Data Science in the NBA

Data Science in the NBA

Bloomberg takes a look at the unique role of data science in professional basketball.

From the description:

With her PhD in math, Ivana Seric had expected to wind up with a career in academia—but thanks to the growing use of statistical analysis in the NBA, she took a job with the Philadelphia 76ers instead. As a data scientist, she helps the team’s coaches devise smarter strategies to win.

Exploring Non-Euclidean Worlds with Unique Rendering Engine

Exploring Non-Euclidean Worlds with Unique Rendering Engine

I’ll never forget the time I first heard of non-Euclidean spaces. It made sense and no-sense all at the same time. Since making the switch into data science, I understood it better and its uses. However, I never really tried to visualize these spaces.

Fortunately(?), someone has created a rendering engine that lets you explore this space and surprise(!), it may have uses for VR.

Math for Machine Learning Part 1 – Linear Algebra

Math for Machine Learning Part 1 – Linear Algebra

A recent post on the math needed to do machine learning got me thinking and, when I get to thinking, I get to searching. I found this course on YouTube on Linear Algebra. In it, you’ll learn what linear algebra is and how it relates to vectors and matrices. Then look through what vectors and matrices are and how to work with them, including the knotty problem of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and how to use these to solve problems. Finally, learn at how to use these to do fun things with datasets – like how to rotate images of faces and how to extract eigenvectors to look at how the Pagerank algorithm works.

Towards the end of the course, you’ll be able to write code blocks and encounter Jupyter notebooks in Python.