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Top 10 Data Science Alternative Career Paths

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Data science’s abilities are so versatile that they open up various job alternatives. Quite independently of whether your focus is on business analysis, product management, or ethical issues, there is always a job that one would be eager to do and can do well. Thus, in the rapidly developing field of data science, such […] The post Top 10 Data Science Alternative Career Paths appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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California Grid Breezes Through Heatwave with Batteries

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[link] No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler is more clean energy, especially solar, and above all, battery storage, now equivalent to 5 very large nuclear power plants.

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A Direct Algorithm for Multi-Gyroscope Infield Calibration

Machine Learning Research at Apple

In this paper, we address the problem of estimating the rotational extrinsics, as well as the scale factors of two gyroscopes rigidly mounted on the same device. In particular, we formulate the problem as a least-squares minimization and introduce a direct algorithm that computes the estimated quantities without any iterations, hence avoiding local minima and improving efficiency.

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A.I. Needs Copper. It Just Helped to Find Millions of Tons of It in Zambia.

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The deposit, in Zambia, could make billions for Silicon Valley, provide minerals for the energy transition and help the United States in its rivalry with China.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Whispering Experts: Toxicity Mitigation in Pre-trained Language Models by Dampening Expert Neurons

Machine Learning Research at Apple

An important issue with Large Language Models (LLMs) is their undesired ability to generate toxic language. In this work, we show that the neurons responsible for toxicity can be determined by their power to discriminate toxic sentences, and that toxic language can be mitigated by reducing their activation levels proportionally to this power. We propose AUROC adaptation (AURA), an intervention that can be applied to any pre-trained LLM to mitigate toxicity.

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Building the Bell System

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If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T would be anywhere near the top. It’s large, but not notably so: it came in 32nd in the 2024 Fortune 500 ranking, just above Comcast and below Verizon. Its offerings are not unique: it’s just one of many companies providing phone, internet, and other communication services.

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How to Know When It's Time to Go

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I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not failing ability in any way, but after a year of consideration, I realized I didn't care to do it anymore.

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On the Minimal Degree Bias in Generalization on the Unseen for non-Boolean Functions

Machine Learning Research at Apple

We investigate the out-of-domain generalization of random feature (RF) models and Transformers. We first prove that in the ‘generalization on the unseen (GOTU)’ setting, where training data is fully seen in some part of the domain but testing is made on another part, and for RF models in the small feature regime, the convergence takes place to interpolators of minimal degree as in the Boolean case (Abbe et al., 2023).

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About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills (2022)

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About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.

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CodeAct: Your LLM Agent Acts Better when Generating Code

Machine Learning Research at Apple

Large Language Model (LLM) agents, capable of performing a broad range of actions, such as invoking tools and controlling robots, show great potential in tackling real-world challenges. LLM agents are typically prompted to produce actions by generating JSON or text in a pre-defined format, which is usually limited by constrained action space (e.g., the scope of pre-defined tools) and restricted flexibility (e.g., inability to compose multiple tools).

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.

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Inside the Three-Way Race to Create the Most Widely Used Laser

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The semiconductor laser, invented more than 60 years ago, is the foundation of many of today’s technologies including barcode scanners, fiber-optic communications, medical imaging, and remote controls. The tiny, versatile device is now an IEEE Milestone. The possibilities of laser technology had set the scientific world alight in 1960, when the laser, long described in theory, was first demonstrated.

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Discovering Different Types of Keys in Database Management Systems

Pickl AI

Summary: This blog explores the different types of keys in DBMS, including Primary, Unique, Foreign, Composite, and Super Keys. It highlights their unique functionalities and applications, emphasising their roles in maintaining data integrity and facilitating efficient data retrieval in database design and management. Introduction In Database Management Systems (DBMS), keys are pivotal in maintaining data integrity and facilitating efficient data retrieval.

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How annual pre-pay creates an infinite marketing budget

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Dozens of founders have used this technique to transform the cash-flow of their businesses. Now it's your turn.

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The Experience of Deploying Next.js Apps on Cloudflare

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I recently went through the process of deploying various small Next.js applications to Cloudflare. As part of working on a new command called "neonctl create-app", we built a way to automatically deploy Next.js full-stack apps (i.e., Next.

