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5 Significant Benefits of Online Learning for Data Science
The internet has made access to information very easy and affordable. Technology has been completely integrated into how we learn and how we work. It can all be supplemented or provided by online education from primary school to degree level. Learning within a...
Paper Reading #3: GPT-3 Explained
OpenAI's GPT-3 (GPT stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer") is a significant milestone for natural language processing and inference. It marks a giant step forward for the scaling of language models. The research demonstrates that the larger you make a...
7 Best Tips to Help Get a Data Scientist Job From Scratch
You have developed a passion and now you want to embark on a new career, but you are unsure where to start to enter the space of data science. This post will provide you with clear, practical steps to get on the road to a rewarding and stimulating career path. The...
Paper Reading #2: XLNet Explained
One of the most celebrated, recent advancements in language understanding is the XLNet model from Carnegie Mellon University and Google. It takes the "best-of-both-worlds" approach by combining auto-encoding and autoregressive language modeling to achieve...
Essential Things To Know About Moving From Academia To Data Science in 2020
Is the grass greener on the other side? As with all things in life, there are pros and cons to moving into industry after being in academia and vice versa. I discuss the differences between the two career paths and things to consider in preparation for the transition....
Paper Reading #1 – BERT (Updated For 2024)
Introduction Part of my blog will cover the latest and most significant developments in machine learning research. My aim in these paper readings is to extract the key points, so you can easily digest what the research is contributing. I will go into some detail into...
7 Best Tips For Remote Working For Data Scientists
More people than ever are working from home. The global pandemic of 2020 has transformed many of our work routines, environments, and means of communicating. Chances are if you are employed in the technology sector, you are working remotely for at least a part of your...
Key Differences Between Data Scientist, Research Scientist, and Machine Learning Engineer Roles
Data science in industry is booming, and as a result, there has been an explosion of available roles with overlapping skill sets. If you are coming across role titles like "data scientist," "research scientist," and "machine learning engineer" and are unable to...
9 Best Tips For Early Career Research Focused Data Scientists
Embarking on a career in data science is an exciting challenge that requires a lot of initiative and a desire to learn and apply knowledge quickly. For research scientists, there is an emphasis on experimentation and scientific discovery. The methods and objectives...