The Data science handbook : advice and insights from 25 amazing data scientists / Carl Shan, Henry Wang, William Chen, and Max Song

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Place of publication not identifed] : The Data Science Bookshelf, c2015Description: 345 pages ; 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.9 .D38 2015
Contents:
1. DJ Patil, VP of Product at Relate IQ -- 2. Hilary Mason, founder at Fast Forward Labs -- 3. Pete Skomoroch, Principal Data Scientist at Data Wrangling -- 4. Mike Dewar, Data Scientist at New York Times -- 5. Riley Newman, Head of Data at AirBnB -- 6. Clare Corthell, Data Scientist at Mattermark -- 7. Drew Conway, Head of Data at Project Florida -- 8. Kevin Novak, Head of Data Science at Uber -- 9. Chris Moody, Data Scientist at Square -- 10. Erich Owens, Data Engineer at Facebook -- 11. Eithon Cadag, Pricipal Data Scientist at Ayasdi -- 12. George Roumeliotis, Senior Data Scientist at Intuit -- 13. Diane Wu, Data Scientist at Palantir -- 14.Jace Kohlmeier, Dean of Data Science at Khan Academy -- 15. Joe Blitzstein, Professor of Statistics at Harvard University -- 16. John Foreman, Chief Data Scientist at MailChimp -- 17. Josh Wills, Director of Data Science at Cloudera -- 18. Bradley Voytek, UCSD Professor of Computational Cognitive Science -- 19. Luis Sanchez, Founder and Data Scientist at ttwick -- 20. Michelangelo D'Agostino, Lead Data Scientist at Civis Analytics -- 21. Michael Hochster, Director of Data Science at LinkedIn -- 22. Kunal Punera, Co-Founder/CTO at Bento Labs -- 23. Sean Gourley, Co-Founder and CTO at Quid -- 24. Jonathan Goldman, Director of Data Science and Analytics at Intuit -- 25. William Chen, Data Scientist at Quora.
Summary: The Data Science Handbook contains candid interviews with 25 of the world’s best data scientists. We sat down with them, had in-depth conversations about their careers, personal stories, perspectives on data science and life advice. In The Data Science Handbook, you will find war stories from DJ Patil, US Chief Data Officer and one of the founders of the field. You’ll learn industry veterans such as Kevin Novak and Riley Newman, who head the data science teams at Uber and Airbnb respectively. You’ll also read about rising data scientists such as Clare Corthell, who crafted her own open source data science masters program. This book is perfect for aspiring or current data scientists to learn from the best. It’s a reference book packed full of strategies, suggestions and recipes to launch and grow your own data science career.
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1. DJ Patil, VP of Product at Relate IQ -- 2. Hilary Mason, founder at Fast Forward Labs -- 3. Pete Skomoroch, Principal Data Scientist at Data Wrangling -- 4. Mike Dewar, Data Scientist at New York Times -- 5. Riley Newman, Head of Data at AirBnB -- 6. Clare Corthell, Data Scientist at Mattermark -- 7. Drew Conway, Head of Data at Project Florida -- 8. Kevin Novak, Head of Data Science at Uber -- 9. Chris Moody, Data Scientist at Square -- 10. Erich Owens, Data Engineer at Facebook -- 11. Eithon Cadag, Pricipal Data Scientist at Ayasdi -- 12. George Roumeliotis, Senior Data Scientist at Intuit -- 13. Diane Wu, Data Scientist at Palantir -- 14.Jace Kohlmeier, Dean of Data Science at Khan Academy -- 15. Joe Blitzstein, Professor of Statistics at Harvard University -- 16. John Foreman, Chief Data Scientist at MailChimp -- 17. Josh Wills, Director of Data Science at Cloudera -- 18. Bradley Voytek, UCSD Professor of Computational Cognitive Science -- 19. Luis Sanchez, Founder and Data Scientist at ttwick -- 20. Michelangelo D'Agostino, Lead Data Scientist at Civis Analytics -- 21. Michael Hochster, Director of Data Science at LinkedIn -- 22. Kunal Punera, Co-Founder/CTO at Bento Labs -- 23. Sean Gourley, Co-Founder and CTO at Quid -- 24. Jonathan Goldman, Director of Data Science and Analytics at Intuit -- 25. William Chen, Data Scientist at Quora.

The Data Science Handbook contains candid interviews with 25 of the world’s best data scientists. We sat down with them, had in-depth conversations about their careers, personal stories, perspectives on data science and life advice. In The Data Science Handbook, you will find war stories from DJ Patil, US Chief Data Officer and one of the founders of the field. You’ll learn industry veterans such as Kevin Novak and Riley Newman, who head the data science teams at Uber and Airbnb respectively. You’ll also read about rising data scientists such as Clare Corthell, who crafted her own open source data science masters program. This book is perfect for aspiring or current data scientists to learn from the best. It’s a reference book packed full of strategies, suggestions and recipes to launch and grow your own data science career.

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