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What Is Entity Resolution? How It Works & Why It Matters

Entity Resolution Sometimes referred to as data matching or fuzzy matching, entity resolution, is critical for data quality, analytics, graph visualization and AI. Learn what entity resolution is, why it matters, how it works and its benefits. Advanced entity resolution using AI is crucial because it efficiently and easily solves many of today’s data quality and analytics problems.

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AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records

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A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain.

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The Economy of Spam (2022)

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Social Spam is backed by a microcosm of the modern economy. In order to understand this world, I infiltrated one of the largest communities for spammers with my real Facebook account. Here’s what I learned.

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Fitting an Elephant with Four Non-Zero Parameters

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In 1953, Enrico Fermi criticized Dyson's model by quoting Johnny von Neumann: "With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk." So far, there have been several attempts to fit an elephant using four parameters, but as the problem has not been well-defined, the current methods do not completely satisfy the requirements.

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Working with stacked branches in Git is easier with –update-refs

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In this post I discuss how to use the new Git rebasing feature, --update-refs, and how it makes working with stacked branches/PRs easier.

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, he’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in data management and reporting, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation.

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Can ChatGPT do data science?

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We conducted two studies to understand the challenges faced by data scientists as they use ChatGPT.

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"Superhuman" Go AIs still have trouble defending against these simple exploits

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Plugging up "worst-case" algorithmic holes is proving more difficult than expected.

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Vacuum Forming Keyboards – The Outcome

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Vacuum forming keyboards - the outcome - retrohax.net Some time ago, I started a vacuum-forming project. I've already described in.

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The only tourist in Moldova

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Moldova is the perfect antidote to a world where tourists are increasingly shunned, taxed and pushed through sterile resorts

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math

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Do odd perfect numbers exist? Head to [link] to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premiu.

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New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen

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I recently learned about “The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen,” a short guide designed for foreign electronic shoppers to navigate Shenzhen’s mesmerizing Huaqiangbei district, and an update to Andrew “bunnie” Huang’s original edition. It turns out the book, full of humorous yet insightful tips, is also an interesting read for Chinese readers.

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Virginia Woolf's list-making paved the way for her literary experiments

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Part nature notes, part kitchen memorandum, this small notebook documents her daily life in a style that is economical, poetic and precise

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Nanorobot with hidden weapon kills cancer cells

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed nanorobots that kill cancer cells in mice. The robot’s weapon is hidden in a nanostructure and is exposed only in the tumour microenvironment, sparing healthy cells. The study is published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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Digital Adoption Platform Fundamentals: The Key To Product Innovation And Elevated CX

Speaker: Pulkit Agrawal

As digital transformation advances at a rapid pace, Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs) have become essential tools for enhancing user experiences and redefining product management strategies. DAPs are no-code solutions that integrate seamlessly with various technologies, and by fostering user adoption, these platforms help organizations maximize the potential of their tech investments.

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Show HN: I made a TUI for kafka (kaskade)

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kaskade is a text user interface for kafka, which allows you to interact and consume topics from your terminal in style!

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CURLoRA: Stable LLM Fine-Tuning and Catastrophic Forgetting Mitigation

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This paper introduces CURLoRA, a novel approach to fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) that leverages CUR matrix decomposition in the context of Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA). Our method addresses two critical challenges in LLM fine-tuning: mitigating catastrophic forgetting during continual learning and reducing the number of trainable parameters.

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Just Be Rich (2021)

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No one wants to be the bad guy. When narratives begin to shift and the once good guys are labelled as bad it's not surprising they fight back. They'll point to criticisms as exaggerations. Their faults as misunderstandings.

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Compact Fenwick trees for dynamic ranking and selection

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The Fenwick tree is a classical implicit data structure that stores an array in such a way that modifying an element, accessing an element, computing a prefix sum and performing a predecessor search on prefix sums all take logarithmic time. We introduce a number of variants which improve the classical implementation of the tree: in particular, we can reduce its size when an upper bound on the array element is known, and we can perform much faster predecessor searches.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

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