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Doing Data Science：Straight Talk from the Frontline

内容简介

Nowthatpeopleareawarethatdatacanmakethedifferenceinanelectionorabusinessmodel,datascienceasanoccupationisgainingground.Buthowcanyougetstartedworkinginawide-ranging,interdisciplinaryfieldthat’ssocloudedinhype?Thisinsightfulbook,basedonColumbiaUniversity’sIntroductiontoDataScienceclass,tellsyouwhatyouneedtoknow.Inmanyofthesechapter-longlectures,datascientistsfromcompaniessuchasGoogle,Microsoft,andeBaysharenewalgorithms,methods,andmodelsbypresentingcasestudiesandthecodetheyuse.Ifyou’refamiliarwithlinearalgebra,probability,andstatistics,andhaveprogrammingexperience,thisbookisanidealintroductiontodatascience.Topicsinclude:Statisticalinference,exploratorydataanalysis,andthedatascienceprocessAlgorithmsSpamfilters,NaiveBayes,anddatawranglingLogisticregressionFinancialmodelingRecommendationenginesandcausalityDatavisualizationSocialnetworksanddatajournalismDataengineering,MapReduce,Pregel,andHadoopDoingDataScienceiscollaborationbetweencourseinstructorRachelSchutt,SeniorVPofDataScienceatNewsCorp,anddatascienceconsultantCathyO’Neil,aseniordatascientistatJohnsonResearchLabs,whoattendedandbloggedaboutthecourse.

作者简介

CathyO’NeilearnedaPh.D.inmathfromHarvard,waspostdocattheMITmathdepartment,andaprofessoratBarnardCollegewhereshepublishedanumberofresearchpapersinarithmeticalgebraicgeometry.Shethenchuckeditandswitchedovertotheprivatesector.SheworkedasaquantforthehedgefundD.E.Shawinthemiddleofthecreditcrisis,andthenforRiskMetrics,arisksoftwarecompanythatassessesriskfortheholdingsofhedgefundsandbanks.SheiscurrentlyadatascientistontheNewYorkstart-upscene,writesablogatmathbabe.org,andisinvolvedwithOccupyWallStreet.RachelSchuttistheSeniorVicePresidentforDataScienceatNewsCorp.SheearnedaPhDinStatisticsfromColumbiaUniversity,andwasastatisticianatGoogleResearchforseveralyears.SheisanadjunctprofessorinColumbia’sDepartmentofStatisticsandafoundingmemberoftheEducationCommitteefortheInstituteforDataSciencesandEngineeringatColumbia.SheholdsseveralpendingpatentsbasedonherworkatGoogle,whereshehelpedbuilduser-facingproductsbyprototypingalgorithmsandbuildingmodelstounderstanduserbehavior.Shehasamaster'sdegreeinmathematicsfromNYU,andamaster'sdegreeinEngineering-EconomicSystemsandOperationsResearchfromStanfordUniversity.HerundergraduatedegreeisinHonorsMathematicsfromtheUniversityofMichigan.

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