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How to turn PDFs into actionable insights Continue reading on Towards Data Science » Read More

How did I land a job in data science? I was thinking about posting here on a more consistent basis, and what’s better than starting with my own story? I made the transition that many want to, and landed a job in data science coming from a non-technical background (no STEM degree, no social science degree). It wasn’t very straightforward: I moved in a zig-zag fashion, so try to bear with me. Photo…

Tips and tricks for FAANG design interviews Generated via Dall-E I’m a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon and have been on both sides of the table for several Machine Learning Design interview questions. I’m hoping to share all the tips and tricks I have learned over time. By the end of this article, you’ll understand what to expect in this interview, what the interviewer is looking for, common…

Friday is when the Shadow of the Erdtree drops, and it’s already shaping up to be some of the best DLC ever released for a game. In preparation for the big release, Elden Ring received a new update with a variety of changes, but the big one is adding your bestie to the fight with the last boss. Read more… Read More

Add decision trees to your EDA and get great insights from the start Continue reading on Towards Data Science » Read More

Extending Spark for improved performance in handling multiple search terms Photo by Aditya Chinchure on Unsplash During the process of deploying our intrusion detection system into production at CCCS, we observed that many of the SigmaHQ rules use very sizable lists of search patterns. These lists are used to test if a CommandLinecontains a given string or if the CommandLinestarts-with or…

Building a programming language from scratch in a few hours Trees: The Hierarchical Heart of Computer Science. Source: Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash The world is full of programming languages with all kinds of different use cases. Most of these languages, though, are built for very general purposes — sometimes, we may want to design a language to fit a very specific use case (e.g. Facebook designed…

Nature Medicine, Published online: 20 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03101-8 A first-in-patient trial of UB-312, an active immunotherapeutic for Parkinson’s disease, was well tolerated and elicited antibodies that engage misfolded α-synuclein. Read More

For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares. But a grad student’s serendipitous cell phone video might resolve a long-running debate over leech acrobatics. Read More

Feeling inspired to write your first TDS post? We’re always open to contributions from new authors. Our collective attention has focused so intensely on LLMs in the past year or so, that it’s sometimes easy to forget that the core daily workflows of millions of data professionals are far more likely to involve relational databases and good-old SQL queries than, say, retrieval-augmented…

Found in Montana’s badlands, Lokiceratops had two large, bladelike horns jutting forward and out from between its eyes. Read More

A galaxy transitioned from being dim and quiet to bright and active, giving astronomers insight into active galactic nuclei. Read More

Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03071-x For precision genetic medicines to fulfill their potential as treatments for ultra-rare diseases, fresh approaches to academic–industry partnerships and data sharing are needed, together with regulatory change and adaptation of reimbursement models. Read More

Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03055-x The prospect of genomic screening in newborns attracts both hype and criticism, but carefully designed, large-scale, prospective research studies are the only way to generate the data needed for its rigorous evaluation. Read More

Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03008-4 Results from this single-arm cohort of the BFAST trial showed that the clinical efficacy of entrectinib in patients with ROS1-positive NSCLC, selected using liquid biopsies, is consistent with that seen in previous reports where patients were selected using tissue-based testing methods. Read More

How to turn PDFs into actionable insights Continue reading on Towards Data Science » Read More

How did I land a job in data science? I was thinking about posting here on a more consistent basis, and what’s better than starting with my own story? I made the transition that many want to, and landed a job in data science coming from a non-technical background (no STEM degree, no social science degree). It wasn’t very straightforward: I moved in a zig-zag fashion, so try to bear with me. Photo…