The importance of structure, coding style, and refactoring in notebooks
Notebooks are increasingly crucial in the data scientist's toolbox. Although considered relatively new, their history traces back to systems like Mathematica and MATLAB. This form of...
Data Drift Detection for Image Classifiers
This article covers how to detect data drift for models that ingest image data as their input in order to prevent their silent degradation in production....
Model Interpretability: The Conversation Continues
This Domino Data Science Field Note covers a proposed definition of interpretability and distilled overview of the PDR framework. Insights are drawn from Bin Yu, W....
Techniques for Collecting, Prepping, and Plotting Data: Predicting Social Media-Influence in the NBA
This article provides insight on the mindset, approach, and tools to consider when solving a real-world ML problem. It covers questions to consider as well as...
On Being Model-driven: Metrics and Monitoring
This article covers a couple of key Machine Learning (ML) vital signs to consider when tracking ML models in production to ensure model reliability, consistency and...
Clustering in R
This article covers clustering including K-means and hierarchical clustering. A complementary Domino project is available. Introduction Clustering is a machine learning technique that enables researchers and...
Understanding Causal Inference
This article covers causal relationships and includes a chapter excerpt from the book Machine Learning in Production: Developing and Optimizing Data Science Workflows and Applications by...
Time Series with R
This article delves into methods for analyzing multivariate and univariate time series data. A complementary Domino project is available. Introduction Conducting exploratory analysis and extracting meaningful...
Exploring US Real Estate Values with Python
This post covers data exploration using machine learning and interactive plotting. If interested in running the examples, there is a complementary Domino project available. Introduction Models...
Natural Language in Python using spaCy: An Introduction
This article provides a brief introduction to natural language using spaCy and related libraries in Python. The complementary Domino project is also available. Introduction This article...
HyperOpt: Bayesian Hyperparameter Optimization
This article covers how to perform hyperparameter optimization using a sequential model-based optimization (SMBO) technique implemented in the HyperOpt Python package. There is a complementary Domino...
Deep Reinforcement Learning
This article provides an excerpt "Deep Reinforcement Learning" from the book, Deep Learning Illustrated by Krohn, Beyleveld, and Bassens. The article includes an overview of reinforcement...