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Practical Data Science


Data Digest: Using Big Data for Good, 5 Practical Steps for Becoming a Data Scientist, and Analytics Complexity

Does big data invade personal privacy? Explore how big data can be used for good. Plus, five practical steps to get started as a data scientist, plus turning data into insight by overcoming top data challenges.

Collaboration and Freedom Key to Data Science Solutions

We continue our interview with the head of an unusual and highly successful data scientist team at Cisco, Robert J. Lake. His approach to managing his team focuses on allowing people to learn and take risks.

Data Science as a Team Sport: Building a Culture Open to Risk

The head of a data scientist team at Cisco discusses how he hires and manages his diverse group -- and why the ability to write software code is not a prerequisite.

Managing Customer Data for Analytics (Fourth in a Series)

Customer analytics can help you optimize business processes, but first you must assess how you are managing your customer data.

Data Digest: BI Evolution, Hooking Your Audience with a Data Story, and Inspiring Infographics

How to be ready for the next stage of business intelligence, how to hook an audience with data storytelling, and examples of infographics and data visualizations to inspire your own creativity.

Data Stories: Connections and Travel Across the Globe

Three-and-a-half degrees of separation, plus how airports connect cities.

Upside Briefing: IBM Advanced Analytics

IBM believes that analytics can be everywhere. We offer Upside's first impressions from a business briefing.

Data Digest: More Efficient Data Science, Data Science Don'ts, and Big vs. Smart Data

The primary skills you need in data science, plus 10 traits of a good data scientist, and separating big data from smart data.

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