All Hands on Data #58
Unfortunately, I can't send fireworks in a newsletter yet. I hope these articles can add a little spark to your day.
Stanford, Harvard revise high school math curriculum recommendations, exclude data science
The rise of data science has touched major university admissions at Stanford and Harvard. While they had previously listed "data science" as a curricular consideration for applicants, it has been removed in favor of traditional, more theoretical mathematics. Another victim of buzzword hype? - John Forstmeier
Confidence vs Prediction Intervals: Are You Making These Costly Analysis Mistakes?
Time to nerd out on some statistical lingo! I'm not a data scientist but have heard these terms thrown around in meetings and they were often used interchangeably. According to Howell, that is quite incorrect. Read this article and impress your colleagues with your knowledge of the difference! - Katt Baum
How do different personas in an organization see data quality?
Do we all see data the same way? In the Data Engineering space, there are various different personas that all work together to cultivate the products being used. This article breaks down Data Engineering personas into Data Engineers, Data Scientists/Analysts, Data Stewards, and Data Leaders. Each persona sees data in a different way, and it's an interesting way to look at it all coming together. - Reed Cowan
New Mojo Lang for Data Engineering
This was a nice article to douse the flame of all the Mojo hype of late. Most of the reactions I've seen about Mojo have been entirely optimistic, and while I am still bullish on the prospects of Mojo, this article lays out some good points that have to be reckoned with. One thing is immediately clear, in that it is NOT a drop in replacement for Python right now and has some serious hurdles to overcome before that could even be considered - Wes Poulsen
Nvidia brings its AI computing platform to cloud data firm Snowflake
This partnership enables companies that use Snowflake to manage their data to use their own data to train new AI models, providing them a business advantage without losing control over their data - Johnathan Rodriguez
Jupyter AI: The AI Extension for Jupyter Lab
For all of my fellow notebook lovers out there, there is some new advances in the AI space for you! The PyCoach does a great job outlining the new features available in Jupyter AI. If that interests you, he also walks you through how to install it. - Steven Johnson