Not all data scientists have a computer science background - I received my bachelor’s degree in Statistics, for example. As I moved into data, I noticed that I was good at scripting, but was not able to create a ‘production-quality’ code. A … Read more
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Epidemic Intelligence, part 2: data, models and machine learning in the age of Coronavirus
In a previous article, we shared some reflections on machine learning models for data fitting and prediction, playing with a simple dataset related to the spread of the current coronavirus emergency. We looked at simple models and mentioned some … Read more
Epidemic Intelligence, part 1: data, models and machine learning in the age of Coronavirus
The current global emergency due to the spread of the coronavirus in several countries shows how fragile our society's equilibrium is when faced with 'interior' threats such as an epidemic. Treatments to relieve symptoms and a vaccine will eventually … Read more
Codemotion Rome 2020: an overview of the companies involved
Before the COVID-19 emergency, Codemotion was in the process of organising its next big conference. The Call for Papers for Codemotion Rome 2020 closed with staggering numbers: 646 proposals submitted! The conference was subsequently cancelled, … Read more