How to become a (sound) data scientist

Data Science, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Cognitive Computing are the big talk in the tech. space. And if you want to know how to become a key cog in this scene, ie you dig becoming a much sought after data scientist - here is your roadmap!

Roadmap to becoming a data scientist!

Overall plan progressively into the following areas / domains:

1. Fundamentals
2. Statistics
3. Programming
4. Machine Learning
5. Text Mining / Natural Language Processing
6. Data Visualization
7. Big Data
8. Data Ingestion
9. Data Munging
10. Toolbox

For more info check out Swami Chandrasekaran's awesome blog!

How to keep cool in Summer Heatwave's

Simple measures that can be adopted to prevent overheating homes include:

•  Closing windows and doors during the day to stop the hot air from outside entering and also closing curtains, blinds and shutters during the day in order to minimise solar gain inside the building.
•  Open windows and doors (where possible, practical and safe), curtains, blinds and shutters when the temperature drops outside in order to let the cooler air in.  This helps lower the core temperature of the building overnight which will then help keep the room temperature lower the following day.

Other measures that could be considered over the longer term and where finance and planning regulations allow include:

•  Fitting blinds and external shutters to windows
•  Using smaller windows in new builds
•  Creation of shade, for example through planting of trees and vegetation
•  Use of heating reflective paint or white paint on external surfaces.

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