Understanding Python Bytecode

Understanding Python Bytecode

Spend some time in Python and you'll likely encounter its bytecode files -- those '.pyc' files Python likes to leave behind after it runs. Have... Details
Using Pandas for Better (Or Worse) Data Science

Using Pandas for Better (Or Worse) Data Science

The pandas library is a powerful tool for multiple phases of the data science workflow, including data cleaning, visualization, and exploratory data analysis. However, proper... Details
Introduction to Pandas

Introduction to Pandas

Daniel Chen presents an introduction to Pandas at the PyData Carolinas conference last year. Details
Python Pandas Dataframe Basics

Python Pandas Dataframe Basics

Here's a great overview of one of the key data structures you will encounter in Python: the DataFrame. Details
Introduction To Web Scraping with Python and Beautiful Soup

Introduction To Web Scraping with Python and Beautiful Soup

I've long been a fan of converting semi structured web data to structured data, aka screen scraping. I've even written about it and created a... Details
Fully Convolutional Networks for Image Segmentation

Fully Convolutional Networks for Image Segmentation

In this talk from SciPy 2017, Daniil Pakhomov goes through the theory of the recent state-of-the-art methods for image segmentation based on FCNs and presents... Details
Python All The Things

Python All The Things

Here’s an interesting video about the rise of Python from a scripting language to the de facto language of Data Science and Machine Learning. Details
Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK) for Deep Learning

Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK) for Deep Learning

In my previous post, I featured a video on Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK). If you've not heard of it, CNTK is a production-grade, open-source, deep-learning... Details
How Did Python Become A Data Science Powerhouse?

How Did Python Become A Data Science Powerhouse?

One of the first things you notice about Data Science is how dominant the Python language is within the field. Jake VanderPlas explains how this... Details
JSON in Python

JSON in Python

Socratica has a great video on how to use JSON in Python. Not only is the content great, but I see that I am not... Details