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From Archaeological Digs to Mining Data: Jenny Kreiger’s Story

From Archaeological Digs to Mining Data: Jenny Kreiger’s Story

After completing a doctorate in classical art and archaeology, Jenny traded in her dig shovel for a laptop and enrolled in Flatiron School’s Data Science course. Now, she’s pursuing her true passion for discovering the answers that are unearthed in data.

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From Peace Corps to Predicting Weather: Mark Ehler’s Story

After returning from the Peach Corps, Mark Ehler worked in a retina lab but wanted to improve lives in a bigger way. Mark enrolled in Flatiron School and now uses machine learning principles to better predict weather pattens.

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One Student’s Journey From Professional Basketball Player to Data Scientist

From Basketball to Big Data… “It’s okay if it feels impossible in the beginning you have to remind yourself it’s brand new and to build skill sets take time and practice.” // Meet Flatiron School Grad Sabatino Chen! He majored in math and then went on to play professional basketball in Asia. He completed

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The Best Books for Getting Started With Deep Learning

If you want to get up to speed with deep learning, which books should you read? Consider starting with one or more of these three! While the idea of artificial neural networks was first proposed in the 1940s, and the first perceptron was built in 1958, the field of deep learning really started to take

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How to Set Up Your Professional Data Science Environment

Data Science is often described as the intersection of statistics and programming. In this article, I’ll run you through setting up a professional data science environment on your computer so you can start to get some hands-on practice with popular data science libraries — whether you just want to get a feel for what it’s

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Summer Tech Must-Reads for Data Science

Just because it’s summertime, that’s no reason to stop learning. Here are five great must-read books to bring to the beach depending on where you are in your journey towards becoming a Data Scientist. Data Science for the Layman by Annalyn Ng and Kenneth Soo If you’re just starting to explore Data Science and don’t

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What Does it Take to Become a Data Scientist?

Data Science is one of the fastest growing, most lucrative and most interesting careers options available. But a lot of prospective students are concerned that…

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