Doing Data Science：Straight Talk from the Frontline

图书标准信息

• 作者 Cathy、Rachel Schutt 著
• 出版社 O'Reilly Media
• 出版时间 2013-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781449358655
• 定价 518.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 406页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Nowthatpeopleareawarethatdatacanmakethedifferenceinanelectionorabusinessmodel,datascienceasanoccupationisgainingground.Buthowcanyougetstartedworkinginawide-ranging,interdisciplinaryfieldthat’ssocloudedinhype?Thisinsightfulbook,basedonColumbiaUniversity’sIntroductiontoDataScienceclass,tellsyouwhatyouneedtoknow.Inmanyofthesechapter-longlectures,datascientistsfromcompaniessuchasGoogle,Microsoft,andeBaysharenewalgorithms,methods,andmodelsbypresentingcasestudiesandthecodetheyuse.Ifyou’refamiliarwithlinearalgebra,probability,andstatistics,andhaveprogrammingexperience,thisbookisanidealintroductiontodatascience.Topicsinclude:Statisticalinference,exploratorydataanalysis,andthedatascienceprocessAlgorithmsSpamfilters,NaiveBayes,anddatawranglingLogisticregressionFinancialmodelingRecommendationenginesandcausalityDatavisualizationSocialnetworksanddatajournalismDataengineering,MapReduce,Pregel,andHadoopDoingDataScienceiscollaborationbetweencourseinstructorRachelSchutt,SeniorVPofDataScienceatNewsCorp,anddatascienceconsultantCathyO’Neil,aseniordatascientistatJohnsonResearchLabs,whoattendedandbloggedaboutthecourse.

【作者简介】

CathyO’NeilearnedaPh.D.inmathfromHarvard,waspostdocattheMITmathdepartment,andaprofessoratBarnardCollegewhereshepublishedanumberofresearchpapersinarithmeticalgebraicgeometry.Shethenchuckeditandswitchedovertotheprivatesector.SheworkedasaquantforthehedgefundD.E.Shawinthemiddleofthecreditcrisis,andthenforRiskMetrics,arisksoftwarecompanythatassessesriskfortheholdingsofhedgefundsandbanks.SheiscurrentlyadatascientistontheNewYorkstart-upscene,writesablogatmathbabe.org,andisinvolvedwithOccupyWallStreet.

RachelSchuttistheSeniorVicePresidentforDataScienceatNewsCorp.SheearnedaPhDinStatisticsfromColumbiaUniversity,andwasastatisticianatGoogleResearchforseveralyears.SheisanadjunctprofessorinColumbia’sDepartmentofStatisticsandafoundingmemberoftheEducationCommitteefortheInstituteforDataSciencesandEngineeringatColumbia.SheholdsseveralpendingpatentsbasedonherworkatGoogle,whereshehelpedbuilduser-facingproductsbyprototypingalgorithmsandbuildingmodelstounderstanduserbehavior.Shehasamaster'sdegreeinmathematicsfromNYU,andamaster'sdegreeinEngineering-EconomicSystemsandOperationsResearchfromStanfordUniversity.HerundergraduatedegreeisinHonorsMathematicsfromtheUniversityofMichigan.