies of “Advanced Data Science and Analytics” have arrived. I was working under the assumption that these would not be sent until after lockdowns were lifted, but that was not the case.
I am very happy to see the actual book and hold it in my hands!
I also hear that individual copies have started arriving to their new owners. If you ordered yours, let me know when it arrives. I will post your pictures!
I am reaching out as volume 2 of my data science book will be out for publication in May and my publisher has made it possible for me to offer 20% off. You can order the book here.
This follows from “Data Science and Analytics with Python” and both books are intended for practitioners in data science and data analytics in both academic and business environments.
The new book aims to present the reader with concepts in data science and analytics that were deemed to be more advanced or simply out of scope in the author’s first book, and are used in data analytics using tools developed in Python such as SciKit Learn, Pandas, Numpy, etc. The use of Python is of particular benefit given its recent popularity in the data science community. The book is therefore a reference to be used by seasoned programmers and newcomers alike and the key benefit is the practical approach presented throughout the book
Super excited to have received the proofread version of Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python. They all seem to be very straightforward corrections: a few missing commas, some italics here and there and capitalisation bits and bobs.
I hope to be able to finish the corrections before my deadline for March 25th, and then enter the last phase before publication in May 2020.
I have received the latest information about the status of my book “Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python”. This time reviewing the latest cover drafts for the book.
This is currently my favourite one.
Awaiting the proofreading comments, and I hope to update you about that soon.
If you are interested in #DataScience you surely have heard of #pandas and you would be pleased to hear that version 1.0 finally out. With better integration with bumpy and improvements with numba among others. Take a look!
— Read on www.anaconda.com/pandas-1-0-is-here/
It was great to invited to give the joint Physics Astronomy and Maths + Computer Science research seminar today at the University of Hertfordshire. I had a good opportunity to meet old colleagues and meet new faculty. There were also many students and they with many questions.
I was glad to hear they are thinking about offering more data science courses and even a dedicated programme. I would definitely be interested to hear more about that.
There you go, the first checkpoint is completed: I have officially submitted the completed version of “Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python”.
The book has been some time in the making (and in the thinking…). It is a follow up from my previous book, imaginatively called “Data Science and Analytics with Python” . The book covers aspects that were necessarily left out in the previous volume; however, the readers in mind are still technical people interested in moving into the data science and analytics world. I have tried to keep the same tone as in the first book, peppering the pages with some bits and bobs of popular culture, science fiction and indeed Monty Python puns.
Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python enables data scientists to continue developing their skills and apply them in business as well as academic settings. The subjects discussed in this book are complementary and a follow up from the topics discuss in Data Science and Analytics with Python. The aim is to cover important advanced areas in data science using tools developed in Python such as SciKit-learn, Pandas, Numpy, Beautiful Soup, NLTK, NetworkX and others. The development is also supported by the use of frameworks such as Keras, TensorFlow and Core ML, as well as Swift for the development of iOS and MacOS applications.
The book can be read independently form the previous volume and each of the chapters in this volume is sufficiently independent from the others proving flexibiity for the reader. Each of the topics adressed in the book tackles the data science workflow from a practical perspective, concentrating on the process and results obtained. The implementation and deployment of trained models are central to the book
Time series analysis, natural language processing, topic modelling, social network analysis, neural networds and deep learning are comprehensively covrered in the book. The book discusses the need to develop data products and tackles the subject of bringing models to their intended audiences. In this case literally to the users fingertips in the form of an iPhone app.
While the book is still in the oven, you may want to take a look at the first volume. You can get your copy here:
It was a pleasure to come to the opening day of ODSC Europe 2019. This time round I was the first speaker of the first session, and it was very apt as the talk was effectively an introduction to Data Science.
The next 4 days will be very hectic for the attendees and it the quality is similar to the previous editions we are going to have a great time.
