Tag Archives: 365 data science

Machine Learning for Natural Disaster Relief Every year, natural disasters affect approximately 160 million people worldwide. With more than 400 natural disasters for 2019 alone, relief agencies and governments are struggling to turn these overwhelming amounts of data into actionable insights. Fortunately, the latest developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence enable researchers, engineers, andContinue reading “Machine Learning For Natural Disaster Relief: How Can ML Aid Humanitarian Efforts?”

What are the skills you need to become a data scientist in 2020? ‘Data Scientist’ has been one of the fastest-growing jobs in recent years. It’s an exciting and highly paid career, that presents you with tons of opportunities for development. What’s more, there’s still an abundance of positions as the supply of qualified dataContinue reading “What are the Skills You Need to Become a Data Scientist in 2020?”

Why GGPlot2 Scatter Plot? Data visualization is one of the most important steps in data analysis. It helps us gain insight from the data, which would be hard-gained with data as pure numbers. One of the major advantages of visualizing data is that we can relay our findings to an audience, irrelevant to its members’Continue reading “How To Make a GGPlot2 Scatter Plot in R?”

Why Transition to Data Science from Computer Science? If you’re looking for the best ways to transition into data science, some degrees can give you a massive advantage. And a degree in Computer Science certainly qualifies you for this rewarding and challenging career. So, in this article, we’ll be making the switch from computer scienceContinue reading “How to Transition to Data Science from Computer Science?”

Why transition to Data Science from Economics? Have you ever wondered “So, what’s next for me?” Well, you’re not alone! Many graduates aren’t too sure what they want to do after graduation. That’s especially true for Econ majors. Trust me – I am one. And one of the often-overlooked options is data science. So, inContinue reading “How to Transition to Data Science from Economics?”

Tensors have been around for nearly 200 years. In fact, the first use of the word ‘tensor’ was introduced by William Hamilton. Interestingly, the meaning of this word had little to do with what we call tensors from 1898 until today. How did tensors become important you may ask? Well, not without the help ofContinue reading “What Is a Tensor?”

  In our last tutorial, we looked into request headers and cookies and their role when you scrape data. So, what’s the next problem you could encounter when scraping? Yes, it’s login screens. Sometimes, you might set your sights on scraping data you can access only after you log into an account. It could beContinue reading “How To Scrape Data Locked Behind A Login?”

Hi! I’m Martin – an MSc in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and author of the Python, SQL, and Integration courses in the 365 Data Science Program. And I have fantastic news to share – we just launched our brand-new course – Python for Finance! So, in this post, I’llContinue reading “New Course! Python for Finance!”

Hello, fellow scrapers! In this tutorial, we will talk about request headers – what they are, in what way they may restrict our scraping and how to use them to our advantage. We will also discuss a special type of a request header – cookies. So, what is a header in the context of aContinue reading “What Are Request Headers And How to Deal with Them When Scraping”

Hi! I’m Nikola Pulev, a Physics graduate from the University of Cambridge turned Data Science practitioner and a course instructor at 365 Data Science… And I have exciting news coming your way – the release of our new course – Web Scraping and API Fundamentals in Python! In this post, I’ll share with you whatContinue reading “New Course! Web Scraping and API Fundamentals in Python”