Who is your Data Scientist what does (s)he do?* — Who is your Data Scientist what does (s)he do?* A data scientist is a person who has the skills to analyze and interpret large sets of data. The type of work they do varies widely, but it often involves developing statistical models to understand trends or relationships among different types…

My recent journey, learning about meat-eating and CO2 emissions. — My recent journey, learning about meat-eating and CO2 emissions. Seaspiracy and fisheries dying A week or two ago, my family and I recently watch Seaspiracy on Netflix. This shows that the fishing industry is killing off the fisheries they survive on, at an alarming rate! The documentary has a lot of statistics and I’ve…

Hear that the cloud is useful, but don’t know how to use it? — Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric from Pexels This is part of the article series, “How to make your organisation more data-centric”. How do you get your data on the cloud: There are different cloud providers, 3 main ones: AWS: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, CGP: Google Cloud Platform. GCP is growing…

Hiring and finding Data and AI experts — Hiring and finding Data and AI experts Statisticians, Data Scientists, Engineers, Analysts, Architects, ML Engineers (AI experts): Who can help me/us find experts? Recruiters vs hiring the best “Recruiters”, seems the obvious answer. There are so many recruiters, which are the best ones for your organisation? How do recruiters seek and discover these excellent Scientists and Engineers?

What you can do to get more value out of your data. — What you can do to get more value out of your data? You’re here, so you’ve probably seen the statistics on how most companies surveyed know they need to get more out of their data. Learning from their data can help organisations get new customers, keep their current customers, create…

One of my favourite movies is The Time Machine, Simon Wells’ 2002 movie adaptation of his Great grandfather’s book The Time Machine. This… — One of my favourite movies is The Time Machine, Simon Wells’ 2002 movie adaptation of his Great-grandfather’s book The Time Machine. This is the second movie adaptation of said book. The Time Traveller meets two races of people, the Eloi and the Morloks. Spoiler alert! Go see the movie first…

How can you maximise your chances of having more impact and getting noticed? — How can you maximise your chances of having more impact and getting noticed? TLDR: Learn to communicate really well Visualise data, make the data pretty Pareto’s 80/20 Rule. Present to your colleagues/bosses Let the world know your skills. This works for ML experts, Data Analysts, Data Engineers too and especially Data…

Farmers see the value of agritech robots and it’s a hot start-up space… — Farmers see the value of agritech robots and it’s a hot start-up space… According to an article by marketsandmarkets, the global market for robotic farming should grow from about $ 4.6 billion US (£3.28 billion) in 2020 to $ 20.3billion US (£14.5 billion) by 2025, a CAGR of 34.5%. PRNewswire…