Brandon Cosley

Published in Thinking Fast

·2 days ago

Want to Learn Data Science?

Learn to Think Like a Data Scientist People interested in data science often ask me how they can be more effective in their use of data science? My simple answer? Learn to think like a data scientist. Learning any field requires that we learn how to think like professionals in…

Learn Data Science

3 min read

Published in Thinking Fast

·Aug 2

Feature Engineering Needs Domain Knowledge

A Simple Process [with code] for Integrating Domain Knowledge in FE In a recent post, I explained how small and medium sized businesses are often tied to data silos that make it difficult to access usable data. I also made the case that a data scientists understanding of feature engineering…

Data Science

2 min read

Feature Engineering Needs Domain Knowledge

Published in Thinking Fast

·Jul 25

What Are Data Silos & How Can Data Science Solve Them

A Case for Data Science in Small & Medium Sized Businesses In our modern digital world, data are everywhere. But just because data are everywhere, does not mean that data are accessible everywhere. Quite the contrary in fact. Most of the data being generated by digital products are not useful…

Data Science

3 min read

Published in Thinking Fast

·Jul 21

Not So Common Data Sources For Data Scientists

Keep Your Skills Fresh with Fresh Data Sets As data scientists we need to keep up to date with our developer skills, even if we are not developers. I lead quite a few data scientists in my day-to-day activities. Those developers depend on me to steer the strategic direction of…

Data Science Skills

4 min read

Not So Common Data Sources For Data Scientists

Published in Thinking Fast

·Jul 13

Small & Medium Sized Businesses Need Data Science

And How Students of Data Science Can Help Get Them Started Just as we are in life, in business we must also be flexible. This flexibility is especially true for small, medium, and startup businesses. But it is hard to be flexible when technology feels like it is ready to…

Data Science

3 min read

Published in Thinking Fast

·Jun 2

Want More Meaningful Data Science?

Stand On the Shoulders of Giants, Like Yeshimabeit Milner! One of the biggest struggles that loads of students of data science face, is tying together all the hard technical skills being learned from the vast internet of resources to meaningful social-economic-environmental-business problems. Is this a soft skill? Is it a…

Data Science

4 min read

Published in Thinking Fast

·May 26

When Do Inferential Statistics Matter in Data Science?

A Conceptual Guide for the “When” of Inferential Statistics You know what always confused me when I transitioned into data science for the first time? It was statistics. And I don’t mean that understanding statistics in and of themselves confused me…sure statistics can be quite challenging to understand…what I mean…

Data Science

3 min read

Published in Thinking Fast

·May 17

Ai is Much Simpler Than Most People Think

The Devil is in the Details I have worked in the data science field for quite a few years. Coming up on 15 to be a bit more precise. It all started in a research laboratory and has blossomed into a career with diverse experiences. From researcher, to developer, to…

Machine Learning

4 min read

Ai is Much Simpler Than Most People Think

Published in Thinking Fast

·May 10

Dipping Your Toe in the Deep Learning Deep End

Simple Steps for Testing the Waters I remember when I was first learning data science. Trying to parse out what to learn was a significant challenge, especially trying to do it on a budget. At the time deep learning wasn’t even a thing yet. It was more about understanding databases…

Data Science

4 min read

Dipping Your Toe in the Deep Learning Deep End

Published in Thinking Fast

·May 4

NLP as Data Cleansing for Data Science

Or How NLP Became My New Mop When I was younger my mom used to force me to clean. I used to clean my room, the bathrooms, the kitchen. You name it, I cleaned it. …

Data Science

2 min read